# Luxuries you DO enjoy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025 "2026-07-30T17:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/102 "2026-08-02T23:15:11Z")
We get NY bagels delivered. I guess that’s a luxury I enjoy. Sometimes Chicago Pizza too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/103 "2026-08-02T23:18:18Z")
I’m dining at a swanky Italian place tonight. Three hour process, lots of courses, attentive service, fine wines. Definitely a luxury to savor. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/104 "2026-08-03T01:48:57Z")
Took 3.5 hours. Fantastic in every way. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/105 "2026-08-03T10:27:50Z")
I’ve got an electric bicycle. [This one in fact](https://www.gazellebikes.com/en-us/ebikes/gazelle-arroyo-c5-elite) . Expensive, but it’s the bomb. Definetly a luxury. Belt drive, and the gears are internal in the rear hub. So no oil, no grease, no derailers. I wouldn’t mind a few more gears, but I’m really not in any hurry. So far I’ve just been tooling around our neighborhood, so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/106 "2026-08-03T12:16:33Z")
Traveling with a teen, we always opt for a suite-style hotel room if there’s one available. Being able to shut a door and have two separate spaces is much nicer than everyone in the same large room with a couple of beds. Likewise, when driving someplace for a trip of 3+ hours, we’ll rent a car. In part due to mileage and stuff but mainly because it’s just nice to get a slightly larger, newer vehicle to go vacation in. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/107 "2026-08-03T12:16:42Z")
We had a whole country-style ham from Suncrest Farms last year. It ran like $80, but oh was it delicious. [Suncrest Farms | 75-Day Salt Cured Country Ham, Pork Skins & More](https://www.suncrestham.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22202236065&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-MDTBhCgARIsAKAkdlTnUWU3Vs1j5sIlRSceNT899RTDJ9-qq6gaZcBujsXhTeZi447Ok-EaAjzZEALw_wcB) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/108 "2026-08-03T12:58:26Z")
Pretty much anything: my wardrobe, hair, nails, dining, etc. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/109 "2026-08-03T17:37:12Z")
If I had the money, I would enjoy things like 4- or 5-star hotels with room service and first-class flight tickets. I already mentioned massages in the other thread. Don’t have much money for them and usually end up in the local walk-in Thai massage place once every few months after a pub session. High quality tea is high on my list. The highlight of my low-budget trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh last year (a research trip connected with bagpipes) was a breakfast at [Glasgow’s Willow Tearooms](https://www.willowtearooms.co.uk/bookings-at-the-willow-tearooms-glasgow) designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. For a half-hour I was in heaven. Speaking of bagpipes, if I had the money, I would buy a set of vintage Hendersons (a brand of bagpipe that used to set the standard for pipe makers). I might also start a small collection of vintage bagpipes, partly for research purposes (though not like my associate researcher A.H., who owns about 80 sets of bagpipes / bagpipe-related specimens!!!) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/110 "2026-08-03T17:54:32Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > If I had the money, I would enjoy things like 4- or 5-star hotels with room service and first-class flight tickets. If money were no object, i would certainly fly first class, and stay in nice hotels. But sometimes the location of the hotel matters more than “how nice is it”. And I’m not a huge fan of room service. Maybe for breakfast, but I’d prefer to explore and be out of my room for other meals. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/111 "2026-08-03T18:26:21Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > If money were no object, i would certainly fly first class, and stay in nice hotels. If money is no object, fly private jets. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/112 "2026-08-03T18:40:13Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > If I had the money That’s the whole point of this thread, though, isn’t it? What luxuries do you enjoy that are within your financial constraints? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/113 "2026-08-03T18:41:05Z")
Private jets are nice. You don’t need to deal with TSA, and they fly on your schedule. But they also have a much higher mortality rate than commercial jets. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/114 "2026-08-03T18:42:14Z")
And are supposedly much more ruinous to the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/115 "2026-08-03T18:42:59Z")
That’s what I was going to say: what if money were no object, but there was still some concern for the environment (though not so much that you were going to eschew flying altogether)? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/116 "2026-08-03T18:46:28Z")
Also, there’s more overhead either owning a jet, or renting a private jet, than there is to buy a first class ticket. My only personal experience with a private jet was taking the corporate jet, once. The route would have been awkward flying commercial, and we saved about a day and a half of travel time. And it was nice. But most of my personal flying is between major airports. Unless i was not only so rich i didn’t care, but also so well known that being in public were unpleasant, i think I’d mostly prefer first class. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/117 "2026-08-03T18:59:36Z")
Premium electronics including: Samsung’s foldable phones, currently enjoying the Galaxy Z Fold 6, Sony’s XM series of headphones Logitech’s MX Master series of mice, and thinking of buying one of their premium mechanical keyboards. I usually wait for sales though and generally buy a year old model which often fall in the sweet spot when it comes to value. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/118 "2026-08-03T19:08:00Z")
The two that come to mind are sushi and scotch. I can enjoy either that have a moderate level of quality, but get me the real good stuff and I’m in heaven. I could also include steak. I pretty much only enjoy it if it is prime, which is expensive enough for me to consider it a luxury. I recently paid $38 for a prime (exceptionally-marbled) ribeye. For the record, I cooked it rare. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/119 "2026-08-03T19:19:22Z")
> [@Lantern2](#): > > Sony’s XM series of headphones I’m more partial to open-back Sennheisers myself rather than closed models (that said I do have a pair of closed Sennheiser Momentum 4’s for TV), but yeah I willing to pay for premium headphones. I use headphones for most home audio these days, my speakers usually just sit quietly taking up space. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/120 "2026-08-03T19:28:13Z")
Ex Officio underwear. I consider $30/pair expensive but unlike all the other styles and brands I tried, I could finish a really long and hot hike with no rash, no chafing, no bunching, less swampiness. Started wearing them for all exercising. Now I wear them all the time. Another benefit : they’re very durable. My first batch is 8-10 years old now but show no wear. Even the waistband elastic is still good. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025/121 "2026-08-03T21:02:54Z")
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