Exclusive Resorts’ Offers $39M Bid, Challenges Inspirato’s Merger Plan

Inspirato, a luxury travel club, has disclosed in a financial filing that it received an all-cash acquisition proposal from rival Exclusive Resorts.

The offer, valued at around $39 million, presents a competing bid to Inspirato’s previously announced reverse merger with automotive and marketplace platform Buyerlink. The special meeting to vote on the Buyerlink deal is scheduled for September 19, 2025.

In June 2025, Inspirato and Buyerlink agreed to a reverse merger, valuing Buyerlink’s equity at approximately $326 million.

The combined entity, to be renamed One Planet Platforms and traded on Nasdaq, would combine luxury travel with Buyerlink’s marketplace technology focused on automotive and home services.

Although Inspirato has not formalized any agreement with Exclusive Resorts, it regards the cash bid as potentially more favorable and intends to engage with the bidder for further evaluation.

The new offer complicates Inspirato’s merger process with Buyerlink and may disrupt or delay Inspirato’s plan to transition into a broader marketplace platform.

Recent notable funding cases in travel include Understory raising $14 million in a funding round led by Smedvig Ventures, UK’s UnderTheDoormat receiving $7 million from OMRAN Group, and Highside Companies securing $500 million from affiliates of Apollo Global Management.

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