So you’ve avoided the interminable check-in line, been spared the indignity of walking shoeless through a metal detector, and circumvented the mad dash boarding cattle run. You’re settling into your chartered private jet’s supple leather seats, legs outstretched, sipping ... Read Full Article »

Consumers in the market for a luxury second home can choose from destination clubs, fractional residences and wholly-owned homes. Halogen Guides has outlined the top five reasons for why a consumer would choose each option. We also ... Read Full Article »

Over the past year, we’ve compared jet card programs, reviewed specific planes, and even calculated the cost to fly carbon neutral. Today, we thought we’d have some fun and dream up a hypothetical new aircraft. We’re Mac users here at Halogen ... Read Full Article »

For one hour on March 31, 2007, 2.2 million residents and 2,100 businesses in Sydney, Australia turned off their lights for the first-ever Earth Hour, which was developed to promote awareness about energy conservation. In 2008, more than 20 cities ... Read Full Article »

If you’re a golfer, making a decision about purchasing resort real estate can have just as much to do with who designed the course on site as it does with the Viking appliances in the kitchen, or how many fixtures ... Read Full Article »

When big-name fashion designers and interior design stars sign on to create stylish interiors for resort real estate, the result is bound to be a community of second homes with serious wow-factor. So, where are the fashion industry trendsetters heading ... Read Full Article »

One of our favorite green bloggers, Joel Makower of Two Steps Forward, recently posted that the latest edition of Clean Energy Trends is published and available for free download. The annual report, which lays out trends and predictions for the ... Read Full Article »

The new Sawmill Village, a gated whole ownership development atop West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain, is touting the fact that it’s the first development of its kind in the state to receive an Energy Star label at the top of its ... Read Full Article »

Mega-yacht crews are well versed in the fine art of shiatsu massage, preparing the perfect langoustine salad and popping jeroboams of Cristal. It’s the little things, like saving the boat and its passengers in case of emergency, where they may ... Read Full Article »

These days, there’s so much information on the web about going green that it can be hard to ferret out the best sources. However, some notable bloggers have taken a dedicated and informative approach to the sustainable movement, updating their ... Read Full Article »

Two bucks for a bottle of water, three for a snack, and good luck finding a blanket. While commercial airlines continue to skimp on the basics, private jets are delivering a new level of food service, which involves using organic ... Read Full Article »

It wasn’t long ago that the great promise of biodiesel lay in getting a ’72 VW Bus to sputter a few miles down the road for its weekly trip from the organic rutabaga commune to the farmer’s market. In ... Read Full Article »

True luxury connoisseurs insist on “fine writing instruments” not ball point pens, and they demand “handcrafted timepieces” not digital watches. Why then, should it be so readily accepted that these same individuals would use a mobile phone—an item no less ... Read Full Article »

For the second or vacation home owner who wants their new pad to be as sustainable as possible, there are plenty of steps that can be taken to make a home more eco-friendly. To start off, try working from the ... Read Full Article »

We’ve already covered some of the steps commercial airlines are taking towards being more environmentally friendly. Carbon offset programs and investing in newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft are just a few of the initiatives being taken by domestic and international airlines. In ... Read Full Article »

Two new real estate developments in Mexico are bringing a welcome breath of fresh air to our southern neighbor’s real estate and tourism industries. As available land is gobbled up by developers intent on capitalizing on Mexico’s alluring mix of ... Read Full Article »

Most of us have seen a prefabricated or modular home rolling by on the highway. Those cookie cutter buildings are not exactly the stuff of housing dreams. But those style-less buildings are a far cry from today’s luxury prefab homes, ... Read Full Article »

At Helium Report, we track the latest in luxury living trends, from billionaires purchasing jumbo jets for personal use to destination clubs rolling out grand beach homes. Our readers come to us for industry news on private jets and ... Read Full Article »

Last week the Federal Trade Commission, which evaluates advertising claims, held a public hearing on green marketing, focusing specifically on carbon offsets and the way they are marketed and advertised to consumers. Carbon offsetting sounds like a great way for ... Read Full Article »

Chances are that when you’re traveling to your private residence club or destination club retreat or favorite resort community, you’ll step into a train, plane or automobile. But by stepping into your vehicle of choice, you’re contributing to environmentally-unfriendly carbon-dioxide ... Read Full Article »

Green is the word when it comes to construction, so if you’re thinking of buying a second home in 2008, you’d better be well-versed in eco-friendly terminology. After all, this is the year that sustainable building is poised to go ... Read Full Article »

You’ve thought about recycling programs and bought energy-efficient appliances for your second home and even figured out how to reduce your carbon footprint for travel to that retreat. But what about your interior decor? For vacation home purchases in resort ... Read Full Article »

Unless you’re hoofing it, environmentally-friendly travel this holiday season is something of an oxymoron. By traveling to your second home or to, say, your destination club retreat, you’re emitting CO2. And those carbon gases, as Al Gore has told ... Read Full Article »

Snow bunnies are a fabulous breed that somehow manage to look chic whether whizzing down a ski mountain – a blur of shiny beauty – or lounging cozily by the fire with a steaming cup of cocoa held in well-manicured ... Read Full Article »

Green Living is a new regular column on Helium Report devoted to covering eco-trends in second homeownership and private jet travel. Anyone who has ever bought a vacation home knows that furnishing it can be a bear. So instead of ... Read Full Article »