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MAR 2023 - VOL 01

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These 5 uber-luxurious websites sell everything from bespoke experiences to yachts to submarines and helicopters

By Shikha Talwar

Shopping and bidding for limited-edition and one-of-a-kind luxury products or acquisitions is so last season! Especially when you are yacht hopping along the Caribbean Sea, yes, that is totally a thing or making room in your estate for another holiday home.

HNIs and UHNIs, two segments that're currently heavily inundated by millennials are looking for lucrative platforms that allow them to go beyond the in-store experience and lets them buy a submarine for their dad! That impossible to find Hermès Bag for their mom and his and her private jets for the happy couple. While many studies suggest that millennials are focused on spending their big bucks on experiences and not physical goods; physical goods like watches, jets and bespoke fashion constitute a significant chunk of their wealth. And, these 5 websites will show you how and what the super-rich buy on their fingertips, while they're lounging on a deck chair near their infinity pools, sipping a Martini, obviously.

World's Best

Founded by Robert Steele, a former top executive at PepsiCo, and Kevin Chow, an experienced e-commerce entrepreneur, World's Best is an e-commerce platform that sells submarines and custom jeeps, alongside apparel, watches and jewellery. The most expensive submarine, currently, on the website is a Super Falcon Mark II for $1,700,000. The figure roughly converts to Rs 11. 8 crores. Fancy a trip to Atlantis?

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JamesEdition

Founded in 2008, JamesEdition is a website that e-tails 100,000 exquisite new and pre-loved items. They range from rare supercars to celebrity-owned luxury real estates and yachts. You can browse through 40,000 luxury homes for sale in over 50 countries before you make up your mind to choose where you want to holiday – this year! The website also doubles up as a travel and holiday portal that sells holiday packages across Antarctica and Brazil, among other destinations.

Now that you've already bought a submarine, buying a helicopter is kind of tacky. Right? But obviously you're not going to fly economy. So, what do you do? You book yourself a seat on a Blade helicopter. Popularly known as the ‘Uber' of helicopters, Blade lets you fly by-the-seat on scheduled flights to and fro Los Angeles and San Francisco. The service is also available in Mumbai. Blade and Indian investment firm Hunch Ventures have jointly introduced shared helicopter rides, under the brand name FlyBlade across Juhu, Mahalaxmi, Pune and Shirdi.

QUICK READ: We took Blade India's helicopter ride from Mumbai to Shirdi and this is how it was

While Blade will let you book a seat, JetSetGo will let you fly in style in your own jet and a dedicated concierge will fulfil all your in-flight food and entertainment requests. It also offers a unique CharDham Yatra, and also a book per-seat option. The per-seat booking starts from Rs 28,599 and can go up to Rs 78,599 – depending on your destination. Booking the entire jet can set you back anywhere from Rs 2,00,000 to Rs 5,50,000.

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Knightsbridge Circle

While the super-rich travel in style, they holiday in an even more larger-than-life capacity. This is where travel and lifestyle service, Knightsbridge Circle comes in play. According to Forbes, Knightsbridge Circle caters only to a select group of clients that have an eye-watering average net worth of $800 million dollars, with an annual membership fee of approximately $25,000. But what exactly is it that they do? They curate events and parties straight out of a hip-hop music video, featuring money guns. One of the company's greatest feats so far has been a renewal of the wedding vows ceremony by the Pope himself.

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