Private jets, after-hours tours, the best tee times and bespoke travel bookers… we step beyond the rope to see how the 1pc travel

A private boat tour at Ashford Castle

“There was one guy on his stag do who I remember was buying whiskey like I would buy T-shirts in Dunnes to go on my holidays,” says Mark Rodgers, a guide, storyteller and founder of luxury travel service Landmark.

“I had to say to him, ‘Sir, please don’t think I’m being nosey, but I’m just thinking logistically — how are you ever going to get all this stuff back to America?’”