Today’s most luxurious & expensive hobbies 2024 can give you a mild stroke because these are the most costly hobbies in the world today.
Sometimes the price tag becomes so heavy that can give you a fake stroke, just by imagining the amount of money. Hobby is a very simple word to all of us because every one of us has a hobby at least. You may see our recent publication: Most Expensive Weddings.
Luxurious people lead different lifestyle by fulfilling expensive luxury hobbies in their life. Everyone has a different taste in this game. One can make his pocket empty for jumping from the airplane or for diving a hundred ft under the water.
This list of expensive luxury hobbies 2024 is going to cover all the information of pricing, where to fulfill, how to do and the category of people are enjoying these hobbies. We have picked the high range hobbies among most popular hobbies in the world in 2024.
Here is the most expensive & luxury hobbies in the world in 2024 with price tag.
01. Ball Room Dancing
Estimated Cost: $50-200 USD per hour
Location: Franch, UK, USA
Category of People: dreaming of dancing
Benefits: It engages you mentally as you learn the steps and as you constantly suits your partner.
Ball Room Dancing is undoubtedly one of the expensive & luxurious hobbies in the world. The person who is dreaming of dancing there, have to carry the cost of $10,000 yearly.
The dress which is needed for this purpose is very expensive. Over and above you will have to travel from place to place for the shows or for the competitions. President and the founder of national ball dance academy says that you have to pay $375 for 5 lessons monthly if you want to learn it from them. Many people build their professional life here like Kryklyvyy, a world champion of the ball room dance in 2000.
02. Scuba Diving
Estimated Cost: $300 – $500 USD
Location: Indonesia, Sipadan Island, Micronesia, Egyptian, etc.
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: Improves blood circulation, increases emotional well-being, helps to relieve stress, improves concentration capacity, etc.
Scuba diving is the most expensive and wonderful hobbies in the world. There are lots of scuba diving agencies. According to their rules, the price varies.
But approximately $500 has to be paid for the cheapest equipment. And $300 to $400 more for the scuba diving certification which is a must. ACDC, ACUC, AED are some of the organizations for certification. This hobby is not risk free at all.
A number of people die every year for poor gas management, equipment misuse, and rough water condition. In the open circuit scuba, the problem of equipment is very rare. Statistics says that, when divers become separated from their buddies the chances of death becomes 86%, 5% possibilities of cave dying, 10% possibilities for the medically unfit persons. DAN America says that 16.5 persons among 1,00,000 is their death rate yearly. On the other hand BSAC says 14.5 customers among 1,00,000 is their death rate yearly.
03. Skydiving
Estimated Cost: $100 – $500 USD
Location: United States, Nepal, South Africa, Greece, Corsica, Switzerland, Dubai, etc.
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: Psychological and Physiological Benefits of Skydiving.
Skydiving is one of the scariest and expensive hobbies that a person can have in 2024. There are some famous places to the skydivers for jumping from the airplane and make the memory to remember till their death.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand is one of those places, its landscape is wonderful to see from the sky like a bird. You have to pay $255 minimum to jump from 13,000 Ft or from 16,000 Ft up from the sea level. Interlaken, Switzerland will give you an icey view.
You will need $380 for a jump from 14000 Ft. Palm Jumeirah Dubai, Australia, Thailand are the famous places for skydiving. Every jump lasts for 3 minutes. You can go for a package offer which almost every agency provides, the offer contains 7 to 10 jumps from a certain height. And you have to count $1500 for this.
04. Collecting Cars
Estimated Cost: $1 Million – Unlimited
Location: Anywhere
Category of People: Richest and Luxurious People
Benefits: Enjoyment, mental satisfaction, luxury showoff
Collecting Cars is known as the elite class hobby and this is the most expensive hobbies in the world of passionate people. Not everyone has the ability to keep such a hobby and fulfilling that is beyond their imagination.
Some highest paid athletes all over the world has this hobby of collecting cars. Not only the modern or costly cars take their attention but also the antique cars do. The collector has to pay millions of dollars if the car is a rare one. The famous boxer Floyd Mayweather has over 100 cars in his personal collection.
