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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]chiming in here. My husband's family is like this - same annual trips (to their compounds) - Montana & Yellowstone Club in winter, Florida & Palm Beach in spring and Nantucket in summer for 2+ months.

Yes, they will occasionally go to Europe or Asia for a big annual trip - but that would be a 10-day to 2-week trip in summer usually - staying at all of the best hotels  (example: France would be Paris at George V for a few days, down to Nice and pick up a Med yacht charter for a week and see lots of different towns). They've done a version of that trip in Greece and Italy as well. One August we did a large extended family safari with them as well, stopping in Dubai.

When they go on annual seasonal trips to their homes, they like a set schedule, as their homes are quite nice and pretty well-staffed, so things are just easy. Generally, their chef travels with them to each house, when they are in residence. Not my thing, but it's how they were raised. The one big difference - when you move to a 2nd or 3rd home, it isn't "vacation" per se, as much as moving where you are based....when you are insanely wealthy (like my husband's family) there isn't a lot of traditional "work" per se. Lots of lunches or dinners. Board calls etc. But no one is sitting hunched over a computer working on client materials.
Hope that helps.[/quote]

This seems sad. Part of the fun of traveling is living like the locals. George V is a lovely hotel but nothing beats a boutique hotel off the beaten path or an apartment in a central location.

But then again, maybe I’m being unkind. I love to travel and like to do it a certain way. Others like to vacation. [/quote]

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