Sexy heavenly white beach with some green sea is a popular cliche in many travel agency’s catalogs. Also Forbes has made his verdict about which are true luxury beaches. The problem about luxury beaches is that they have one after another became a subject of mass tourism.

But here’s a hint for those who are willing to pay more. The following locations are alright, but you need to know that the best luxury travel agent will find a way to show you best luxury spots just a few hundred miles away from the crowds. Just around the corner there’s always a beautiful cottage with fine cousin and butlers and everything. Read the rest of this entry »

The bondmobil Aston Martin DBS has crashed into the lake. James Bond stunt driver has lost control over the super vehicle and ended up injured in a lake. The driver surprisingly survived the terrible crash. Here’s a video which shows you just how bad the crash was.

For all those who are interested in how the Aston Martin looked before the crash we collected some more information and videos of this famous luxury vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »

The watch industry is not an old fashioned craft. It’s actually a high-end software supported industry.

In this video one luxury Watch maker shows their precision at watch making. It sure is a craftsmanship … Lot’s of hand work etc. But the major difficulty in watch making is the tremendous density of parts. Each cubic meter is important!

A rather old post on luxury islands at Blavish raised my eyebrows this week. Let’s check the three most expensive islands on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »

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Luvaglio million dollar laptop was built with the idea to develop something out of the ordinary with real attention to detail. Ok. This is promotional talk. Behind the scenes it is known this beauty comes with 17 inch wide screen LED lit screen, 128 G disc and a Blue-Ray drive. Luvaglio million dollar portable computer is not just an ordinary laptop with diamonds. Everything from external look to keyboard feel and down to charging unit is pure luxury. Diamonds are used with purpose and act a security role.

The true element of luxury is having something that says “YOU”, that money can’t buy.

That’s why this million dollar laptop will be relatively custom made. At Luvaglio they have access to some of the rarest diamonds in the world. And they are going to use this skill when building luxury laptops and other gadgets. Yes … They are planning to overcome the gadget and luxury technology sector. The diamond laptop is just a first step.

The price of the first such laptop will be around $1,000,000 / €750,000.

pearl_world_largest_575-carat.jpg This a is picture of the world’s largest pearl on sale. Chinese emperors, Persian kings, the grandson of Genghis Khan and even Marco Polo owned it … But the name of its current owner is a secret. Eight centimetres 575-carat pearl will be sold in the following days for approximately $8 / €6 million. At least 400 people from all over the world are expected to attend the auction in Abu Dhabi.

In my previous post I was featuring Krug - one of the most expensive champagne brands. But there are some even more interesting luxury wine numbers - The ones sold on auctions: Champagne Louis Roederer, Cristal Brut 1990 was sold in auction in 2005 for $17,625. But that’s not even near the top. In 1985 1787 Chateau Lafitte claret engraved with the initials of Thomas Jefferson was sold for the staggering £105,000.