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The Dull Destinations of the Superrich

All along, we've had the sneaking suspicion that the ultra-rich are ultra-boring. This suspicion was borne out by this month's "private travel" issue of the Robb Report. The Robb Report, for the uninitiated, is the periodical bible of the exceedingly wealthy, with the trademarked tagline "for the luxury lifestyle".

If the articles in the Robb Report serve as any indication, the superrich are primarily concerned with getting as far away from other people as possible. There are descriptions of private yachts that cost as little as $42,000 per week (bargain!) to $58,000 per day.  There are also tips on how to obtain private tours of pyramids in Egypt and descriptions of the pleasures of helicopter shuttles from the decks of private yachts to nearly empty snow fields. There's even a long feature on destination clubs, which includes a listing of seven particularly exclusive clubs. One, Solstice, currently has only 38 members.

On balance, it's striking how unadventurous most of these travel modes and destinations are. Yachts? Destination clubs? C'mon. Lame. What happened to spending pilfered millions traveling to places that are actually exotic? A $58,000-per-day yacht is just an insecure tycoon's version of a Carnival cruise.

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