Going on a luxury cruise feels like a big of a hangover from the 1950s and 1960s. They're an incredible way to see the world, and they generally offer as incredible an experience in the 21st century as they did in the 20th - but don't expect to see too many young adults on one if you decide to book a cruise yourself. They haven't engaged with them as vacation options at all.
Time is precious to millennials, and they don't have much of it to themselves. In the same time it would take them to get from one country to another on a cruise, they could visit five or more destinations by plane - and thanks to budget flights they can do it for less than half the price. Cruises will always have an audience for as long as retired people exist - but as the retirement prospects of millennials don't look great, even that may stop happening eventually.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.