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An image of a striking, leggy blonde standing in the shadow of a seventeenth-
century church in Mykonos graces the cover of the March issue of _Conde Nast_
_Traveler._ She’s wearing a short, silky dress and, as we find out on page 122
in the magazine’s “where to buy” segment, it costs $6,900.

And if you like dresses that cost ten times the per capita GDP of Haiti,
you’ll love Conde Nast’s suggested nine-and-a-half hour day trip in Mykonos,
which will set you back $3,140, not including accommodation.

I like to indulge in the fantasy world of glossy travel magazines as much as
anyone else. But I’ve always disliked how many of these publications cater to
sybarites who stay in hotels that charge more for one night than most people
pay in a month’s rent — the kind of people who view travel as nothing more
than an excuse to go shopping. It can be fun to see how the other half lives,
but it can also be depressing.

I can’t help but feel poor …

gadling

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