The interesting news is he has cars which has a worth of over $15 million or more, which he has never driven in his life. Still now he spends a million on the luxurious cars. Undoubtedly this is his hobby. Bently Golf car has a place in his car house. This car is coated with gold. He had to count $20,000 for this cart back in 2014.
The cheapest car that he has, is a Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet he spent $2,00,000 for this. Next he has Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, over $2,00,000 is its price. Mercedes Menz SLR Mclaren is also decorating his garage, he spent $2,00,000 or more for this car, For Mercedes G63 he spent $2,00,000, For Maybach s600 he spent $2,10,000 MERCEDES W140 CHASSIS S CLASS, Bently flying spur, BENTLY MULSANN, These are also there in his collection.
The business tycoon of india, Mukesh Ambani the president and the managing director of the Reliance Industries, has 168 rare and costly cars in his collection of all brands. His garage has MERCEDES MAYBAC K660 GUARD of 4cr. ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM DROPHED COUPE of 7.6cr, a wonderful vanity van of 25cr. Which is a Dutch van. It is fire, bullet and bomb proof one. R.T.O had demanded 1.8cr for its registration.
Middle East’s prince Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan has a royal auto gallery. His gallery is something you would like to visit with wonder. Still now I was talking about the cars price but you should not forget about the maintenance cost, the housing cost the fuel cost and of course the tax. Heighst paid football players like Leonel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo has also such rare and costly cars in their garage.
05. Traveling (World Tour)
Estimated Cost: $20K – $25K USD
Location: Worldwide
Category of People: Traveler, Richest and Luxurious People, Travel lover, etc.
Benefits: Enjoyment, mental satisfaction, etc.
Most of the rich people have this expensive hobby although it is a huge money taker. But wealthy peoples never step back. There are many agencies online and offline whose work is to guide you about your traveling.
You can get any possible kind of help from them. Booking.com, expedia, HRS, tripadvisor, Trip.com, travelocity are some famous agencies. A traveler tries to visit almost every country actually but there are some countries which get the preferences, they are Barmuda, Switzerland, Bahamas, Denmark, and Singapore.
Kate Mcculley from U.S, is a travel blogger she has visited 70 countries still now. Chris Burkard from U.S who has 60 countries in his list, Louis Cole from U. K, Murad and Nataly Osman from Russia, Kiersten Rich, these are some famous travel bloggers. Some of them has you tube channels also where they uploads there travel vlogs. So you guys can easily imagine how much money you will need to travel from place to place. On the other hand the cost of air tickets, hotel rooms, foods, all of these should be included in your list.
06. Mountain Climbing
Estimated Cost: $25k – $60k USD
Location: Hekla, K2, Kilimanjaro, Khuiten, Huang, etc.
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: Psychological and Physiological Benefits
This is the most adventurers’ hobby. You cannot just think that as you love to climb the mountains, so one day you can take a bag, a rope and head towards it. This is not that easy and cheap.
The equipment which you need in this case is very expensive. On the other hand you have to gather a permission from your local authority. Which is not free at all. If you want to climb the Mt. Everest you have to be prepared to take a hit of $25k to $60k. The cost will depend on you whether you are going with your buddies or alone, what kind of equipment you are caring and all these. But remember, you have to take enough medications, foods, rope, water, dress etc with you but first you have to be very fit physically to climb a mountain.
07. Pet Rearing
Estimated Cost: $4,000 – $7,000 USD
Location: Anywhere
Category of People: Animal lover, Brave.
Benefits: They keep you fit, They make sure you’re never lonely, They lower your stress levels, They can help you make friends, etc.
Some people’s hobby is rearing pets. It can be the cheapest hobby ever or the costly one that you can think of. Rich people tend to buy the rarest animals as their pet. A lot of pet sellers are ready to deliver your favorite one to you. Nicolas Cage spent $1,50,000 for an octopus. Mike Tyson a retired boxer has a Royal Bengal tiger in his personal collection, the tiger costs $4,000 every month for its maintenance. Pets are costly but if you are an animal lover and a rich person you will never be able to control yourself from buying them.
