The North Phuket hotel neighborhood on Mai Khao Beach has just welcomed its newest member, the Anantara Vacation Club Phuket (www.anantaravacationclub.com), featuring 70 one- to three-bedroom suites (94-346 sq meters) and 30 one- and two-bedroom villas (195-265 sq meters). The Vacation Club is not actually a resort but a new shared-ownership property. Owners buy points (minimum of 5,000 points) to spend in the form of rooms, villas, meals and services at any of the Anantara Vacation Clubs located in Phuket, Samui and Bali, as well as other Anantara properties worldwide. It’s like you are paying for your future holidays well in advance, at today’s rates and it seems a good deal for those who like taking long, fancy resort-based holidays every year. Non-owners can still enjoy the luxury, though, with prices starting from US$396 (B12,305) for two nights in a one-bedroom suite for two, and US$598 [B18,580] for a villa, with breakfast and roundtrip airport transfers.