Though rare five years ago, there are now also several dozen upscale daily fee courses, said Mr. Mottola of the Metropolitan Golf Association, which are privately owned and open to the public, but expensive.
The Oaks in Pass Christian, Mississippi, in the gaming-driven Biloxi area, opened last May: It's an upscale daily fee course designed and built in-house by Landmark National's growing staff.
Hudson Hills is well positioned to draw golfers who have been flocking to the upscale daily-fee courses that have popped up in the region in the past decade, county officials say.
The AMT you have paid so far this year is like an upscale eating club with a high fee to get in the door, but once inside the meals are tasty and cheap.
In more upscale communities, property managers demand a referral fee to let agents in on which home or apartment is up for rent or sale.
On 15 May, a week before the vote, Miliband met with David Axelrod Barack Obamama's chief campaign adviser, who had signed on as a consultant to the Labour campaign for an astronomical fee – at Corrigan's, an upscale Mayfair restaurant.
The club doesn't charge big initiation and membership fees, the way many other upscale clubs do.
To survive, an increasing number of agents have gone looking for upscale clients, offering services that come with added fees.
Ritz-Carlton has a "Resort Reconnect" promotion targeted at couples who are feeing flush enough to resume vacationing at upscale resorts.
At the three upscale Houstonian clubs in their namesake city, where the initiation fee is $24,000, employees are trained to approach cellphone users with a glass of water and say, "Hey, I want to remind you of our cellphone procedures," said Mark Stevens, the regional director of the clubs, which forbid cellphone calls, e-mailing or texting on the floor.
Upscale travelers often rely on luxury travel consultants who charge fees to plan every aspect of a trip, from securing hotel rooms to scoring concert tickets and dinner reservations.
