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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anywhere they can avoid the riff raff and find others like them. It varies based upon where the “elite” live. I know the answers for old money Richmond but I’m sure the answers are different for every city.[/quote]

Where do old money Richmond vacation? [/quote]

Pre-COVID days:  they seem to enjoy Jade Mountain.  They like flying first-class out of RIC, getting a connecting flight, then on to Europe as well.  They are surprisingly more eco-conscious than others, IME, many have no interest in private jets or fractionals.[/quote]

This totally depends on the people. I have some very wealthy people in my family, and you would absolutely never know it. If they vacation at all, it's to places that lots of wealthy people go to or live--like Naples, Florida. Most of the FFVs I know just have big houses in North Carolina like everybody else. So I don't know who these "old money" Richmonders are. They're generally not very showy.

I know lots of NEW money Richmonders who do those kinds of things. But that's a different breed.[/quote]

Old money Richmonders do have beach houses sometimes but definitely not private jets or fractionals. That would be vulgar. Honestly the ones I knew kept returning to the same places - skiing in VT and CO, select islands in the Caribbean (Anguilla, St. Croix, St. Barts.) It would be anathema to them to go somewhere flashy or ostentatious. They are much more concerned with what is going on in Richmond. Very into the ballet and symphony, CCV, and St. Catherine’s/St. Christopher’s. [/quote]

My old money Richmond family (extended) vacations in the North end of Virginia Beach (fancy!). Or their second home, also in the state of Virginia. [/quote]

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