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The life around the house: what owning a yacht or flying privately really involves, how collectors think about cars, and the places people go when the house is somewhere else.
By Thomas Lovas Lokoy, Co-founder & Editor · Updated 28 September 2026
A second home changes how people travel, and often what else they buy. The articles here are about those neighbouring decisions — how private flying is actually sold, what a yacht costs to keep once the purchase is done, how the classic-car market works — written with the same rule as the rest of the site: mechanisms and questions, not invented prices.
Two short guides sit alongside: private aviation for owners and yachts and the waterfront home.
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Fractional Ownership vs Jet Card vs Charter: Which Is Right for Investors?
Private aviation is sold on aircraft and bought on arithmetic. The four models compared on the only thing that decides between them — your genuine annual hours, and how many of your critical dates land on a peak day.
8 min read · Updated 17 October 2026
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What Does a Superyacht Cost to Own Per Year?
The widely quoted percentage-of-price rule is a rule of thumb, not published data. What an annual superyacht budget is made of, why almost every line is fixed against use, and the arithmetic that decides ownership against charter.
Classic Cars as Alternative Investments: How the Market Works
How the collector-car market actually works as an alternative asset: what the indices measure and miss, where cars are bought and sold, and why provenance is worth more than the metal.
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