Royal Resorts: 10 Outrageous Hotels For The Mega-rich
Most of us have simple demands when it comes to travel lodging– a bed, a bathroom, a TV and wi-fi. There are others, however, whose demands far eclipse the simple convenience of your basic hotel room. When the world’s most wealthy travelers take a vacation for their own, they are treated to suites that cover entire floors of a hotel building, rooms that include a personal butler, hell– some even come with their own private helicopter. Take a peek into the experience of the world’s most wealthy travelers. Here are 10 of the most expensive hotel rooms in the world.
10. $15,500 a night – Imperial Suite, Park Hyatt-Vendôme
Paris, France
Situated on the second floor of the Park Hyatt-Vendôme’s Haussmanian building is the hotel’s 750 square-foot Imperial Suite. Thise pricey suite has high ceilings, a dining room, kitchenette and bar. When visitors tire of toiling, they relax with an “In Suite Spa” that comes outfitted with a steam room, Whirlpool and built-in massage table.
9. $16,000 a night – Royal Suite, Four Seasons George V
Paris, France
The George V in Paris boasts a pair of “sumptuous” Royal Suites that each come with private terraces and rooms filled with antique furniture. Each suite has a marble entrance, a full kitchen, a sauna and a separate bathroom for guests. The expensive 2,600 square-foot suites are split into separate spaces for sleeping and entertaining, both of which also have a private office.
8. $17,500 a night – Royal Armleder Suite, Le Richemond
Geneva, Switzerland
Le Richemond’s Royal Armleder Suite reopened in 2007 after an extensive restoration of the hotel’s seventh floor, which the luxury suite occupies the entirety of. The suite is bedecked in gold, mosaics and parquet floors and has a 300 square-foot terrace with stunning views of Geneva and the nearby Alps.
7. $18,000 a night – Royal Suite, Burj Al Arab
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A two-story suite that centers around an epic staircase, Burj Al Arab’s Royal Suite has Carrara marble floors, mahogany furniture and a master bedroom with a rotating four-post canopy bed. Guests enjoy Hermes bathroom products, Faubourg fragrances, their own private elevator and cinema and for a bit extra– a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce or helicopter.
6. $18,200 – Ritz-Carlton Suite, The Ritz-Carlton
Moscow, Russia
Floor-to-ceiling windows outline the Ritz-Carlton Suite at the hotel chain’s Moscow location. Imperial furniture fills the 2,500 square-foot suite, which comes with a heated floor, a grand piano and a library. The suite has views of the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral and visitors get to enjoy five meals a day and their very own KGB-approved autonomous energy supply system and secure telecommunications array.
5. $25,000 a night – Bridge Suite at The Atlantis
Paradise Island, Bahamas
The 10-room Bridge Suite at Bahamian resort The Atlantis fills the entire space linking the hotel complex’s two flagship towers. Forbes reports the suite has hosted guests including Oprah and Michael Jackson. [pic via flickr]
4. $33,000 a night – Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel
Geneva, Switzerland
President Woodrow Wilson reportedly suffered from high blood pressure, so it’s safe to assume he would have appreciated a stress-free stay at President Wilson Hotel’s Royal Penthouse Suite. Consuming the entire top floor of the hotel, the four-bedroom suite can hold up to 40 guests in its cocktail lounge and is said to be the best digs for heads of state wanting to make an impression when they’re in town on United Nations business. [pic via guardian uk]
3. $34,000 a night – Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons
New York
The Ty Warner Penthouse practically floats in Manhattan. Floor-to-ceiling windows surround all sides of the massive suite, surrounding guests in 360-degree views of the city skyline from atop Manhattan’s tallest hotel. The nine-room suite has walls inlayed with mother of pearl, gold and platinum-woven fabrics, and the room itself includes a private butler, unlimited global calling and TVs programmed to receive every channel in the entire world.
2. $40,000 a night – Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas
Hugh Hefner’s Playboy-themed suite at the Palms Casino resort has a $700,000 jacuzzi that cantilevers out above the Las Vegas strip. The 10,000 square-foot, two-story suite comes with around-the-clock butler service and (of course) a rotating bed set beneath a mirrored ceiling. [pic via guardian uk]
1. $50,000 a night – Royal Villa at Grand Resort Lagonissi
Athens, Greece
The Grand Resort’s Royal Villa gives the world’s most exclusive guests a private version of everything imaginable. The only other people lucky guests have to see while secluded in their heated pool, steam room or private beach is the suite’s dedicated butler, chef and pianist.
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Thanks for reading, StyleCravers, Diggers, Stumblers and otherwise. If you had the money, would you ever stay in any of these royal suites? Which is your favorite? Would you prefer the frugal route of a cheaper hotel? Let us know in the comments!
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[main pic via flickr]
Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:42AM
If 40 grand was pocket change I would definitely stay at Hugh Hefner's Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort
Las Vegas. Man, to look down and really feel like you're on top of the world a few nights there.
Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:24AM
So if I was filthy rich, I could drive to the Royal Villa at Grand Resort Lagonissi in an Aston Martin One 77, drinking a henry IV cognac grand champagne, and crashing the entrance, then pour the rest of the cognac into the gas tank and kill the car.
Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:35AM
As the guy whose job it is to create story ideas and manage this website, I have to say that your comment just made my weekend Mau. May luck be a lady tonight for you, my new friend!
Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:46AM
Can you image having soooo much money that you could drop 10K to 50K a night on a hotel. That is just crazy. It makes me wonder how often these rooms really get rented out?
Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:15PM
If I had the funds available, I still wouldn't pay the money to stay in one of those suites. not that i wouldn't like to enjoy their luxury, but because if I was that rich, I wouldn't want to land my private jet to stay in their crappy rooms. I'd own my own properties in the places I'd visit, and it wouldn't cost upwards of 20k a night to do.
Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:41AM
Petit St Vincent in the Carribean
Monday, May 18, 2009 10:48PM
Are you new to the internet or something?
Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:38PM
Wonderful shots, and now I have something else to reach for. Just one night; please!
Friday, May 22, 2009 3:05AM
You'd be surprised to see the actual comfort of these suites, I've stayed at all of them except for two. Exceptional service.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:07PM
Burj Al Arab
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
NO
Mardan Palace Antalya-Turkey is the one This is the best Hotel in the World, he used 2,500 tons of reaal 24 crat Gold to paint,500,000 cristals,90,000 tons of sahara sand from Eigyp and real Turkish silk Carpets from Hereke ,1.4 Billion,35 million to open in one night, just remember Las Vegas hotel Venitian cost 1.9 billon but casino gaming machines was 900 million,than cost of building in USA,this will cost 3 bilion here,
who will match this one, no one for a long time, l say WOW
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:58AM
the best way to spend your money and get away for a while…
turn off your cellular and enjoy the moment here..
must be fun…
and don"t let anyone know who you are…be a commoners…
but with extra loaded money in your bank…
nobody know….
you can be your own self…
Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:10AM
I wish somebody would take me there
Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:58PM
How grandiose, how vulgar, how tasteless can it be ? This reminds me sadly of the decadence and lack of proportions often demonstrated by the leaders of the rich, but in most ways undeveloped oilstates. These resorts illustrate to perfection that sometimes "more is less"
Thursday, August 6, 2009 1:18PM
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Saturday, August 8, 2009 1:50AM
Kids are starving to death, while people who could make a huge difference to those who have nothing, spend their money on tihs kind of thing. Sorry folks but it is vulgar, obscene. Especially when the money goes to some waste of life like Paris Hilton.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:25AM
I am with you, people are dying in different parts of the world, and you know what they are going to call this, GLOBOLIZATION, it is not these people's fault, its the poor people's fault.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:47PM
You all don't get it.. these places are for those with conspicuous wealth, the people with disposable income in the millions. I've worked on cruise liners and met staff there who have worked the private yachts and they've told me the seriously wealthy with disposable incomes in the 100s of millions don't stay at these places ever, too gaudy or whatever. They stay on private islands, ocean going ships/palaces etc. Just check out some of the top end yachts where a 60m boat is the F**ing launch they use when in harbour and teh launch has a launch. Onassis's yacht had a submarine bay under the hull ffs.
Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:40PM
A FOOL & HIS/HER MONEY!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:20PM
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Monday, October 12, 2009 3:54PM
Wow that's just rediculous. I'm sure if any of us commenting had more money then we could spend we would consider something as bad as that! hah
Monday, October 26, 2009 4:58AM
even if you owned them it would cost you, are you going to wash your'e own clothes drive the limo, make your'e bed, or do the dishes. IT IS THE RESPONSABILITY OF THE RICH TO SPEND THIER MONEY, money is completly useless if it is not in curculation.
Monday, October 26, 2009 5:08AM
i do see your point, but i tell you not many people who spend 20,000 a night on a hotel pinch penny's when it comes to charity, they are just waiting for someone like you to tell them where to spend it. (after all it's tax deductable) think about it, compared to paris how much do you give to charity? and you can say half my income 70,000 but it's chicken feed to what she give's. do the starving people want your money or her's. sometimes it's not the thought that count's
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:31AM
If you had that kind of wealth you wouldnt be putting every extra dollar you had into the betterment of people around the world. What you assume is that all the people staying at these places are selfish snobs. Truth is that they donate more to various charities and organizations than you do. I think if they earned it, they can spend the money how they want, and they deserve it whether or not you agree. Unless you donate every dollar you earn, then shut up, and move on.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 9:01AM
When you have a shit load of money and everything you spend on makes no difference then u look for a sumthin out of the box, more money but less value BUT then who gives a shit… Circle of economy, same kind of comparison between average person who eats at Macdonald and a poor fellow who barely can afford a loaf, both will fill up your tummy…. guess we shouldn't been complaining, before looking at our own life style, about people spending shit load of money on their lavish life…
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:03AM
It's only money. So what.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:09PM
i have stayed there its quiet nice. i would recommend it.
Monday, December 28, 2009 9:24AM
I wonder what food would be served up in these places.
Friday, January 1, 2010 9:26PM
Its not your mistake if you are born poor but its definately your mistake if you die poor.i would love to spend a night at any of these hotels.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:26AM
id love to stay at the resort in greece but if i were that rich id give like half of it to help find a cure for cancer
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:30AM
i was at the resort in the bahamas not in the bridge suite… but michael jackson stayed there and the suite is booked for the next 5 years
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:21PM
if i get spare money in my life i love to stay 1 of these hotels inshallah i hope so