The Washington Post interviewed industry insiders including hoteliers, ski instructors, property managers and travel planners, to understand the mountains they move for the rich. Here's what they had to say.
coordinated a multi-destination get-together that began with skiing in Aspen and ended in the Bahamas.Despite the price of lift tickets, ski gear and luxury accommodations for the group, “the biggest cost of those kinds of trip is to fly,” said Leona Qi, VistaJet’s U.S. president.
“It’s part of the service,” Cremeno said. “Some people are very picky and really want to dabble in everything that we carry — and we will facilitate that.” Michael Friedman, COO of the luxury vacation rental company Onefinestay, arranges those services in Aspen. The package costs $19,000 to $27,000 for groups of one to four.And for a truly off-the-grid experience, Manabu Ainai, director of Hoshino Resorts’s properties in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, says they’ve taken clients to ski in places you can’t find on Google Maps.For the 1 percent, a ski instructor isn’t someone you see once a season for an afternoon crash course.
Skipping the line may seem valuable at a huge ski resort where lifts may have 30-minute waits, but Deer Valley doesn’t allow a ton of skiers at a time.
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