Private Trade Winds Blog

Private Trade Winds & JDRF Proudly Launch Travel To Cure Diabetes: REGISTER HERE!
REGISTER NOW! Private Trade Winds has been a proud supporter of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) for the past five years, donating approximately $250,000 in luxury villa accommodations to their annual Dream Gala. However, an enhanced partnership was launched last Saturday night at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, which will benefit the charity in [...]

Resolve to GAIN 2013
By Judy Sweetland Here we are at the end of January, and if you’re like most people your New Year’s Resolution(s) may be over. In fact, 33% of those making a New Year’s Resolution will have given up by now, and 75% of people will call it quits by the end of June. I’m [...]

What Makes Us Different: Our Managed Homeowner Trade Program
In continuing with our third article in our series on What Makes Us Different, we would like to draw your attention to our managed homeowner trade program, or what we call our Premier Plus Program. Why place your beautiful luxury vacation home with Private Trade Winds? With so many options these days, it can be [...]

What Makes Us Different: Our Full Service Travel Agency
More than just a typical villa supplier, Private Trade Winds is uniquely qualified to book all types of travel. As a full service, licensed Travel Agency, we are able to handle all air, ground, rail, cruise, and hotel accommodations. Further to this point, we [...]

Mahalo Hill Family!
Hands down – if you ask any Private Trade Winds team member what the best part of their job is you will get the same answer – hearing the rave reviews from our clients! That’s why we always ask our Travel Advisers to forward on all [...]

Private Trade Winds Awarded Outstanding Vacation Rental!
We selected our 10,000 square foot Luxury Ranch Estate from our global villa portfolio to ‘wow’ judges from Luxury Real Estate and Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate – and earned top prize in the Vacation Rental Category! The banquet room was abuzz at the 17th [...]

A Desert Retreat for the entire Family
Our newly added 4-bedroom villa will have spa enthusiasts bolting for the desert. Place your finger on a map over the intersection of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, and you will find an extraordinary sanctuary that only an Aman Resort can provide. Built into the [...]

Dubai Shopping Festival: Book Early!
The annual Dubai Shopping Festival which started in 1996, has become an international extravaganza! Join shoppers from around the world January 5 thru February 5, 2013 and experience events for the whole family. From fashion shows to fireworks, this explosive event gathers an eclectic group of shoppers for a month of tax free shopping. [...]

What Makes Us Different? BRANDING!
By Judy Sweetland, Asset Manager As new villa companies emerge, we would like to emphasize the importance of selecting a company that has both the knowledge and experience necessary to assist in selecting the right villa for your vacation needs, at the very best value. We are starting a series of articles in our monthly [...]

From PTW President Irene Aviles: Luxury Just Got Better
In Celebration of our 5th Anniversary, we are continuing to expand our comprehensive travel service and ‘club-type concept’ to bring the best in luxury travel at the best value in the marketplace. With that said, I am proud to announce the expansion of our villa portfolio to include our new Fractional & Residence Club [...]