The green monkey, wait it’s not a monkey actually. It’s a race horse, a rare and an expensive one fathered by an American horse. He can run a mile in 9.8 second only, his price is $16 millions. Tibetan Mastiff of $58,200 is the largest dog. You can call him the dog version of a handsome lion. In 2011 a piece of this dog was sold at $1.5 cr. Some people likes to pet snakes also.
Lavender Albino Ball Python is a very beautiful snake. Which has a great demand as a pet. You have to feed them once in a week. Their food is chlorine free water and frozen redonets. Many online shops like Pecto, Morph market, sales snakes. Their website has enough information with the pictures. The price starts from $75 to $3000 or more. Dan Brandon had 10 snakes and 12 tarantulas in his bedroom when he was alive. He lived in Chruch Crookham, Hampshire. He had been killed by his 8 Ft long Python. Which he brought with $40,000. Home of talking birds, an online shop is selling Palm cockatoo for bird lovers. Price starts from $16000. Major Michell cockatoo. Price starts from $3000.
08. Collecting Arts
Estimated Cost: $100 – $1000+ Million USD
Location: private museum, house gallery, gallery, museum, etc.
Category of People: Art lover, Richest and Luxurious People
Benefits: Art Makes You Happy, Art Makes You Sociable, Art Makes an Impression, etc.
This hobby has an unimaginable future. If you collect an art with $50 in future it will be an art of thousand dollars for sure, though some person collects arts only for their own happiness. The Salvatore Mundi, an oil painting of Jesus Christ which is drawn by the greatest artist of all time in the history, Leonardo da Vinci, is the highest valuable art now in the world. This painting was sold to the Abu-Dhabi’s department of cultures and tourism for $450 million. An American person, Kenneth C.Griffin has a large personal art collection.
Steve Cohen has the most prestigious art gallery in the world. He has many post-impressionist paintings in his gallery. Eli and Edyth Broad has a great personal collection of arts. They have approximately 2000 art works in there collection. Poju and Anita Zabludowicz have 5000 piece of arts in their private collection, Francois Pinault has 2500 piece of modern arts. Lee Byung Chull has a private art gallery which is also open for the general public. Adrian Cheng , Charles saatchi , Bernard Arnault, Philip Niarcghos, David Geffen, Ezra and David Nahmad, all of them are the owner of these biggest personal art galleries.
09. Hot Air Balloon
Estimated Cost: $25,000 USD
Location: Turkey, Serengeti, Namibia
Category of People: Entertainment favorite, Brave
Benefits: Psychological and Physiological Benefits
Riding in a hot balloon is a dream of many peoples. It’s a costly thing to do. You will need $45,000 for a decent balloon and $3,500 more for the schooling.
Because you cannot apply for a ride without a lesson on this. Generally spring and autumn is the best time for Hot air Baloon Riding. You have to book a balloon first, for a ride from a local agency such as tour scanner. And you cannot forget of hiring a person who will follow you with a car. He is needed for any kind of emergency landing.
10. Aquariums
Estimated Cost: $150 USD – $1,000+ USD
Location: Anywhere
Category of People: Aquariums lover
Benefits: Improvements in sleep quality, Reduced levels of stress, Lowered blood pressure and heart rate, etc.
Price is starting from $600. Aquariums are always expensive. The Aquavista Dinosaur Gold is the highest expensive aquarium in the world now. It comes for 4.8 million dollars.
People has lot more different things as their hobbies which can eat lots of your money. Such as
- Ice sculpting, drag race, which can cost 1 million dollars.
- Cigarette boat racing, this thing will cost you about $ 1,60,000.
Collecting private zets. A zet can be very costly such as the one which the Saudi prince has in his collection named Airbus A 380 Super Jumbo whose price is $500 million. Our hobbies doesn’t have any end.
