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Re:100 Largest Landowners in America by akudha on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:51PM (#27201705)
The leader of a volunteer project I was in, was a 75 year old British man who had settled in Brooklyn. My jaw dropped when he told me he had visited some 140 countries, mostly on someone else's dime. Apparently when he was a young man, his job was to scout interesting locations for ultra wealthy people to visit. So he'd go check out the places, draw up an itinerary and also arrange private planes/logistics etc for his clients. And most of the time also go with them (weeks or months later), so he got to visit the some places more than once.

This was pre-internet (some 40 years ago, I guess), I don't know if such jobs exist today. I don't even know what they are called (concierge travel agent?).

The ultra rich truly live on another level.

Re:100 Largest Landowners in America by phamilton on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:58PM (#27201818)
I met a guy recently who did this. Much of the time was spent on a yacht, but he did exactly this. Lots of Russian oligarchs, a few big names in tech. Take the vacation himself, and then report back. He'd do like a handful of these vacations and then one of them would be chosen and they'd take the owner on the vacation.
Re:100 Largest Landowners in America by akudha on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:43PM (#27202228)
That must be a fun gig, especially if you’re young!
Re:100 Largest Landowners in America by pvm3 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @07:24PM (#27202621)
the internet equivalent is probably a travel content creator