When you hear the word hobby, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Read a book? Listening to music? Watching movies or series? This activity is a hobby of most people.
But, have you ever heard or thought about the most expensive hobby in the world? Yup, there are some of the most expensive hobbies in the world that maybe only crazy rich, aka rich people, can do!
Curious? Here are 8 of the most expensive hobbies in the world that can amaze you because of the costs. Come on, see!
Art Collector
You must be familiar with the hobby of art collectors. Maybe some of you also know, how much money should be spent to buy a work of art, especially if there is only one art item in the world.
Art works for some people, especially art lovers, do have their own value. Art collectors will not be sorry to spend large sums of money to buy the art they are after. Like the Salvator Mundi painting belonging to the famous painter Leonardo Da Vinci which is reportedly sold at a price of 450.3 million USD .
If you are interested in becoming an art collector, you have to prepare a large enough amount of money to get the art you want. Moreover, the price of art can change over time.
Collecting Antique Cars
If you think that collecting luxury cars or sports cars is very expensive, then you should know that collecting antique cars costs even more. It is quite expensive, because usually antique cars are no longer produced by the original company. Not to mention, usually these antique cars require greater maintenance costs so that the antique vehicles purchased can be maintained in quality.
Cruise Ship Racing
The next expensive hobby is yacht racing. Owning a cruise ship is of course only for high-income people who can afford it, aka crazy rich. Reporting from Skills Couter, you have to spend around 2 million to 800 million USD or around IDR 28 billion to IDR 11.4 trillion just to buy a ship, and not including the cost of maintenance carried out.
The above costs also do not include the ship's crew who have been trained to be able to drive the cruise ship. So, don't be surprised, if this one hobby is included in the most expensive hobby in the world!
Ballroom Dancing
An expensive hobby that we will discuss this time is ballroom dancing. You must have seen people dancing or dancing, right? Who would have thought if this hobby was included in the most expensive hobby in the world.
Ballroom dancing is not a dance activity that only moves the body, but there is art in every step of the foot, hand, or round that is done. In fact, just to learn the steps takes quite a long time.
Reporting from Hobby Help, the cost to take private ballroom dancing lessons ranges from 50 to 200 USD per person or around IDR 715 thousand to IDR 2.8 million. However, that's just the cost of private lessons!
If you are serious about getting into this dancing hobby, you have to prepare a pocket of around 100 thousand USD to be able to take part in a competition, which is useful for showing your dancing talent. Because of this, ballroom dancing can be included as one of the most expensive hobbies in the world.
Polo
You must have seen the polo symbol on some clothes or fashion accessories. If you look at the symbol clearly, then you can see someone riding a horse with a stick raised up. The activity is polo.
Polo is a hobby and sport that is usually carried out by the royal family, so it is no wonder that polo is included in the list of expensive hobbies in the world. Reporting from Hobby Help, just to buy one horse with good quality, you have to spend around 15 thousand USD or the equivalent of IDR 214 million. If you want a horse that has been trained to play polo, you need to spend 200 thousand USD . That does not include the cost of horse maintenance for each month, yes!
Sky Diving
This time it's an expensive hobby that refers to adrenaline. Sky diving is the activity of jumping from an airplane from a height of several thousand meters above the sea. If you want to try it, you can be sure this will be an unforgettable experience. Unfortunately, to be able to take part in this extreme sport you need to spend around $2.50/second !
Maybe it sounds not too expensive from the hobbies mentioned above. However, if you want to pursue this sport you need to spend more than that. According to Money Inc, you need at least 150 dollars for each trip if you want to do sky diving. Then the cost is broken down into the cost of sky diving per second.
Flying a plane
Have you ever watched a movie or series where one of the characters who plays the role of a conglomerate family drives their own plane? But he's not a pilot. If yes, then you should get to know one of these expensive hobbies.
Flying a plane in fact is not only done by people who aspire to become pilots. For the crazy rich, they make this activity a hobby. Of course, this hobby can only be done by the rich.
Because quoted from Money Inc, for flight school fees so you can have a license to drive an airplane, you must be prepared to spend around 7 thousand USD . Not to mention the cost of buying a private plane which can cost around 200 thousand USD !
Racing Car Driving
The last expensive hobby is driving a race car. You certainly know F1 cars, right? F1 car racing turned out to be the world's favorite sport.
For some people, driving a racing car is a hobby for them. Especially for those who like automotive and like to drive at high speed. Unfortunately, not everyone can pursue this hobby. Because if you want to get into the hobby of driving a racing car, you have to spend a lot of money.
Reporting from Money Inc, you need to prepare a fee of around 10 thousand to 100 thousand dollars if you want to buy a racing car complete with safety equipment and several other additions. It doesn't stop there, you also need insurance ranging from 500 thousand USD or the equivalent of IDR 7.1 billion per month. Fantastic!
Those are some of the most expensive hobbies in the world. Which hobby interests you the most?