Membership
Ten households. No more.
The founding membership of AYD is limited to ten households worldwide, admitted by application and interview. This page states the terms plainly — as the Office intends to go on.
$1,500
The application
A confidential review and interview. Non-refundable once the review begins. Decision within ten business days of the interview.
$25,000
The year
Annual membership for the household — the line, the desks, the standard. Renewed by invitation, never by auto-charge.
$26,500
The first year, in full
The complete first-year cost of an accepted application, before matters quoted separately. No other standing charges exist.
Matters of scale are always scoped and agreed in writing before they begin. Third-party costs are settled directly with the provider wherever practical.
Held within the year.
The private line — one number that reaches the Office directly
The household: you, a partner, and one trusted aide or assistant
Standing coordination across all three desks
A private preferences dossier, built once and kept current
Quarterly planning of the season ahead
Interpreters retained on demand for the world's major languages
Urgent matters triaged at any hour
Quoted on their own.
Events, weddings, and celebrations of consequence
Extended journeys and multi-leg travel
Relocations and residence projects
Asset placements through licensed specialists
Any undertaking requiring dedicated staffing
A fair-use understanding governs standing coordination; where a season runs heavy, the Office says so before it bills so. Surprises are for birthdays.
Asked, answered.
Why only ten households?
Because the Office answers personally, and there is a number beyond which that sentence becomes a slogan. Ten is not that number. Membership will widen only when the standard can widen with it.
What does the application fee purchase?
A confidential review conducted in earnest: your application read closely, screening completed, and a private interview with the Office. The fee is $1,500, payable with the application, and is not returned once the review begins — it purchases the review, not the outcome.
What if the Office declines?
Then you will be told directly, promptly, and without a form letter. Declinations are not judgments of worth; they are admissions that the fit — of need, geography, or capacity — is not right, made honestly and in your interest.
Is the annual fee everything?
The annual fee carries the standing work of the Office. Matters of scale — an event, a season abroad, an asset in motion — are scoped and priced plainly before anything begins, and third-party costs are settled directly wherever possible. The first-year cost of an accepted application is $26,500 before such matters.
Who actually performs the work?
The Office — and, where a matter calls for licensed judgment, specialists retained under its watch and named to you. Travel is arranged through registered partners, significant assets through licensed brokers, medical navigation through practicing physicians. One hand remains accountable: ours.
How private is this, truly?
The Office collects the minimum it needs, shares nothing it collects, and declines to trade on its members' names — publicly or privately. You will find no client list here, and yours will never start one.