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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fear and Greed summer series brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Luxury Escapes. I'm Michael Thompson and we are

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Speaker 1: here today at the new Luxury Escapes boutique at Bondi

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Speaker 1: Junction in Sydney, and today we are talking about the

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Speaker 1: best luxury holidays. I'm joined by Dylan O'Brien from the

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Speaker 1: Luxury Escapes team. Dylan, Hello, Hello, how are you? I

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Speaker 1: would be great if I was heading off on a

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Speaker 1: luxury at holiday. Where should I be going? Where is

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Speaker 1: everyone going? What is the luxury destination of choice at

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Speaker 1: the moment?

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Speaker 2: Well, luxury, I feel is defined on the person. People

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Speaker 2: have different opinions about what luxury means to them. People

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Speaker 2: could go to Barley, for example, and visit our amazing property,

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Speaker 2: the Grand Hiat, which is an all inclusive dining, drinks, snacks,

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Speaker 2: you get a couple of massages if you book through

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Speaker 2: us wink. But other people have you know, a greater

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Speaker 2: vision of luxury being mold Eves, which is of course

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Speaker 2: renowned for being such a phenomenal place.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So in terms of the definition then of what

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Speaker 1: people want for luxury, there are some kind of the

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Speaker 1: basics I think that people want, which is good service, right,

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Speaker 1: you want really good service. And I see that some

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Speaker 1: of the inclusions on some of these destinations are things

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Speaker 1: like kind of a private butler at your disposal, which

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Speaker 1: to me is just ultra lux right beautiful, Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: super luxurious. Where does food fit into luxury? And also wellness?

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Speaker 1: I suppose because you mentioned massages there, but wellness and

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Speaker 1: things that's taken off big time? Is that a luxury

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Speaker 1: drawer card these days?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? Every time I've ever mentioned, for example, like a

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Speaker 2: two thirty minute massage inclusion for your package, people go

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Speaker 2: a massage. I never get them. We go amazing. Guess

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Speaker 2: what we're going to pay for it for you? It's

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Speaker 2: included in your package. So I'd say massages are definitely

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Speaker 2: always super super popular.

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Speaker 1: Okay, when we are talking about super super luxury, and

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Speaker 1: so this is probably less about the kind of individualized

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Speaker 1: kind of what does luxury mean to you and more

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Speaker 1: anybody's definition of luxury. What are we talking? Is it

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Speaker 1: the Maldives? Is it that kind of thing where you

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Speaker 1: are in these luxury overwater bungalows, or is it your

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Speaker 1: five star hotels where the service is just a plus?

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Speaker 2: I'd say, a renowned destination for luxury in general, probably

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Speaker 2: definitely is the Maldives. It's such a special, unique place.

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Speaker 2: You won't really find anything like that in the world.

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Speaker 2: People love those overwater burets as they call it, and

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Speaker 2: you can sometimes get even fancier configurations having a one

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Speaker 2: two bedroom property on the water. There are even some

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Speaker 2: I think it's Sneva Gva, which is a more premium

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Speaker 2: price property. Some of the rooms have a water slide

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Speaker 2: attached to it, no way, which even if you're you know,

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Speaker 2: twenty years old, forty fifty, who wouldn't want to go

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Speaker 2: down a water slides? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: That's right. This isn't just luxury for kids. This is

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Speaker 1: luxury for kids at heart.

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, this is you know, the twelve year old

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Speaker 2: version of yourself's dream.

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Speaker 1: Ah, I'm there. What about these are a lot of

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Speaker 1: overseas destinations. What about if you want domestic, if you

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Speaker 1: want to stay in Australia and have a luxury experience,

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Speaker 1: where should we be looking?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I love I'm pretty I guess I'm pretty passionate

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Speaker 2: about my own state. But I love Central Coast. Central

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Speaker 2: Coast is a beautiful location. It's you know, mostly made

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Speaker 2: up of retirees, so not really a hustle and bustle location.

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Speaker 2: But the beaches around Central Coast are beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so you can get it, can get really

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Speaker 1: good luxury without actually traveling too far from home, which

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Speaker 1: I suppose then also helps to keep the cost down.

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Speaker 2: Of course, like luxury, like I said at you know,

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Speaker 2: at the beginning of our chart, luxury is what you

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Speaker 2: define it as. And for a lot of Australians, I

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Speaker 2: think nature is our pride and joy and having a

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Speaker 2: beautiful beach eg in the Central Coast, untouched Long coastline,

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Speaker 2: that's that's amazing.

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Speaker 1: It is luxury getting more affordable because typically in the

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Speaker 1: past when I think luxury, I'm thinking probably more retirees

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Speaker 1: with the disposable income the money to spend. But it

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Speaker 1: feels as though luxury is becoming something that's more achievable

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Speaker 1: for anyone.

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Speaker 2: Really, I would say luxury is affordable with brands that

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Speaker 2: care about the consumer, you know. For me, you know,

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Speaker 2: being with Luxury Escapes the last few months and learning

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Speaker 2: about a lot of our unique deals, properties locations, we

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Speaker 2: put a lot of time, money, effort relationship building with

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Speaker 2: properties to ensure that the average person who's saved up

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Speaker 2: all year can afford a great location with all inclusive,

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Speaker 2: half board full. So we put a lot of time

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Speaker 2: and effort to make sure the average person gets that experience.

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Speaker 1: All right, say someone that person is listening right now

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Speaker 1: and they say twenty twenty six is going to be

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Speaker 1: the year that they experience luxury, perhaps for the first time.

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Speaker 1: Where would you send them.

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Speaker 2: I think my team would laugh when I would say this,

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Speaker 2: and it's definitely very much always going to be me.

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Speaker 2: But the Grand Hiet in Bali Nissa Dua is my

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Speaker 2: absolute favorite property that Luxury Escapes has, and every time

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Speaker 2: Barley comes up, I'm always always going to mention it.

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Speaker 2: It is fully all inclusive, so get breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, coffee, tea,

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Speaker 2: alcoholic non alcoholic drinks, massage included one or two and

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Speaker 2: it's three hundred and fifty room plus resort, multiple bars, restaurants, pools.

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Speaker 1: Just not having to decide what you're going to eat.

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Speaker 1: That is luxury, right.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. We spend our life worrying about what we're gonna cook,

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Speaker 2: what we're gonna clean, what we're gonna do, And this

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Speaker 2: is a property where you don't have to do any

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Speaker 2: of that, and it's owned by a massive international operator,

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Speaker 2: so you get that great experience. And if you chat

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Speaker 2: to me about Balley Instaer over the phone, I'm always

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Speaker 2: gonna bring it up.

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Speaker 1: I'm sensiting a theme.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Dylan, thank you so much for

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Speaker 2: your time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys, that was Dylan O'Brien from the Luxury Escapes

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Speaker 1: team here at Bondai Junction. Don't forget to hit follow

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Speaker 1: Michael Thompson and this is the Fear and Greed Summer series,

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