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The British are leading the way, as are the Americans.
As soon as they have been vaccinated, the first thing they want to do is reward themselves with a well-deserved trip after this long couch potato.
They like to
call it Vaxication: Juchhu, the first big dream trip to the piksen in the upper arm.
Finally, soon, to catch up on what you couldn't and weren't allowed to do.
And properly.
Just not again, albeit a nice solution to the problem, just wasting away the annual vacation at home in the garden.
Or camp on the next meadow in wind and weather.
It's all well and good as a pastime, but if you're camping, it's better to stay in a safari tent in Tanzania, trekking through the Gobi desert or climbing in the Himalayas.
If you believe a survey by the hotel search engine Trivago, after a year without a real vacation, Americans and British would give almost anything to go traveling again.
Yes, actually everything.
A good quarter of holiday-hungry people said that they would even be willing to forego partners, sex and money for a while just to be able to be on the road again.
Probably to then, after this imposed asceticism, really get going.
Luxurious package tours in a private jet
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And their dream trip can then also cost something, you are in a party mood and at the same time pay attention to more privacy, distance and nature experience far away from mass tourism.
In any case, the US luxury tour operator Beyond Travel names the most sought-after long-distance destinations of its customers at the moment: Antarctica and Africa.
And what is their preferred means of transport?
A private jet wherever possible.
Four Seasons is now also relying on private planes.
The US luxury hotel group is offering all-inclusive vacation packages around the world for the first time, with a new A321 private jet.
On board there are not only beds, but also a bar - and a kitchen for cooking classes above the clouds to pass the time.
A 24-day tour starts in Miami in April 2022, continues on Easter Island, Bora-Bora in the South Pacific, to the Great Barrier Reef as well as Egypt and Spain.
It costs 170,000 dollars per person, but it is already fully booked and there is only one waiting list.
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Another trip around the world leads in autumn 2022 via Kyoto, the Maldives, the Serengeti, Marrakech, Budapest, Saint Petersburg to Paris, for 163,000 dollars.
As far as sustainability is concerned: The CO2 emissions of these flight arias are conscientiously offset.
More distance and fewer passengers: flights in private jets are popular in times of Corona
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In this country, too, a new provider is venturing into package tours with the private jet, and it is comparatively affordable.
The Swiss company Travelcoup Deluxe is offering flights to Mallorca and Ibiza in summer not only from Zurich, but also from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich.
Routes to Venice are also planned later.
Pilatus PC-24, Citation Latitude or Phenom 300 machines are used to fly.
A seven-day trip from Munich to Mallorca with a luxury hotel, flight in a private jet and transfers - by the way with electric cars - costs from 2320 euros.
The question of climate protection inevitably arises here too.
The answer: CO2 compensation is included in the flat rate.
When all eight seats in the private jets are occupied, the cabin is just as full as in the scheduled flight - but you sit much more comfortably and there is free champagne on board.