CIRCLE
Earned or by invitation · Est. MMXXVI

The Circle.

A membership for the guests who travel the way we built this platform to serve. Three tiers. Earned by travelling with us, or by invitation.

Request an invitation → See the tiers
Seats · capped at 400
Waitlist · opens Nov 2026
A word, before we go further

We stay small on purpose.

EWS is a booking platform for anyone. The Circle is not. The Circle is a quiet agreement between us and the small group of guests whose travel we end up planning around.

It opens the hardest rooms first. It gives you your concierge, directly. It brings you to places and dinners we don't publish anywhere else. In exchange, we ask three things: that you behave like a host would in your own home, that you let us remember you properly, and that you tell us when something isn't right.

If that's not for you, the platform is here and open to everyone. If it is — read on.

V
Van Che Founder · Epic World Stays
The three tiers

How you fit in.

Three tiers, each capped. You can be invited into any of them; you move up by travelling, or stay where you are.

I
Tier one

The Member.

For guests we've travelled with twice, or who come to us by recommendation.

Annual
Complimentary · with 2 stays
Full concierge access. One named concierge for every trip. In-app & by phone.
Member rates. 5 – 15% below the public rate, applied automatically at checkout.
Priority on new films. New stays open to members 72 hours before the public.
The Journal, in print. The quarterly print edition, posted.
Unlimited guest profile. Your preferences carry across every stay.
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II
Tier two

The Signature.

For guests with eight stays, thirty nights or £50,000 in stays over 24 months, or by direct invitation.

Annual
£4,800 · or 4 stays
Everything in Member, plus the below.
The hardest rooms, first. Owner's suites, villa buy-outs — opened to Signature before anyone else.
Your concierge, directly. A WhatsApp line, not an inbox. Answers in 15 minutes, waking hours.
Guaranteed late check-out. Until 18:00, every stay. On the house.
One room upgrade a year. On availability, on the stay you choose.
Private film premieres. Four screenings a year in London, Milan or Dubai.
Journal + print portfolio. The year's film stills, printed and bound.
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III
Tier three

The Patron.

Twelve seats a year. By founder invitation. Direct line to the people who built this.

Annual
By invitation · bespoke
Everything in Signature, plus the below.
Co-commission a film. Pick a property we haven't shot. We make the film. Your edition, named.
Access before onboarding. Stay at Signature-tier properties the quarter they film, before the film is cut.
The founder's office, directly. For when something matters more than concierge.
Annual dinner in London. At the founder's table. Twelve Patrons, no spouses, no press.
Your own curation. A yearly 20-stay shortlist, hand-picked for you by our editors.
Legacy transferable. One seat is inheritable to a named guest.
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The membership year

Four moments we plan each year.

Independent of your travel calendar, we aim to hold these four moments each year. They're the shape of the year inside the Circle.

January · London

The Winter preview.

A private screening of the year's new films in London, with dinner afterwards.

For Signature & Patron
April · Milan

The Director's lunch.

Lunch with the directors who film our stays, in a trattoria they choose. Twelve seats. Conversation, not an interview.

For Patron, by lottery for Signature
September · in-stay

Your film arrives.

A short film we've shot of your travel this year, cut from footage of properties you've visited. Yours alone. Six minutes.

For Patron
December · London

The table of twelve.

The founder hosts twelve Patrons for one dinner at a restaurant we close for the night. No spouses, no press, no phones in the room.

For Patron
Request an invitation

Three questions. One answer.

We review every application personally and reply within ten business days. We say no more than we say yes. We never say maybe.

How it works
  1. You tell us a little about how you travel. Three questions, five minutes.
  2. If a tier fits, we reply with the invitation and a short call with the Circle team.
  3. You decide within two weeks. The seat is held until then.