Ithikithi lendiza elingami elisuka eNew York liya eParis ngempelasonto yokuqala kaMeyi libiza u-$1,142. Indiza ye-Continental Airlines Inc. eya emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke wabanikazi bamasheya we-Berkshire Hathaway Inc. e-Omaha, Nebraska, ngayo leyo mpelasonto: $1,433.
Njengoba abatshalizimali bebelokhu benza izinhlelo zokuthamela umcimbi usihlalo weBerkshire, uWarren Buffett, awubiza ngokuthi “Woodstock for capitalists,” abathwali abahlanganisa i-Continental kanye ne-Delta Air Lines Inc. bebelokhu benyusa amanani. Bacela inani eliphindwe kane kunelijwayelekile lamathikithi okuya nokubuya, okusho ukuthi abantu baseNew York bazokhokha kakhulu ukuvakashela e-Omaha ngomhlangano wangoMeyi 1 kuneLondon, Rome noma Barcelona.
I-Continental yengeze indiza eyodwa isuka endaweni yaseNew York ngo-Ephreli 29 nantathu ngo-Ephreli 30, kusho uMary Clark, okhulumela inkampani yezindiza. Amakhasimende athenge amathikithi ngaphambilini akhokhele izihlalo zawo kancane, esho. Manje, inkampani ese-Houston ifuna inkokhelo yezindawo ezisele.
"Kubukeka sengathi kunesidingo esikhulu," kusho uClark. “Njengoba iningi laleyo mali yokugibela selidayisiwe futhi zimbalwa izihlalo ezisele, izihlalo ezisele zisezingeni eliphezulu.”
Ngonyaka odlule, ngisho noma usongo lomkhuhlane wezingulube luvimbe abanye abaninimasheya kude, irekhodi labantu abangu-35,000 bagcwala i-Eppley Airfield yase-Omaha bagcwalisa amahhotela edolobheni labantu abangu-439,000. Izinsuku ezintathu zemicimbi kulo nyaka ziqala nge-reception esitolo sobucwebe esiphethwe yi-Berkshire Borsheims ngo-Ephreli 30 futhi ziphethe ngamagagasi ezidlo ezidla inyama yenyama e-Gorat's nase-Piccolo Pete's, izindawo zokudlela ezimbili lapho u-Buffett athembisa ukuvela khona ngoMeyi 2.
Mona Lisa, Notre Dame
Izivakashi eziya eParis ngaleyo mpelasonto zingabuka umbukiso weMay Day kusukela ePlace de la Bastille, zibone iMona Lisa kaLeonardo da Vinci eMusee du Louvre noma zigibele isikebhe eSeine edlula iNotre Dame Cathedral. Izihlahla zehhashi-chestnut emngceleni we-Champs Elysees zivame ukuqhakaza ngoMeyi, kuyilapho abaculi bakudala benza amakhonsathi e-twilight e-Jardin du Luxembourg.
Abatshalizimali baseBerkshire abakhetha i-Nebraska esikhundleni bazogcwalisa inkundla ye-Qwest Center ukuze balalele u-Buffett, okuthiwa i-Oracle yase-Omaha, njengoba ethatha imibuzo ezilalelini mayelana nokutshala izimali, ezombusazwe kanye nomnotho isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora ayisithupha. Imisebenzi yangemva kwesikole ingase ihlanganise ukuvakashela indawo yokuzalwa kukaMongameli wangaphambili uGerald Ford, iFreedom Park Navy Museum, kanye nogwadule lwangaphakathi olukhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ngokusho kwe-Convention & Visitors Bureau yedolobha.
'Akukho okuqhathaniswa'
"I-Paris ne-London, wonke lawo madolobha ayisicefe," kusho u-Mohnish Pabrai, umsunguli we-Pabrai Investment Funds yase-Irvine, eCalifornia, oye waba khona njalo emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke kusukela ngo-1998. "I-Omaha yilapho zonke izenzo zikhona. Kungani ungafuna ukuba seParis ngoMeyi 1?" uthe. "Akukho okuqhathaniswa no-Omaha."
Abatshalizimali abanethemba lokundiza njalo besuka eNew York ukuze bathamele yonke imicimbi uBuffett ayihlelile bazodinga ukuthenga ithikithi e-Continental elisuka eNewark Liberty International Airport yaseNew Jersey ngo-Ephreli 30 bese libuya ngoMeyi 3. Imali yokugibela esezingeni lomnotho ingu-$1,433, okuhlanganisa nezintela. kanye nezimali ezikhokhwayo, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi se-Continental izolo.
Emasontweni amabili kamuva, uhambo olufanayo lokuya nokubuya e-Omaha lubiza u-$309 wokuqeqesha, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi. Izindiza ezingami ezisuka eLaGuardia yaseNew York eDelta zizophela ngo-April 30. Izihlalo zabaqeqeshi ezisele endizeni engami ye-Delta yango-April 29 zisuka e-LaGuardia zibiza u-$1,188, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi senkampani yezindiza.
"Noma isiphi isigameko esidonsa isidingo esengeziwe kumakhasimende ethu silungele ibhizinisi," kusho uKent Landers, okhulumela iDelta. "Noma nini uma kungenzeka, sizofaka izihlalo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi singakwazi ukuhlalisa amakhasimende amaningi akhetha ukushayela i-Delta ngendiza."
