From vibrant cities to serene coastlines, Southeast Asia is now part of the ThirdHome luxury home exchange experience. Our newest venture helps to highlight the region’s breathtaking beauty and the spirit of adventure and sophistication our members seek. This expansion marks an exciting chapter in our global growth, and the buzz is building. See how the media is covering our arrival in Singapore below.
ThirdHome targets branded residences for growth in Thailand
“Nearly 50 properties in Thailand have joined our network organically. However, demand from our members for this country and the region far exceeds the available supply…We had a number of developers who had built beautiful resorts but were unable to sell them due to the economic environment…By partnering with us, developers can tap into this customer segment by making their branded residences available for stays by our members.“
– ThirdHome Director of Operations and Strategy, Giles Adams
ThirdHome, the Luxury Travel Club, Sets Its Sights on Southeast Asia
“We’re seeing a huge rise in luxury second-home ownership in Southeast Asia, not only among international and expat buyers but also among the rising number of highly affluent local residents…For people who love to travel, our exclusive club just makes so much sense…We’re actively looking to partner with developers and real estate professionals who want to differentiate their offerings and deliver long-term lifestyle value to their clients.”
– ThirdHome CEO & Founder, Wade Shealy
ThirdHome brings home-swapping model to affluent Singaporeans
“Generation Z is looking more about the here and now. The affluent ones have the ability and have the time and the flexibility to work across jurisdictions, across countries, across continents, which means that that has driven second home growth.”
– ThirdHome Director of Operations and Strategy, Giles Adams
ThirdHome, the Luxury Travel Club, Sets Its Sights on Southeast Asia
“It’s a great arrangement…Developers can use their unsold properties to generate travel credits, and ThirdHome sends the company qualified prospects who may eventually buy. They’ll say: Here’s your off-plan purchase, but while it’s under construction, you can travel to amazing homes worldwide…It’s a win for everyone.”
– ThirdHome Director of Operations and Strategy, Giles Adams
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We’re excited to announce the launch of ThirdHome luxury home exchange in New Zealand, expanding our global network into one of the world’s most breathtaking destinations with exceptional homes that reflect the spirit of adventure and sophistication our members value. As we grow our presence across New Zealand, the media is taking notice—explore the latest coverage below.
Luxury home exchange club launches in NZ
“There’s a sense of security with bookings: the visitors are respectful, and you know your property is in safe hands. That’s not necessarily the case with Airbnb. And within the club it’s a real community, and you can interact on a personal level with the owners of places you stay in.”
– ThirdHome Member Josephine E.
Luxury home-swap platform to expand in New Zealand
“In the two years of her membership, Bianchi calculates she will soon have had $120,000 worth of accommodation, spread over four one-week-long trips. That includes the one to Mexico, where the home came with a cleaner, chef and driver; one in a “beautiful luxury resort” in Byron Bay, Australia; and one closer to home in Arrowtown’s Millbrook resort when she had an overflow of family members coming for Christmas.”
– ThirdHome Member Pauline B.
Selling the dream: How travel perks are helping close prestige deals
“We’re not trying to disrupt real estate,” Wade said. “We’re enhancing it, offering homeowners and agents a way to extend the value of a second home well beyond the walls. When agents say, ‘Buy this beachfront property in Byron and you can stay in a Paris penthouse or a Swiss chalet for $900 a week,’ it changes the conversation.”
– ThirdHome CEO & Founder, Wade Shealy
Luxury house swaps coming to NZ
“Rather than just swapping in the traditional sense, you can swap your homes over a certain value but you can actually choose from over 18,000 properties right around the world in more than 100 countries, and not just your average homes: we’ve got castles, ranches, yachts, safaris.”– Coast FM Host, Lorna Riley
Luxury travel club ThirdHome launches in New
Zealand
“To rent a place, like a 3-bedroom Ritz Carlton, you’re going to pay U.S. dollars, anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000 for the week. If you have a luxury second home that you offer up a week in ThirdHome for another number of years, you pay about $900 to stay in a Ritz Carlton 3-bedroom. I tell people, there’s no better deal, if you want a luxury second home, there’s no better deal in the world than ThirdHome.”
– ThirdHome CEO & Founder, Wade Shealy
Karl Lagerfeld’s former residence in France is available to book – but only if you know where to look
“Château d’Isle-sur-Marne, a meticulously restored castle dating back to 1732, is available to book exclusively through ThirdHome, a members-only luxury travel club. Formerly home to the late fashion icon and featured in both the 2023 Met Gala tribute Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and Millionaire Holiday Home Swap, the château offers guests an experience that is as culturally significant as it is aesthetically breathtaking.”
– Sophie Howe, Author at Harper’s Bazaar Australia
ThirdHome New Zealand: What it’s like using the luxury home exchange
However, we’re here because of novelty and familiarity and excitement, and how they alchemise. Because even the most breathtaking places can lose a little shine over time, and we start to hunger for something different. This is one of travel’s greatest appeals: the chance to substitute the familiar delights for, not something necessarily better, but novel and thus delightful in a unique way. It’s also, in my eyes, one of the greatest appeals of a company like ThirdHome.
– Multimedia journalist, NZ Herald, Sarah Pollok
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Firstly, in our society at large, we have evolved into a community driven by a desire for options. Whether it’s a second car or a second watch, or a second home, we have grown accustomed to having options expand our lives in multiple ways. At ThirdHome, we understand this core human desire and are satisfying it in a new way, specifically within the second home market.
Secondly, the current economic climate has affected most industries, but the luxury property development sector has been hit harder than most. Selling real estate is now more challenging, and agents and developers need meaningful points of difference and added-value services to help drive sales. ThirdHome has created a unique proposition that will differentiate its offering by creating an owner benefit that no one else is currently providing.
Built as a private club where members gain access to multiple luxury second homes via a limited access property exchange network, ThirdHome has created a unique value proposition for second home ownership based on the principle of reciprocity. Enabling our members to ‘get out what they put in’ lies at the heart of everything do.
Our thinking is simple. If you own a luxury second home, you should not have to pay rental rates to use others when you travel. Use your second home to give you a ThirdHome anywhere else in the world.
The Club has rapidly grown to over 20,000 properties in 100 countries worth an average of $2.4 million each. Members have access to a network of other homes of a similar level all over the world. And, given the economic climate, everyone is looking at what they own through different lenses and asking themselves – ‘Am I getting the most value possible from owning this particular home?”
ThirdHome is the answer to the main question and concern that prevents the purchase of a second home – before I buy this property, am I sure that I want to be coming back here year after year?
Now, with ThirdHome membership, a single second home now opens the door to hundreds of others all over the world for a reasonable membership and a nominal reservation fee.
ThirdHome will revitalize vacation home sales and resort/luxury property investments and provide second home-owners with a win-win way to leverage their investment.
To find out more, visit https://www.thirdhome.com/