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Titanic Subs and Moon Rockets: Why ‘Thrillionaires’ Risk Their Lives<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters</p> <p>If you’re one of the many who plan to travel this summer, you’re probably looking forward to a trip to a beachside locale, or maybe hiking through a National Park, or even just visiting friends and family in their local cities.</p> <p>This isn’t going to be the case if you’re a billionaire. Instead, you’re more likely to do things like jet set <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/backlash-over-kim-kardashians-tone-deaf-private-island-40th-birthday-bash">to a private Tahitian island</a> with your closest friends, or spend a week at one of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/wasatch-peaks-ranch-faced-bitter-opposition-from-utah-locals">world’s most exclusive ski resorts</a>, or book a <a href="https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3197449/why-ultra-rich-travellers-are-splurging-extreme-experiences-exotic-trips-arctic-circle-or-african">private $300,000 opera concert</a> for you and your wife.</p> <p>Or, if that all strikes you as a little boring, you might want to find something a little more adventurous like <a href="https://www.sharkcagediving.net/">cage diving with sharks in South Africa</a>, or <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/human-traffic-jams-have-led-to-18-deaths-on-mt-everest-this-climbing-season">standing in a traffic-jam line</a> to climb Mt. Everest, or even launching yourself into space aboard a rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin or Elon Musk’s SpaceX.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/titanic-subs-and-moon-rockets-thrillionaire-tourism-is-booming-despite-threat-of-death">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters

If you’re one of the many who plan to travel this summer, you’re probably looking forward to a trip to a beachside locale, or maybe hiking through a National Park, or even just visiting friends and family in their local cities.

This isn’t going to be the case if you’re a billionaire. Instead, you’re more likely to do things like jet set to a private Tahitian island with your closest friends, or spend a week at one of the world’s most exclusive ski resorts, or book a private $300,000 opera concert for you and your wife.

Or, if that all strikes you as a little boring, you might want to find something a little more adventurous like cage diving with sharks in South Africa, or standing in a traffic-jam line to climb Mt. Everest, or even launching yourself into space aboard a rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin or Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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