Interviewing 800 millionaires was always going to provide some wonderfully voyeuristic data.
When it comes to travel habits, turns out the uber wealthy prefer to:
- Fly Singapore Airlines
- Stay at the Bellagio in Las Vegas
- Ride the Orient Express … but not the European version as first choice
Wealth research firm New World Wealth from South Africa interviews 800 high net worth individuals every year for ‘rich insights’.
The 2016 travel survey was illuminating.
Of particular note was that QANTAS came in second on the preferred airline status.
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Of the hotels, interestingly, the Bellagio was the cheapest of the top five and all of them were relatively small. Only the Las Vegas landmark – where you can still get a bed at a comparatively reasonable rate – has more than 300 rooms.
Here’s the top fives according to the super wealthy:
Hotels
- The Bellagio – Las Vegas
- The Plaza – New York
- Mandarin Oriental – London
- Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc – Antibes
- Raffles – Singapore
Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- QANTAS
- JAL – Japan
- Lufthansa – Germany
- Air France
Trains
- Eastern & Oriental Express – Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand
- Blue Train – South Africa
- Pride of Africa (Rovos Rail) – Africa
- Maharajas Express – India
- The Orient Express – Europe and Turkey