Phezulu Eladini
I-Delta ayikazingezi izindiza zomhlangano waminyaka yonke ngoba abagibeli bangabhukha uhambo oluhlanganisa nokuma kwamanye amadolobha, kusho uLanders. Inkampani yezindiza ihlinzeka ngendiza isuka eLaGuardia iya e-Omaha ngo-Ephreli 30 ngezitobhi ezizohamba kanye ukuya nokubuya ngama- $443. Indiza ebuyayo ihlanganisa imizuzu engama-30 e-Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
U-Rick Seaney, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Farecompare.com ezinze e-Dallas, uthe izinhlelo zamathikithi ezindiza zinyusa amanani ngokuzenzakalelayo ngokusekelwe esidingweni sezihlalo futhi abasebenzi bangabuyekeza isidingo futhi banyuse amanani ngokuqhubekayo. Uma inkampani yengeza izindiza, izofaka izindleko ezengeziwe ngenkathi yehlisa izindleko zamathikithi, esho.
“Cishe kulula kubo ukukhokhisa u-$1,200 noma u-$1,500 ngalolo hambo olubuya nokubuya kunokuletha enye indiza futhi bakhokhise u-$600, ngoba bagcina benza imali efanayo,” kusho uSeaney. Lapho ikhompuyutha ithola ukuthi izihlalo ziyadayiswa, “inyusa amanani entengo ephakeme kunayo yonke,” esho.
London, Rome
Indiza eshibhile yokuya nokubuya, engami kusukela eNew York kuya Paris ngezinsuku ezifanayo indiza yaseNewark-to-Roissy-Charles De Gaulle ngo-$1,142 endizeni ye-Air France-KLM Group. Amathikithi okuya e-London's Heathrow Airport angu-$661 ku-Delta. I-AMR Corp.'s American Airlines izondizela uhambo nokubuya isuka e-JFK iye e-Barcelona ngo-$757, futhi ngokungami phakathi kwe-JFK nesikhumulo sezindiza sase-Rome i-Fiumicino kubiza u-$790 ku-Delta.
Ngonyaka odlule, abanikazi bamasheya baseBerkshire bawagwema lawo madolobha futhi esikhundleni salokho bandizela e-Omaha besuka ngaphesheya kwe-US kanye namazwe angaphandle angaba ngu-40. I-Flying Delta esuka e-Memphis ingami ukuya e-Omaha ibiza u-$618 ngempelasonto yomhlangano, amaphesenti angu-26 ngaphezu kwamasonto amabili kamuva, futhi uhambo lweMidwest Air Group Inc. olusuka eWashington luyi-$410, okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti angu-22.
"Uma uhlala phansi endizeni, nhlangothi zombili zakho kuzoba nama-Berkshire-holics eduze kwakho," kusho uPabrai, umnikazi wamasheya waseBerkshire. Abagibeli abaya emhlanganweni "bavule imibiko yabo yaminyaka yonke yaseBerkshire Hathaway sengathi bamatasatasa ukuze bayobhala izivivinyo."
'Insiza Elinganiselwe'
UBuffett, 79, wakha iBerkshire yaba inkampani ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-200 eminyakeni engamashumi amane ngokuguqula umenzi owehlulekayo wezingubo zabesilisa ukuba abe yibhizinisi elinamabhizinisi asukela ku-ayisikhilimu nezingubo zangaphansi kuya ezimbonini zikagesi nezokuthutha ngesitimela. Amasheya ahweba cishe ngamaRandi ayi-15 lapho ethatha izintambo ngo-1965; isitoko se-Class A sivaliwe izolo ngo-$122,459. U-Buffett akazange aziphendule izicelo zokuthi aphawule mayelana nemali yokugibela indiza ethunyelwe nge-imeyili kumsizi.
"I-Warren Buffett iyinsiza elinganiselwe," kusho uGuy Spier, uthishanhloko e-Aquamarine Funds LLC oye waya emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke cishe iminyaka eyi-15. "Unyaka ngamunye uma udlula, inani lakhe le-premium liyakhuphuka."
USpier, ozondizela e-Omaha esuka eZurich, uthe uncike kakhulu ekubeni yilungu lohlelo lokwethembeka kwamakhasimende e-Hilton Hotels Corp. ukuze abhukhe amagumbi lapho ehamba. Ubulungu bunenani elincane ngempelasonto yaseBerkshire, uthe, njengoba umhlangano ubanjelwa enkundleni engaphesheya komgwaqo ukusuka ehhotela. "Ngizama ukuveza isimo sami se-elite - akulungile ngokwanele," kusho uSpier, 44. "Ibhilidi lonke selibhukhiwe."
Kuthengisiwe
"Ekupheleni komhlangano sizobe sesidayiswe ngamaphesenti angu-100 ngonyaka ozayo," kusho uRobert Watson, umphathi jikelele we-Hilton Omaha. "Umthelela we-Omaha muhle impela," esho. “Kuyinto enkulu emabhizinisini aseduze. Cishe ukunyuka ngamaphesenti angama-30 kuye kwangama-40 kumabhizinisi ezivakashi emphakathini oseduze.”
U-Watson uthe amanani avame ukukhuphuka phakathi nemihlangano emikhulu futhi wenqabile ukusho ukuthi ihhotela libiza malini phakathi nomhlangano waseBerkshire.
UMarriott Omaha, ophethwe yiMarriott International Inc., ukhokhisa u-$269 ngobusuku ngesikhathi somhlangano, ngamaphesenti angama-23 ngaphezu kwamanani awo ajwayelekile, kusho uPaul Tunakan, umqondisi wezokuthengisa nokumaketha wehhotela.
“NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku kithina kuyindlu yohlanya,” kusho uTunakan. “Kugcwele abantu nje.”
"Lonke ihhotela elokuthi ubani - bonke laba baphathi be-hedge fund nabatshalizimali abaziwayo, ababhali," kusho uPabrai, 45, ohlala eMarriott. “Hlala nje endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi amahora ambalwa. Kufana nokuba kuma-Oscars.”
