Travel Dispatch: How the Ultra-Rich Travel
Champagne, concierges and emergency sand.
Travel Dispatch
February 18, 2026

One client wanted the color red eradicated from his hotel room. Another wanted, as a vacation activity, his teenage son to play soccer with big-name professional players in one of Italy’s national stadiums.

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A woman sits in a bathtub in front of a large plate glass window, looking out over the city of Barcelona.

Nobu Hotel Barcelona

Champagne, concierges and emergency sand: How the ultra-rich travel

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Olivia Ferney

They’re rich, they travel and they love to complain

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