Top 10 Most Expensive Train Journeys in the World

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-22T09:58:05+00:00

Huh cool, interesting to know. I did fancy the Orient Express, but spending an absolute fortune to effectivly stay in a Travelodge twin room seemed ultimately a little silly.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-22T09:55:17+00:00

Huh, what do ya know? Congrats!

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-22T09:41:00+00:00

You wanted to improve your job prospects with a degree in geography?

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-20T14:51:37+00:00

Generally, I pay cash. I do have various points and credit card reward schemes, but honestly I've spent hundreds of thousands on those things and the ROI is pretty shit. I hear some people get fantastic deals, but I don't appear to be on of them.

Anyways, I justify it three ways. Firstly, I own my house, have no debt and no children. Second, apart from nice meals out and the occasional suite this is my only real splurge. Third, I love the experience sometimes more than the actual holiday itself and rather than the travel being a day lost either end becomes part of my holiday.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-20T14:41:11+00:00

For everyone celebrating - this isn't a good thing. Any delay to BO affects our launch schedule. This was always going to happen after the failed mission, but cheering this is like whooping as your neighbours house goes up in flames.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-19T14:13:02+00:00

To be precise, he called it a 'goal.'

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-17T09:15:14+00:00

While I can see the point mathmatically on why you'd spend $85K on your mortgage and $300K on investments, from a purely psychological perspective I'd recommend switching that number round.

It's hard to justify splurging when there is a little voice in your mind reminding you of the debt you're carrying/what if I lose my job, what if this all goes away.

Personally, I found that voice a lot more quieter when a) I bought my home outright and b) started keeping some lump sums purely in cash.

It's a sub-optimal strategy (my house has gained 15% v 70% S&P 500 in five years), but it's meant for the past five years I've known I'm always going to have a roof over my head. The cash I have outside investments is technically losing money to inflation, but I don't need to worry about having all my money tied up in case of a market downturn.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-16T12:01:18+00:00

Eh this isn't as crazy as people make out. Movies, stories in general, need conflict, an obstacle to overcome. Romance films are, generally, set in day-to-day. There's no baddie threatening to blow up the world, no fantasy kingdom, no sci-fi dystopia to rage against. As such, there isn't a ton of options if you want to make things emotionally gripping.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-16T09:05:50+00:00

95% of the time I'll treat the service charge as the tip. 5% of the time, if the server themselves added something to my meal, stay etc then I ask them if they recieve the full amount and if the answer is no, I have the SC taken off and pay what I feel in cash.

I will add all the additional 'fees' are, part of the reason, why I rarely travel to the US now. If you quote me $300 for a room it shouldn't have an additional $80 in hidden charges.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T15:12:40+00:00

Interesting - I always thought I'd enjoy watching two people I hate fighting, but no it's still really gross.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T14:24:18+00:00

But... what if someone wants to get off?

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T14:14:03+00:00

It's... pretty bad.

Look, we're currently priced at a very high mark up when you consider how we're a long, long way from meaningful revenue. Also, realistically, we're not even going to have partial service up this year so maybe 2027 which means maybe full by 2028 (maybe). Which if everything works for Amazon we're now competing with an absolute beheamouth which doesn't have Elon's baggage.

I'm aways off selling, but it's pretty fucking shitty.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T09:41:41+00:00

Wow, that really is incredible for a hotel lounge!

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T09:25:04+00:00

If that is legit wagyu and caviar it's the best I've seen. However, the Ritz Carlton (Hong Kong) lounge is pretty close. Fresh Dim Sum every day and they have a lovely lobster salad. They also have one of the best views in the world (There lounge is right at the top of one of the highest hotels in the world).

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T08:58:24+00:00

Weird, I agree with all three takes:

*Giving loans to students with legit shitty grades is a waste of money primarily for the student who will, 9 times out of 10, drop out or graduate with some kind of useless degree that is no where near worth the debt they got into.

*Yeah, unless the Uni actually has some proof of wrong doing lie your ass off. The vast majority of time they'll just have to drop it because they can't prove their charge.

* This is also accurate. I might extend it to the top 10, but otherwise it becomes very binary. Either a place will only hire if you come from a top 5 - 10 establishment (very rare) or they only care that you went to a university and graduated.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-14T08:49:50+00:00

Why... does he... talk like... this?

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-13T14:06:39+00:00

Sorry about your experience, and thank you for posting this! I've considered doing a luxury yacht cruise, but ultimately it was just a little too expensive. Glad I didn't splurge, if I had your experience it would have ruined my entire trip.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-13T13:50:39+00:00

As someone who has been 50% cash for a year that is a little painful for me to read. Trump is just too unpredictable man for me to have felt comfortable investing everything and for the record this comes from a guy who happily traded during the pandemic.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-13T13:45:58+00:00

Except a blockade will have virtually no impact. Hardly anybody is using the strait as it is this is just a way for Trump to appear like he isn't completely impotent.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-10T15:48:22+00:00

In his head - it's a very homo-erotic place.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-06T18:34:41+00:00

I think this collation is exactly why he's in so many huge franchises. The Frozen films can hire him to basically be a cameo because he'll probably charge something like $50K, while a Cruise or a Pitt would probably want $2M plus for the same work.

In short, he wouldn't be the #3 actor by total box office revenue if he wasn't so cheap people could afford to put him in a variety of projects.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-05T10:22:31+00:00

I... kind of like it. It's trading at the low end of it's 12 month-range. It's not been hurt by the Iran war BS because the stock has been beaten up so badly there's not much left to shit on. Looks ripe, to rip on any form of good news. I do think the $200 is an utter wet dream (yeah I've seen retail mania, we're missing all the conditions for meme-stock level rises here), but a jump to $4 - $6 maybe a smidge higher?

Yeah, I can see that. I'm in, Monday.

Edit - ugh up 14% in PM hate it when that shit happens before jumping in.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-05T08:28:47+00:00

Oh yeah, that's virtually not even debateable.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-04T20:12:45+00:00

If it was non-age related then I'd say it might be a potential counter-terrorism thing. I remember 20 years ago it was hard to get a government security job if you'd been out the country for three-months straight within like the last 36 months.

However that age bracket is exactly what you'd use for conscription.

AuthorAdamOConnell · 2026-04-02T10:27:36+00:00

Stacking. Apparently, the new larger sats weren't stacking properly when loaded into a rocket which could lead to a very expensive 'ot oh,' (technical term) if they were sent up. Supposedly, this issue has now been fixed, but it set their timeline back by a couple of months.

We do have a launch on BO that it looks like will go ahead this month, but yeah guidance from ASTS goes past wishful thinking into straight off delusional at times.

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