Jun 28, 2024 • 5 min read
12.06.2024 - 16:41 / insider.com
My fiancé and I saved up to celebrate our recent engagement in style during one of the year's most iconic, expensive weekends: the Formula 1 (F1) Monaco Grand Prix.
The F1 Monaco Grand Prix is an annual race for drivers in the highest class of international racing for single-seater formula cars.
Though the sport is popular in Europe, it gained the attention of international audiences with the release of Netflix's Formula 1 documentary series, "Drive to Survive." In a 2022 poll from Morning Consult, 53% of nearly 1,900 F1 fans said the series contributed to their interest in the sport.
However, we've been dedicated F1 fans long before the series launched in 2019, and have always considered the Monaco Grand Prix the best race on the calendar.
Like many fans, we were willing to splurge to see some of our favorite drivers and were excited to attend the event this past May. We purchased a package from F1 Experiences for £15,220, or about $19,370, with a $1,610 yacht party add-on. The package for my partner and me included a hotel stay, two days of live racing, and transportation to and from the event.
From an unbelievable balcony view of the racetrack to cheering on a historic win, here's what the experience was like.
Jun 28, 2024 • 5 min read
Monaco is the world's most expensive luxury rental market, according to analysis provided to The Wall Street Journal by global real estate agency Knight Frank.
As cycling enthusiasts gear up for this year's Tour de France, train travelers can embark on their own exciting journey through the heart of France. While the world's most famous bicycle race covers 3,500 kilometers over three weeks, Rail Europe offers a unique twist on the "Tour de France" experience - one that promises rich cultural encounters and comfortable travel.
Just under 90,000 Americans alive today are over the age of 100. That means a mere 0.027 percent of Americans have hit that century mark. And while living to 100 comes with a lot of perks (namely, bragging rights), for travelers of that age, it comes with the added bonus of instantly becoming a kid again.
The travel tech industry is ripe for consolidation.
A Taylor Swift fan from Northern Ireland said she and her fellow Swifties were prevented from attending the Eras Tour after a bird flew into their plane.
It was day three on a bucket list trip to the red city of Marrakech. Since stepping off a sleepless, turbulent red eye, my senses had been battered with dizzying heat radiating off the clay walls and chaotic crowds with vendors shouting at me in the medina. I looked at my husband, struggling to put my shoes on to leave the room, and the tears started flowing as I wailed, “I’m just so tired. I don’t want to do this tour; I just want to go back to bed.” Internally, the exhausted, depressed part of me was battling the part that was still euphoric about being in this city I had dreamed of traveling to for the better part of a decade. That part of me didn’t want to miss a thing, which made the emotions even more difficult to manage.
For spring break this year, I took my 9-year-old daughter to Rome for four nights as part of a bigger trip to Italy. I decided we deserved a major splurge and booked a deluxe room with a park view at the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
My partner and I decided to splurge on a vacation to Costa Rica for a milestone birthday celebration this year. We spent 12 nights traveling across the western side of the country, trying to soak up as many of the Central American country's highlights as possible.
The queen of the French Riviera, Nice drips elegance and panache from every belle époque palace, baroque chapel and Mediterranean-blue chair on the prom. The capital of France's celebrity-stalked Côte d’Azur might be modest in size, but the choice of things to see and do in this iconic coastal town stretches well beyond bracing strolls along Promenade des Anglais and lizard-lounging on bum-numbing pebbles on the seashore.
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The U.S. Government is taking a summer road trip to make it easier for first-time passport holders to complete applications.