The mega holidays of the rich and famous

J.Lo’s $130m super-yacht! Kate Moss’s secret Ibiza beach club! Chrissy Teigen’s Capri spree! Which star getaway do we really envy, asks Jessica Benjamin
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Jessica Benjamin5 August 2021

Those pesky A-listers have done it again.

Whilst you scramble to book a last-minute glamping tent in the middle of a field just off the A40, they’re doing the exact opposite and making you feel 10 times worse about your cancelled holidays in the process.

From Capri superyachts to Ibiza infinity pools, it seems the Hollywood elite really do have it all — so where exactly are they all heading?

J Lo and Ben Affleck

St Tropez, Monte Carlo and Capri

The reunited and much-hyped power couple are taking the Mediterranean by storm. Touring round the Med in a $130 million yacht, the duo have been spotted in all the usual A-list haunts — think St Tropez, Monte Carlo and Capri and Portofino. It’s certainly a high-profile trip for Bennifer, who this year rekindled their romance after calling it quits back in 2004.

Lopez made it Instagram official during the trip, posting a snap of the two of them kissing on her 52nd birthday, whilst she was clad in a Valentino bikini and floaty floor-length kaftan. She went for nautical chic for a shore-side trip to Lo Scoglio in Nerano (also frequented by the Bekchams), whilst she looked to Valentino again for her return journey ensemble with a matching two-piece and a Hermès Birkin swinging on her arm. Luckily for super-fans, she and Affleck made the effort to recreate the famous Jenny from the Block music video, featuring bikini-clad butt rubs and all.

USP: PDA overload

Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry

Capri

Will the A-list ever learn some originality? Probably not. Unsurprisingly, there seems to be a running theme with celebrity power couples taking yachts round the Med. Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom took to the decks of a superyacht to tour around Capri, hugging and kissing before diving into the sea below.

This isn’t their first trip of the summer (shock!), the pair have also snorkelled their way around Turkey, dined like kings in Paris at Le Grand Vefour and punted along the canals of Venice, where they stayed at the £4,300-a-night Aman Hotel. Ok fine, we’re jealous.

USP: The ultimate babymoon (we are not sure where the baby is)

Kate Moss

Ibiza

Much like working from home on a Friday afternoon with Love Island on in the background and a glass of wine at your side, Moss’s trip to Ibiza is a working holiday. Supporting her Australian model protégé Jordan Barrett, who is shooting on the island, she has also been joined by her daughter and mini-me Lila Grace — who was again at her side in a recent holiday to Italy with Kim Kardashian.

Moss was spotted at various VIP haunts, from celeb-favourite Cala Jondal to the Amante beach club, a secluded clifftop restaurant for those in the know. A holiday to the White Island is nothing new for the model, who decamps there nearly every summer. No amount of PCR tests or hiked EasyJet prices would get in the way of that.

USP: Picture evidence you can show to your boss next time they say you can’t work properly from the local lido

Chrissy Teigen

Italy

And the award for least self-aware and most unsustainable celebrity goes to… Chrissy Teigen! She and her husband John Legend jetted all the way to Italy for one night, and one night only — but don’t worry, it was for a Unicef charity gala so it’s totally OK.

Wearing a kaftan by Zuhair Murad, Teigen commented it was weird “being sober at something you would have typically been wasted at”. The star even managed to list all her forms of transport for the evening on an Instagram post: “car plane car lunch lunch car plane another plane another car boat lunch dinner dinner dinner another car another boat plane another plane car HOME!!”. Ah, the super-rich. They’re just like us!

USP: The worst of tourism — think selfies with the leaning tower of Pisa

Angelina Jolie

Venice

Far too cool and aloof for her own social media, Jolie has instead been documented through the eyes and account of French street artist JR. The artist logged their luxury Orient Express journey through Strasbourg, Switzerland and Austria before ending up in Venice, where they enjoyed a rooftop photo shoot and downtime with artist Ai Weiwei. In keeping with her family-friendly reputation, Jolie was joined by daughter Shiloh in the Italian city, as well spending time in Paris the week previous with four of her brood, where they were treated to a seafood feast at the famous La Girafe. Très chic.

USP: Old-school glamour meets under-the-radar photo shoots

Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho

Turks and Caicos

Time to take a detour from the Mediterranean beach bonanza and scoot over to the idyllic Turks and Caicos, where footballers Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho are enjoying a well-earned break. The pair flew to Atlantic island Providenciales soon after their loss to Italy on July 11, and are joined on their break by a flock of bikini-clad women, as well as Krept of Krept & Konan fame. Rashford recently congratulated Sancho on his £73 million transfer to Manchester United, meaning the pair are now at the same club — long live the bromance.

USP: Serious end-of-term summer blowout vibes.

Dua Lipa

Albania

Following the release of her Marie Antoinette-inspired Demeanour music video, Dua Lipa headed off to the Albanian coast with her family and boyfriend Anwar Hadid in tow. Staying at the luxury Kep Merli resort, her Instagram has been flooded with holiday snaps — from bikini pics (complete with crochet bucket hat, obvs, very 2021) to a video of Lipa performing a traditional dance with a glass balanced atop her head captioned: “Tell me you’re Albanian without telling me you’re Albanian”. As far as holiday style goes, Dua didn’t disappoint; her Only NY sausage in a bun cropped tee promptly sold out, whilst she wentfull Y2K with a tropical print Louisa Ballou dress on her — you guessed it — yacht trip.

USP: The most well-documented celebrity trip of the summer

Kate Hudson

Greece

She might be in town for the filming of the sequel to Knives Out, but Kate Hudson is definitely making the most of her time in Europe. Bringing along her partner Danny Fujikawa and her three children, the actress and fitness entrepreneur has been spotted hopping between various Greek islands, enjoying hikes in Nafplio and beach champagne in Skiathos.

The family have since made their way over to Italy to indulge in some sunset Campari and roam the streets of Florence, whilst mother Goldie Hawn joined in on the fun aboard the family yacht. In between sunbathing, swimsuits and Instagram snaps, Hudson has made time for a gruelling workout or two. Nothing says holiday like a four-minute plank challenge.

USP: The ultimate working mum on holiday who just can’t relax