How NOT to Budget Travel: The Most Expensive Ways to Experience the World

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Budget travelers be warned: You cannot means these.

WE LOVE budget travel here during Matador. So whats with this post? Entertainment. Pure, unadulterated, entertainment. And besides, isnt it always interesting to see how a alternative half (and by alternative half I mean 1% of humanity) live?

1. Most costly hotel room in America (outside of Las Vegas)

According to Sarah Nassauer over during a Wall Street Journal, a night in a Ty Warner Penthouse in a Four Seasons Hotel in New York will price youwait for it$35,000. Its a most costly room in a country outward of Las Vegas, which is. It price $50 million to build as well as took 7 years to design, so really, its quite a bargain.

Four Seasons Hotel, New York

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So what does a homogeneous of a GDP per capita of Spain as well as Italy get you?

  • Sweeping views of Manhattan in each direction;
  • Bathroom sinks done of solid blocks of stone crystal;
  • Hand-lacquered walls with mother of pearl inlay;
  • Handmade Venetian silk bedspread;
  • A personal butler on-call 24 hours a day;
  • The make use of of a Maybach or Rolls-Royce (with driver);
  • Room use from a hotels restaurants, including a single run by celebrity chef Jol Robuchon.

If youre disturbed about engagement problems, fright not. The room is usually assigned about 25% of a year.

If we unequivocally wish those bragging rights though, go upon as well as reserve a Hugh Hefner Sky Villa during a Palms Casino Resort. $40,000 per night.

2. Most costly private jet tour

How would we similar to to revisit Cultural & Legendary Treasures In Remote Lands Around The World in between Feb 28 as well! as Mar 23, 2011? How would we similar to to pay $71,100 for it? If we wish to save a little money, grab a partner as well as separate a $62,950 double occupancy price tag.

Smithsonian Journeys whose tagline is The Best in Educational Travel (think they throw in a Bachelors degree?) is putting this gob of a debate on. I know what youre wondering. What does a income which could feed 284,000 young kids for a day get you?

  • Visits to eight UNESCO World Heritage sites as well as a following countries: Japan, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bhutan, India, Rwanda, as well as Jordan;
  • Accommodations in a little of a most beautiful hotels in a world;
  • Extraordinary speakers including: Kristofer Helgen (Research Zoologist as well as Curator of Mammals during a Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History), Jim Richardson (National Geographic photographer), as well as Pegi Vail (Ph.D., a cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, as well as curator);
  • A mark upon a Boeing 757 configured for 78 travelers in a 22 chair configuration of custom tanned hide seats with ecomfort froth support.

They also offer Value Priced tours for those with lighter wallets.

Four Seasons Hotel, New York

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3. Most costly journey vacation

Hubpages.com brings us this list of a five most costly journey vacations we can penetrate your income into. For a low, low price of $62,000, we as well can extract in a 108-night debate of a world.

On board Regents Seven Seas Voyager, each lush cabin has a balcony. They improved have. For 62 vast there improved be million dollar views.

4. Most costly food in a world

Forget a $1.50 slice of pizza in New York or a 50-cent bowl of pho in Vietnam. Put your income where your mouth is.

  • Most costly grill in a world: Aragawa in Tokyo,! Japan, with an normal meal price of $368. Not including sake;
  • Most costly box of chocolates*: $2600 per bruise during Knipschildt Chocolatier of Connecticut;
  • Most costly omelette in a world*: $1000 by Emilio Castillo of Normas grill in New Yorks Le Parker Meridien Hotel;
  • Most costly caviar in a world*: A 3.9-pound container costs $48,750. It comes from a type of Iranian beluga called Almas.
5. Most costly selling in a world

For most people, traveling is about shopping. For most, they will never means selling in these districts (sorted by rent):

Four Seasons Hotel, New York

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  • #5. East 57th Street in between Third as well as Fifth Avenues, New York: $900,000. Per block foot. Per year.

    It includes a Chanel headquarters, Burberrys, as well as Tiffany & Co.

  • #4. Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris: $922,000. Among alternative shops, its home to a largest Louis Vuitton dialect store in a world.
  • #3 Madison Avenue, New York: $1.20 Million. Prada, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, as well as Barneys flagship store.
  • #2 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong: $1.21 Million. Home to a famous 13-story Sogo dialect store as well as Times Square Hong Kong.
  • #1 Fifth Avenue, New York: $1.50 Million. Here youll find flagship stores similar to Abercrombie & Fitch as well as Apple.

*Courtesy of TLC Cooking.

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