11. Vintage Car Collecting
Estimated Cost: $1 Million – Unlimited
Location: Anywhere
Category of People: Richest and Luxurious People
Benefits: enjoyment, mental satisfaction, Luxury showoff
Throughout the hundreds of expensive luxurious hobbies vintage car collection is one of the tops. Cars from 1919 to 1930 are called vintage cars and some people in the world are crazy vintage lovers. These cars are from what is called Brass Era. The cars are somewhat automobile type with brass fittings.
These cars cost millions of bucks, thus, collecting vintage cars surely will cost you a lot. Considering all the design, rarity and age, vintage cars influence a lot to the car’s collectability. These automobiles are aesthetically attractive and make your car collection look rich. Moreover, choosing their limited run and editions proves the exclusivity of the vintage car collection.
12. Big-Game Hunting
Estimated Cost: $52,500 – $55,000 Cost (21 day lion safari)
Location: Africa, South America, North America, Europe, Australia, Asia
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: Meat and Money
Another craziest and whimsical hobby that many people in the world pursue, is Big-Game Hunting. Also, this hobby is considered as the world’s one of the most expensive and luxurious hobbies. Mainly to show the inner power of patriarchy behavior and colonialism this hobby is being idealized for a long period of time.
To pursue this legal hunting hobby one has to have permissions to eat a lot of bucks. This hunting process is supervised under many official guides and government agencies. Thus, this hobby is accomplished avoiding illegal poaching. So, of course, big game hunting must be one of the lavish habits one can broadcast.
13. Horse Racing
Estimated Cost: $20,000 USD
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York, Louisville, Kentucky, United Kingdom, Arcadia, California, Lexington, Kentucky.
Category of People: Brave, hard worker, persistence, and patience
Benefits: physically and mental fitness, immense enjoyment
Another world’s famous and amazing hobby is Horse Racing which cannot be fulfilled if you are penniless. There are thousands of people in the world who participate in a horse race as the owner of the horse. They pour millions of money to make their horses into the champion. This sport requires a lot of things to invest on like the horse’s vets, groomers, jockeys, walkers, trainers and all.
Many people who want to explore this hobby of theirs later somehow turn into a business. Among the society of elite people horse racing is like the most luxurious and sybaritic hobby ever. This sensual hobby is being practiced for ages. Surely, this hobby for the wealthy creates another level of satisfaction through which people can show supremacy.
14. Collecting Exotic Animals
Estimated Cost: $15,000 – 25,000 USD
Location: Garvin County, Oklahoma, Wise County, Texas, Clark County, Nevada, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Category of People: Brave
Benefits: physically and mental fitness
Another world’s famous and amazing hobby is Horse Racing which cannot be fulfilled if you are penniless. There are thousands of people in the world who participate in a horse race as the owner of the horse. They pour millions of money to make their horses into the champion. This sport requires a lot of things to invest on like the horse’s vets, groomers, jockeys, walkers, trainers and all.
Many people who want to explore this hobby of theirs later somehow turn into a business. Among the society of elite people horse racing is like the most luxurious and sybaritic hobby ever. This sensual hobby is being practiced for ages. Surely, this hobby for the wealthy creates another level of satisfaction through which people can show supremacy.
15. Car Racing
Estimated Cost: $10,000 – $15,000 USD
Location: Daytona Beach Florida, Concord North Carolina, Bristol Tennessee, Fort Worth Texas, Talladega County Alabama.
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: physically and mental fitness, immense enjoyment
Many car enthusiasts are crazy for car racing. These people buy sports car to hold a car racing. They buy their favorite car with what they wish to race then pour millions of bucks to make it faster. Thus, this hobby is for the passionate car lover who is of course rich. Car racing is a hobby for the young who is wealthy enough to break his favorite car in racing and again can buy it without any second thought.
Thus, car racing is the most expensive and luxurious hobby one can pursue. A car racing hobbyist is actually not too much fond of winning. All he wants is to be a part of the race competition with his most expensive sport car ever.
