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Private Clubs
At Private Club Links, we understand and respect the long standing traditions and values attendant with private clubs. Private Club Links and its members shall adhere to the strictest rules and regulations of other host private clubs and shall make no attempt to divert from this code of conduct. As a facilitator to connecting our members, we aim to ensure that our club is always a beneficial extension of fellow private clubs.
Industry Support
PCL has gone to great efforts to gain
the support and align with the private club industry leaders,
associations, board of directors and management of private clubs.
Our
number one priority is to build the finest online club for our
members and to enhance the value of any private club links
experience.
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Club FAQ's
Q. What is a PCL Partner Club?
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Q. What are the benefits to become a PCL Partner Club? answer >
Q .What is PCL’s position on reciprocity and member hosting at private clubs?
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Q. What is PCL’s position on the effects of the 501 (c) (7) tax provisions for private clubs?
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Q. What is a PCL Partner Club?
A. PCL will offer a select number of private clubs the opportunity to become a partner club. Partner clubs will benefit is a variety of ways, depending on the business goals and objectives of the club. Any reciprocation by a partner club is solely determined by the partner club and may be limited to certain aspects of the club like dining only or lodging, golf, and tennis, no sailing, but perhaps docking privileges
There are three categories of PCL Partner Clubs defined as:
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RECIPROCAL CLUB: accepts PCL members through a primary contact determined by the Partner Club, based on availability or accepts members through the partner club search. Partner Club assists with promotion and marketing of PCL to their members through club website, banner ad, newsletter ad, monthly statement insert and special letter offer or member club association program. Reciprocal Clubs offers limited access (solely determined by the club) to PCL members for use of certain aspects of the club like dining, lodging, golf, tennis, sailing, dock usage, etc…
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PREMIER CLUB: club buys PCL memberships at the affiliate rate or can be paid from a referral code, to offer PCL memberships to its existing club members. Premier Club offers open access to PCL members via its own access rules to be determined. Premier Club offers limited access (solely determined by the club) to PCL members for use of certain aspects of the club like dining, lodging, golf, tennis, sailing, dock usage, etc…
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AMBASSADOR: club identifies a member(s) in the club that would join PCL and communicate the club opportunities to other members or friends.
Q. What are the benefits to become a PCL Partner Club?
A. PCL is a veritable marketing arm for all private clubs. Think of PCL as extension of your club’s membership and marketing directors without the paying fees.
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PCL’s prequalified membership delivers the purest audience when exposed to your club, may have an interest in joining your club one day or provide a referral.
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Hosting PCL members by whatever guidelines a club chooses, PCL increases club revenue and is an effective and highly efficient marketing vehicle providing a pre-qualified membership.
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PCL’s member transactional engine allows for billing and immediate electronic payment directly from a PCL’s member account. Alternatively, members who host fellow members are reimbursed at the exact charges he is billed and not one penny more.
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Secure Member to Member interactions, individually and within the website, facilitated by proprietary FilterLinks™ data matrix technology
Q. What is PCL’s position on reciprocity and member hosting at private clubs?
A. It is the membership in one’s home club, and not Private Club Links, that shall dictate what a club or member do when agreeing to or granting hosting or guest privileges. As with any private club, each club has their own unique rules about reciprocity. It is Private Club Link’s position that every guest should be hosted by a member. In many cases, PCL will have additional offerings to our membership based on relationships our club builds with other private clubs. If a Private Club Links member meets another private club links member through PCL and chooses to host this member at his club, both members must abide by the rules and regulations of the host club. PCL will work in harmony and partnership with other private clubs and meet strive to meet the needs and desire of our members who seek to visit other clubs for outside activities such as dining, lodging, golf, fishing, tennis, etc…
Q. What is PCL’s position on the effects of the 501 (c) (7) tax provisions for private clubs?
A. PCL does not affect a club's independence and private status because a club is in control of its guest policies at each step, and every Private Club Links member must belong to a legitimate private club. Private Club Private Club Links structure is fully compatible with the stringent section 501(c)(7) provision for tax-exempt clubs. We are currently seeking a legal opinion on our transactional engines effect on the 501(c) (7) provision.
Q. How does my club become a PCL partner club?
A. To learn more about becoming a PCL Partner Club, please contact Gary Lorfano at gary@pclmail.com or via telephone at 407-226-2822.
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