All My Possessions
When Elizabeth 1st, the Queen and daughter of Henry VIII (1533 - 1603) extolled "All My Possessions for a Moment of Time" what foresight she had. This sums up the whole ethos of Fractional Life.
Put another way, why agonisingly wait for years (or even forever) to save up your hard earned cash to purchase the latest supercar you've always promised yourself when you can have access to the ultimate supercar garage for example, based around fractional ownership.
Being part of a fractional supercar club is growing in popularity not just because members can get behind the wheel of some truly special cars. Membership gives you the lifestyle and exclusivity usually reserved for the privileged few.
This example can be replicated throughout the numerous category listings within Fractional Life and something that often gets overlooked particularly when considering Fractional Ownership or asset-sharing is how people's lifestyles are changing and ultimately the time they have available to indulge in their passion.
People are working harder, becoming more and more mobile mainly due to business commitments, improvements in transport and technology and ultimately spending less time at home.
However, you still wish to make decent use of your leisure time and if you can do this cost effectively even better!
This is one of the big benefits with fractional ownership and asset-sharing. Rather than focus on the cost effectiveness of fractional ownership, I'd like to focus on how somebody with constraints on his or her time can benefit.
I'll start with shopping - well, they say ladies love to do it and guys never have enough time (or make excuses!) anyway. Fashions change within the blink of an eye, you almost have to visit the stores on a daily basis to keep up with it all - time consuming…..yes, fun……perhaps, practical……most definitely not. There is an answer - ladies, join a handbag / fashion club and you'll never be without the latest fashion accessory. Guys, buy them a handbag club membership and they'll love you for it.
Or how about something for golfers who love the game, rarely get home and so don't want to limit their play or join the local private members club?
By taking a fractional golf membership you and your guests can play over 25 top-notch private golf courses throughout the country which you wouldn't normally have a chance of playing - great for a Corporate day out. Alternatively, you could join the world's first golfers residence club situated among 36 of the world's legendary golf locations, so you can live and play in luxury!
The lack of 'time' available to people has spawned the growth in fractional lifestyle companies whose aim is to give you more time to enjoy experiences based around the whole fractional ownership theme.
This current trend has even spawned the demographic profile known as the 'transumer' - "consumers driven by experiences". So are you a consumer or part of the new breed transumer society?
TRANSUMERS are consumers driven by experiences instead of the 'fixed', by entertainment, by discovery, by fighting boredom, who increasingly live a transient lifestyle, freeing themselves from the hassles of permanent ownership and possessions. The fixed is replaced by an obsession with the here and now, an ever-shorter satisfaction span, and a lust to collect as many experiences and stories as possible.* Hey, the past is, well, over, and the future is uncertain, so all that remains is the present, living for the 'now'.
(source: http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/transumers.htm)
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