16. Motor Gliding
Estimated Cost: $4,000 – $5,000 USD
Location: United States
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: physically and mental fitness, immense enjoyment
This engineless aircraft ensures much fun to the people who are interested in it. To provide you with total entertainment and safety the gliders are used. And you’ll be amazed to hear that this motor gliding hobby is the safest comparatively other form of aviation.
The gliders fly without an engine and don’t be paranoid hearing that. Because science fixed it all and you can easily aviate in the air and can land without breaking your bones. And this hobby seems expensive to many but it is worth it.
17. Cigarette Boat Racing
Estimated Cost: $2,500 – $7,000 USD
Location: Opa-locka, Florida
Category of People: Brave & sportsmen
Benefits: physically and mental fitness, immense enjoyment
The name of this hobby is interesting, right? But don’t get a wrong impression by the name already. Boat racing is famous worldwide because it attracts the people immensely. Specially, because of its feature and their fast travel speed, though the speed varies for different types of water.
The owner of the cigarette boats does his real business in summertime. If you are thinking of enjoying the adventure of this boat then get ready yourself with around 1000 dollars or more in the pocket. However, this interesting hobby has never ceased to amaze the ordinary people.
18. Yachting
Estimated Cost: $450-600 USD
Location: Monaco, French Riviera, Greece, The US Virgin Islands, Palm Beach, Florida, Costa Smeralda, Italy, Newport, Rhode Island.
Category of People: They love yachting
Benefits: Improve your agility & flexibility
This power vessel is up for cruising, pleasure or sometimes racing. Well, for ordinary people or below class people, pleasure is really expensive. The adventure you can get through yachting is marvelous indeed. Fun fact is, the largest yacht was seen once in Russia and it almost appeared as a palace on water.
Good progressive thing is that, besides many men enthusiasts, there are many women who are showing interest in Yachting. Indeed the world is moving fast and women are racing beside men as well.
19. Yacht Racing
Estimated Cost: $2,500 – $6,000 USD
Location: New Zealand, United States
Category of People: Sport Lover
Benefits: phyiscally and mental fitness.
This hobby is famous not among the aged masculine man, kids and women are appreciating the hobby largely. And it is recognized as one of the ideal and standard hobbies ever. Today the world has come up with numerous precautions and remedies for any danger and that’s why now yacht racing is not as hard as climbing up a hill.
It is very astonishing that a single yacht can cost millions of dollars and so not everyone has the luck to make it their hobby. However, the biggest yacht race is the Clipper Race and there is no comparison yet.
20. Country Clubbing
Estimated Cost: $2,500 – $5,000 USD
Location: Florida
Category of People: Intelligence
Benefits: physically and mental fitness
This game is not only in the list of expensive hobbies but also very interesting to play. Many gets confused hearing the initial rule of the hobby with golfing. But it is actually a multiplayer game where you have to put a ball in the hole showing your all kind of physical power.
This game is a little bit difficult for the beginners. But once you acquire the rules perfectly, you just have to get done with your physical ability. And by the present time the hobby is getting famous and a lot of people are pursuing it.
21. Golf
Estimated Cost: $300-600 USD
Location: St. Andrews, Scotland, Pebble Beach, California Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Brandon Oregon, Victoria, Australia, Southwest Ireland.
Benefits: Flexibility, Strength, Mental Acuity.
This slow moving game is the perfect game for all ages and specially, for more aged men. The hobby is not supposed to burn your calorie like other indoor or outdoor games. But the hobby is getting appreciated in the Asian countries as well. Especially in India, people are connecting themselves to the high class people through this game.
However, this hobby requires patience and full concentration. It is very much relaxing and worth being a hobby for its steady movement. Throwing a ball in the consistent direction skillfully is an utter fun as long as you are a true player.
# Here is the top 10 most expensive luxury hobbies in the world 2024
- Ball Room Dancing
- Scuba Diving
- Skydiving
- Collecting Cars
- Traveling (World Tour)
- Mountain Climbing
- Pet Rearing
- Collecting Arts
- Hot air Balloon
- Aquariums