First time asker here. I work/slog throughout the year even during Summer and don't plan or take vacation. Sometimes its due to financial constraints, but most times its due to poor planning on my part. A thought came to mind about subscription based vacation site. You can deposit money throughout the year and then 2-3 times a year plan a vacation. Create a playlist of vacations. Googling around I found Masterpiecerentals which offered this model but since has been flipped over to luxury vacation rentals. Anyone know of such websites? Any comments on this business model?
> A thought came to mind about subscription based vacation site. You can deposit money throughout the year and then 2-3 times a year plan a vacation. Create a playlist of vacations.<p>It sounds like a generally interesting model but it seems like it would be faced with being squeezed uncomfortably between simple direct vacation rentals and vacation ownership offerings (which are pretty diverse.)<p>Who is your market and why is this better for them?
One thing that comes to mind is timeshares. You have a monthly payment and get specific # of weeks to use. I have found that most of them you need to book way in advance and their websites are crap. Building a solution to solve that by using reminders and/or other systems (voting) might be useful. - My 2 cents.
Why not just deposit that money into a preferably interest-earning account that you control? At the end of a year, you will have the cash you need for a vacation, plus some extra from interest.