What is the most opulent thing you've ever experienced personally?

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Me and my girlfriend went to Edinburgh in 2010 and stayed in a five star hotel for a week.
It cost a full month's wages but it was worth it the room was amazing.

We ate in the hotel once and the food was unbelievably disgusting though, I ordered "organic chicken" and got strips of cold chicken suspended in jelly (jell-o).

The rest of the trip was good eating though, lots of nice places to eat in Edinburgh.



Haven't been able to afford a holiday since but we eat dominos pizza once a week thanks to a 50% off code I found that never seems to expire.
 
Agreed, I worked my ass off to get to where I am with my career and the money I have made from it. I am going to damn well enjoy reaping the benefits I have sowed.

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No one is crucifying the rich.
Shh, don't ruin the fun. As if it wasn't obvious that it's the "look at me" attitude we're mocking, not the actual bank account statements.

And now let's go back to crucifying the rich! Please tell us more about your successes and riches so we can hate you.
 
After working in Miami hotels for about a year the GM of the fountaineblue took a liking to me. And as I was talking about birthday plans for the gf he gifted me a free weekend stay at the top suite at the hotel and every amenity for free. Provided I sit down with him after and map out how to make it even more posh.

My girl and I spent the weekend eating at all the fine dining and enjoying the views in which our room had to offer. Free spa visits and poolside entertainment. The previous tenant was Floyd mayweather. The weekend would have engulfed my yearly salary three times over. Easily the most expensive weekend of my entire life. Simple things like visiting the world renowned club downstairs on some nights has a 15,000 table reservation.

Quite the amazing experience.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.


My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer after 6 months of chemo/radiation by gifting me a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.



My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

This is amazing. I love it.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.



My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

This. Is. Fantastic.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.

My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

That is awesome!
 
Went on a speed boat trip around the Costa Smeralda. Every hour equaled 250 euro in gasoline, lol.

The most opulent feeling thing I paid and arranged all by myself was actually comparatively really cheap. But we rented a yacht and spent a week sailing and anchoring for the night around the Whitsundays in Australia. Putting shrimp on the barbie on the deck of your private yacht with this view.

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It's pretty much the same price as staying in a medium priced hotel for a week, so if it isn't already on your bucket list, put it on there right now.

Had a business related trip to Singapore. With all my frequent flyer business class points and other travel hacks I flew the Singapore Airlines A380 suites. It was well worth it, a very friendly, personable and attentive stewardess looking after my every need. Incredibly comfortable seat and bed with lots of room. Great food and a never ending flow of alcohol( Dom Perignon champagne and Hennessy Xo included). Nothing beats being pampered at 35000 feet.


Once in Singapore, we were staying at Marina Bay Sands and I splurged for the upgrade to one of the Straites Suits there which was spacious, comfortable with all the modern amenities. Also came with excess to the hotels lounge with all the usual perks that brings. Ate and drank at all the top restaurants in the hotel and even made a trip over to Raffles to have a couple Singapore Slings at the famous Raffles Longbar.

These both sound so cool. I wanna do stuff like this atleast once.
 
What's the deal with Tabris? What other I'M RICH, BITCH! posts has he made?

All of them.

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I work in architecture and my employer specialises in 5* hotels. One job we had was remodelling an entire floor of a central London hotel (a famous one) so an Arab prince could stay there for 6 months. A whole suite for his wardrobe. A room for shoes. His and hers jacuzzis in the master bathroom. Now that's opulent.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.



My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

Love it. Your Dad is the straight-up greatest. Hope you had a fantastic time, and hugged at least one Princess!
 
Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.
Ah. Mazing.
 
My girlfriend works as one of those bottle service girls at a popular club in Boston. Last weekend she had a group of Brazilians come in who spent so much she walked got just shy of 1000 dollars in tips from just one table.

They bought a lot of bottles but most notably a rose version of an Ace of Spades champagne bottle for 1200 dollars. To make it even more flashy, they barely drank it. The vast majority of it was sprayed onto the dance floor.
 
Perfect comparison. Threads like this and his previous "Why are people so boring?" threads reek of a person who's only interested in bragging or collecting experiences from others and not much else

That's quite rude. That's like me saying you're a whiny babby for making threads about Taco Bell charging for water and your 3ds making your hands hurt.
 
Staying with middle class couple in Vancouver for a month, In there home. after talking over the Internet for about 6 years before hand.

My first trip ever outside the USA.
 
My girlfriend works as one of those bottle service girls at a popular club in Boston. Last weekend she had a group of Brazilians come in who spent so much she walked got just shy of 1000 dollars in tips from just one table.

They bought a lot of bottles but most notably a rose version of an Ace of Spades champagne bottle for 1200 dollars. To make it even more flashy, they barely drank it. The vast majority of it was sprayed onto the dance floor.

