Though ownership of a super-luxurious vessel is out of reach for all but the extremely wealthy, private charters are an increasingly common way for the merely affluent to holiday on the seas.
They don't want their rugged island to be spoilt by super hotels or holiday homes that only affluent foreigners can afford.
There aren't too many people who feel affluent enough to splash out on a holiday home just at the moment.
She said people in her area "live in their own affluent world - driving their 4x4s, skiing holidays and private schools.
This may be due to the greater opportunity of the more affluent for recreational sun exposure and sunny holidays in the winter months.
They claim that the 188 homes planned for up to three sites around the fort will be expensive, low-risk developments "for affluent commuters, rich retirees, country retreat investors and holiday cottage landlords".
Cheap fares on the railways enabled less affluent families to travel, a change that led to "holidays" and new seaside resorts.Mr Newcome draws on an amazingly wide stock of references and incidents to flesh out his history, and makes good use of novels to illustrate points.
Theirs was an affluent upbringing: private schools, Brownies for Kate and skiing holidays, amateur dramatics (Middleton played Eliza Doolittle, the archetypal story of a working-class girl transformed into a lady, in a school production of My Fair Lady, aged 10) and sports.
November 2nd is the All Souls Day public holiday, and quite a few Brazilians, especially the affluent, are likely to take the Monday off and go away.
While cookies and a note might have once sufficed, in many affluent urban and suburban communities presenting teachers with store-bought holiday gifts is now de rigueur.
