Part of my job includes uploading special travel deals onto my company's website. (Thrilling, I know, but somebody has to do it.) Normally the deals I come across include a complimentary hotel night after a paid three-night stay, or spa vouchers, or a free bottle of champagne upon arrival.
But today I was filing a deal for luxury tour-operator,
Tahiti Legends, which was offering a 13-day trip to
Tahiti. It included round-trip airfare, luxury accommodations, a three-night cruise, private dinners on the beach, and a whole lot of other stuff that I could never afford. How much did this "deal" cost?...
...$170,000 per couple!
No, you did not read that wrong, and no I did not put a comma in where I should have put a period. It is truly $170,000 per couple. Would we say that's a deal? Shockingly, for some people, yes it is.
This got me thinking about the most expensive vacations in the world. A quick search on
Google and I came up with this:
Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi Offers $1 Million Valentine's Holiday.
$1 million! So what does this package include?
The package, which was available from February 11, 2010, includes first class roundtrip on
Etihad Airways from any international destination; seven nights in a
Palace Suite at
Emirates Palace, a chauffeur-driven
Maybach trips during the stay; daily spa treatments in the
Anantara Spa; and private jet trips to
Iran,
Jordan and
Bahrain.
Now that is a vacation....if you can swing it. And I'm not judging. I'm just strongly considering a change in profession.
