Buy a House, Get a Jet … Sort of

August 22nd, 2008 by BallerHouse

house and jet Pictured: Villas Del Mar Casita, Sentient Jet

It’s not uncommon to see developers include everything from chauffeured cars to yacht charters as amenities to luxury property purchasers. Now, a select group of of high-end vacation home developers has taken their amenity lists to the next level by offering discount private jet travel to their customers, according to a recent article by Kevin Bass of the International Herald Tribune.

Villas Del Mar, a Cabo San Lucas development where new homes start at $2.35 million, has partnered with jetshare firm Sentient to offer home purchasers a $150,000 discount on Sentient’s $250,000 Gold Membership program. Likewise, Residences at Beach Bay, a fractional ownership resort club on Grand Cayman, has partnered with Halcyon Jets to offer discounted rates to buyers of its $360,000 1/8 share beachfront villas. A South African development, South Africa’s Garden Route, has taken a slightly different approach by purchasing a Hawker 4000 that it offers to residents at a reduced charter rate.

Gimmicky? Yes. But at as one Del Mar purchaser notes, it’s “better than a watch.”

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