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The Circle

The private circle that keeps the finest houses alive all year.

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HOW IT WORKS

The Rotation

Owners open their empty weeks. Members fill them. Partners enrich them. Everyone comes in with something to give, and leaves with more.

01

Owners entrust their empty weeks.

The ones that stay empty year after year, or free up at the last minute. Opened to the Circle on negotiated terms, with no commission and no middleman.

02

Members get first access.

On terms reserved for Members. One request is enough: Art of Stay handles the rest with the Owner.

03

On site, the Partners take over.

The house first, then the partners of the territory: spa, private chef, table, boat. The Art of Stay booklet left in every house opens their doors on privileged terms.

04

Members tell the story of the stay.

Images, honest reviews, recommendations. What they publish brings travellers back to the houses and customers to the partners.

The circle turns.

Everyone holds the Circle up. That is its only rule.

The three circles

Everyone receives from the Circle and gives something back. That reciprocity is what separates a circle from a directory.

Main door

OWNERS

Villas, hotels and estates opening their empty weeks to the Circle.

What you receive
  • Empty weeks filled
  • A richer stay for your guests, through the Experiences booklet
  • A network among owners
  • A referral and recommendation system
  • Featured across the Art of Stay channels
  • Direct booking, with no commission and no middleman
What you bring
  • Empty weeks on member terms
  • A place for the booklet in the house
  • A standard held steady

PARTNERS

Private chefs, spas, boat charters, activities and restaurants of the territory.

What you receive
  • A presence in every house of your territory
  • Qualified customers you would not have had
  • A page of your own
  • A record of the customers actually sent
What you bring
  • A real discount, clearly stated and honoured
  • A welcome worthy of the network

THE
MEMBERS

Members, who reach the houses of the Circle on their empty weeks.

What you receive
  • First access to the weeks that open
  • Reserved terms on exceptional houses
  • Experience discounts all year, even between stays
  • Access to competitions and complimentary stays
  • Direct booking, with no commission
What you bring
  • Content during your stay
  • Respect for the houses
  • Word of mouth
The object

The Booklet
Art of Stay Partners

One object in every house. Every Experience of the territory and its reserved terms, gathered in a booklet left on site: so that each visit is traced, and each Experience knows what the Circle brought it.

A digital version is sent before every arrival, to guests and members alike. It is updated with every new Experience in the territory.

THE CIRCLE IN FRANCE

The map of territories

Click a region to zoom into its territories. The counter shows the Founding House places still open, never what is already taken.
Open: the booklet is in place
In the making: applications open
Soon: waiting list
Corsica is open for applications.
The map is updated continuously.
Founder status

Entry is free for Founders, until their territory officially opens.

After that, Founders keep their place, their visibility and their preferential terms for life.

A circle has only one moment in its existence when you can be one of its founders.

The Charter of the Circle

You do not sign up to the Circle. You are admitted to it.

OWNERS

  • A house that meets the standard of the network
  • Photography worthy of the house
  • Weeks genuinely open on member terms
  • The booklet present and visible in the house

PARTNERS

  • A minimum discount guaranteed and honoured
  • Real availability in high season
  • The same welcome for every member of the Circle

MEMBERS

  • A commitment to create content during the stay
  • Respect for the houses et de leurs règles
  • An application reviewed, like every other

Questions

No. No commission, no middleman. Travellers book directly with the house.

The three doors

Membership is then annual and specific to each territory. The terms are set out during the application interview.

OWNERS

YOU HAVE A PROPERTY

Four pieces of information are enough. We come back to you by phone.

PARTNERS

You offer an experience

Your territory, your discount, your welcome. The rest is said in person.

MEMBERS

You want to travel with the Circle

The first region opens soon. Sign up to reach the first weeks before anyone else.