Ugh. This kind of decadence is what brings forth the guillotine
 
I was staying with my parents at the Hey Adams in DC when we got a free room upgrade to the top, non dance room, floor with a White House facing view. Not as nice as a lot of the stuff in this thread, but it blew my mind to be staying in a room a few feet away from the camera that 90% of all news White House shots come from.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.



My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

This is wonderful.
 
I worked for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation from 1994 to 2005. We did a lot of fancy schmancy fund raisers attended by the rich and famous, usually hosted at whoever's mansion in Beverly Hills. It never felt as glamorous as "the movies" but it was pretty damn amazing to behold.
 
Probably when my Dad surprised me on the day of my last treatment for cancer. After 6 months of chemo/radiation he gifting me(and the rest of the family) a vacation to disney world and we were getting there on a private jet.



My Dad actually called the airport and Disney's Polynesian Resort to arrange Team Paul shit hanging all over the place. It was without a doubt one of the coolest things done for me and I've never been more surprised.

That's fucking amazing, I actually teared up a little reading that. I'm happy for you for multiple reasons.
 
Love it. Your Dad is the straight-up greatest. Hope you had a fantastic time, and hugged at least one Princess!

That's fucking amazing, I actually teared up a little reading that. I'm happy for you for multiple reasons.

Yeah, my Dad really was my rock that kept me sane throughout the entire thing. I was so bummed when I was diagnosed that he took care of everything for me, setting up appointments, taking me to them and asking questions, keeping a weekly log of everything that was going on to be organized, ordering Team Paul "stuff" for friends and family, giving me my shots when I needed it, sitting with me in the hospital during treatments, all while dealing with a full time job, another brother who was suffering from crohns disease, my mom who almost died from a DVT in the middle of my treatment, and himself suffering Bells Palsey, he just kept everything going and never ever let any of us down. I felt bad months later after the trip when my Mom said he delayed his retirement to do the big trip surprise.

Not to mention, GAF also helped me keep going with encouragement in my thread. If its one thing GAF is really good at, its rallying around members who are sick and going through a rough time!
 
Ugh. This kind of decadence is what brings forth the guillotine
To be fair, the champagne isn't that amazing. You're paying for the brand plus like a 500% mark up for it being in the club.

She had a glass of it and couldn't take the difference between it and a 15 dollar bottle from the liquor store. And she's had some wine training from her other job too.
 
Yeah, my Dad really was my rock that kept me sane throughout the entire thing. I was so bummed when I was diagnosed that he took care of everything for me, setting up appointments, taking me to them and asking questions, keeping a weekly log of everything that was going on to be organized, ordering Team Paul "stuff" for friends and family, giving me my shots when I needed it, sitting with me in the hospital during treatments, all while dealing with a full time job, another brother who was suffering from crohns disease, my mom who almost died from a DVT in the middle of my treatment, and himself suffering Bells Palsey, he just kept everything going and never ever let any of us down. I felt bad months later after the trip when my Mom said he delayed his retirement to do the big trip surprise.

Not to mention, GAF also helped me keep going with encouragement in my thread. If its one thing GAF is really good at, its rallying around members who are sick and going through a rough time!

your dad is a god damn hero.
 
Tabris: you're now officially required, under penalty of permanent ban, to personally donate a minimum of $1000 USD to a vetted non-profit charitable organization aimed at improving quality of life for the less privileged and/or saving lives, e.g. UNICEF, at no discernible direct benefit to yourself (so no planting a tree in some Vancouver fundraiser and getting a plaque somewhere with your name on it and an invite to a black tie event where you try to get laid), and provide accompanying legitimate documentation of doing so to me personally, in explicit conjunction with any brag thread you would like to post on NeoGAF from this point onward and until stated otherwise. Meaning that the donation is made within the same 24 hour period that you would like to post the brag thread to directly offset it, so not documentation referencing an otherwise occurring standard annual contribution.

Should be a non-issue for someone of your staggering opulence, and you can even mention in the OP of the brag threads that you provided clean drinking water for an impoverished community or funded the cost of antiretrovirals for a baby to be born HIV-free or whatever cause you funded that time, making your brag thread that much more brag-worthy.

I'm sure he Opulently accepts.




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My sister and I splashed out to take my parents to afternoon tea at Claridges. At about £80 per head it's not the sort of thing I can usually afford (on teacher's pay!) but damn, the food and atmosphere were so good we all loved it.

The best thing was the service- nothing was too much trouble and we could take our time and relax.

Thought I'd feel out of place somewhere so fancy but they made us feel right at home. We're planning to do it again, although the waiting list is about 6 months.
 
My sister and I splashed out to take my parents to afternoon tea at Claridges. At about £80 per head it's not the sort of thing I can usually afford (on teacher's pay!) but damn, the food and atmosphere were so good we all loved it.

The best thing was the service- nothing was too much trouble and we could take our time and relax.

Thought I'd feel out of place somewhere so fancy but they made us feel right at home. We're planning to do it again, although the waiting list is about 6 months.

The most American post I've ever read.
 
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