About
On the record.
Private Island Resorts is a permanent register of resorts that occupy an island of their own — and of the islands that come close, the islands that once did, and the islands that will. Every entry holds a code from the day it is written. A code is issued once and never points at a second subject.
The register does not rate or rank. It records how an island is lived: who runs it, who else can be on it, how many people it holds, and how it is reached. Where two sources disagree, both are carried and the disagreement is flagged.
- 01 · IdentityThe code outlives the resortLHL-I-022 is North Island and will never be anything else. When an operator changes, the island gets a new entry and the old one stays — closed, linked, on the record.
- 02 · OrderModel before geographyIslands are grouped by how they are lived. Where they sit is recorded by the water around them rather than the continent they are filed under.
- 03 · ToneEvery entry names who it is wrong forA register that only praises is a brochure, and a brochure cannot help you choose between two islands that both look perfect from a seaplane.
The register does not rank
No field here means better or worse. Entries are described, not scored, and the order of the codes records only which islands were written first. Where a property is one day marked Preferred, that will be a commercial relationship, labelled as one, and kept out of the editorial fields entirely.
How complete an entry is
The register is published while it is being written, and every entry says which state it is in. A full entry carries its sources beside the facts they support. A structured record has the fields but no article yet. Nothing is presented as confirmed before it is.
Privacy level — the question every entry answers
P5 The whole island is yours. P4 One resort, its guests and its staff. P3 A resort beside private houses under one system. P2 Villages, other hotels or owners share the island. P1 Day visitors, a marina, a public restaurant, a city.
Who made the island
Written entries carry an Origin block: founder, creator, owner, developer, island steward, the original intention and the current operator. Attribution comes from public sources and is marked as unconfirmed until the property verifies it.