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Originally Posted by PoorLurker
I think you are missing the part that people get to the hotel in style AND stay in style. Like others say, it's for people who don't need to calculate "value" on these types of purchases because they are "only" $10-20k
Nice hotels around $500/night is doable for a lot of incomes. First class international flights? not so much.
Only time I ever flew first class was from Taipei to Tokyo. We were running late for our flight and they upgraded us to first class. I was about 22 at the time and felt a bit weird sitting next to some VIP businessman.
All the other times, I try to find the cheapest available seat and "deal" with it for a few hours.
One trip to Taiwan, I did randomly find some shuttle service to take me to the hotel. The guy goes out to get his car and it's an S class Benz. When the average college graduate income is $1500/mo, getting taken to the hotel in an S class benz felt like it was a Rolls, haha We definitely used him as a shuttle to return to the airport, haha.
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When I went to Denmark, ALL the taxi's were MBZ.
We showered every other day at the equivalent of the YMCA. . .