June 2004
June 22, 2004 Hello, Welcome to our monthly newsletter created to help you find your perfect vacation home. Inside you will find tips on finding and financing your second home, details on high quality resorts and vacation destinations worldwide, and information on qualified Resort Area Specialists. In This Issue: ESCAPEHOMES.COM PARTNERS WITH DIGSVILLE LLC FEATURED ESCAPETOWN: TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, BRITISH WEST INDIES FEATURED RESORT AREA SPECIALIST: BJORN KOCH and PATSY CHILSON - PARK CITY, UTAH and CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO LIFESTYLE & LIVING: VACATION HOME EXCHANGES NEW SECOND HOME DESTINATIONS AND AGENTS ESCAPEHOMES.COM IN THE NEWS SECOND HOME BUYERS SURVEY REAL ESTATE AGENT RECOMMENDATIONS Top 10 Emerging Second Homes Destinations Darby, MT Fairmont, MN Fergus Falls, MN Gualala, CA Kern River, CA North Fork Valley, CO Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ Sisters, OR Sitka, AK Spearfish, SD Learn more about these towns *Listed in alphabetical order Escapehomes.com Partners with Digsville A strategic partnership aimed at the burgeoning second home market has been formed between EscapeHomes, the leading online marketplace for vacation property, and Digsville LLC, the state-of-the-art online vacation home exchange club. Read more... Discover Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies The Turks & Caicos Islands are a British Crown Colony located 575 miles southeast of Miami, Florida. The islands have the third largest coral reef system and some of the best tropical beaches in the world. Grace Bay located off the island of Providenciales, is a twelve-mile stretch of powder white sand and crystal clear turquoise waters and is one of the most spectacular sights you will ever see. It's no wonder that Conde Nast Traveler magazine once rated Grace Bay "The most romantic beach in the world". Read more… Meet Resort Area Specialist, Bjorn Koch and Patsy Chilson - Park City, UT and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Chilson & Associates has been specializing in Resort Investment Real Estate and Sales for the past 12 years. The Combined Experience of Patsy Chilson (CRB, CIPS,CRS and GRI) and Bjoern Koch (ABR) are unmatched by any other Real Estate Company. They currently operate offices in Park City / Deer Valley, Utah and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and are currently adding services in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Meet this agent... Vacation Home Exchanges Exchanging homes gets even easier when you have a second home to exchange. Owning a vacation home can open more doors than just your front door! Once you have your own vacation property, not only can you spend unlimited time there, you can also vacation anywhere by swapping your home with someone else. Read more... New EscapeHomes' Second Homes Destinations and Agents EscapeHomes is pleased to introduce several resort area specialists who have recently joined our preferred network of real estate professionals. They cover a broad spectrum of second home destinations, lifestyles, recreational activities, and vacation properties. Please take a look at their personal biographies, peruse their listings, and drop them an email if you are interested in learning more. They are professionals you can trust and will do whatever it takes to help you find your dream vacation property! Ashland, Oregon: Don Rist Brunswick, Maine: Patti Hutchins & Dennis Austin Boulder, Colorado: Susan Pratt Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Tom Smeltzer Hamilton, Montana: Barbara Christ Holden Beach, North Carolina: Judy Luff Incline Village, Nevada: Jeanne Sargeant Los Cabos, Mexico: Bob & Beryl Brown Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts: Fred Roven Maui, Hawaii: Jim Wagner McCall, Idaho: Toni McCarter Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Susan Axt Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Lorrie O'Brien Paso Robles, California: Grace Borzini Reno, Nevada: Mark Englund Spring Hill, Florida: Pat McInnis St. George, Utah: Mike de Geus Sunriver, Oregon: Clyde Browning Westport, Washington: George Prigmore EscapeHomes In The News Share our excitement! In the last month EscapeHomes has caught the attention of the New York Times, Barron's Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Star Tribune, Money Magazine, and CBS MarketWatch. Learn more... We Would Appreciate Your Participation Please take a moment to complete our "Second Home Buyer" survey. To participate, please click the link below. The survey consists of 31 questions and should take approximately 5 minutes to complete. The information you provide will help us identify new and better ways to serve buyers of second homes and vacation properties. Click here EscapeHomes is Looking for Top Notch Real Estate Agents Do you know of an outstanding real estate agent who sells property in a vacation destination? Please send us your recommendations. EscapeHomes.com is always on the lookout for high quality agents to join our network of professionals. We will even send you a $50 Home Depot gift certificate if the agent you recommend signs up! Please email your recommendations to Rob@EscapeHomes.com. Thank You Finally, thank you for being a loyal EscapeHomes user. We will continue to provide you with valuable tools and information to help make your dream of owning a second home a reality. Sincerely, Amanda Sturges Editor EscapeHomes.com (415) 252-9500 Amanda@EscapeHomes.com NewslettersPressAbout UsContact UsPrivacy StatementTerms of Use You are receiving this message because you have requested information and updates sent via email. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe This message was sent by Amanda Sturges using VerticalResponse's iBuilder® 208 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 106 San Francisco, CA 94107 United States Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy.