Tikitin jirgin sama mara tsayawa daga New York zuwa Paris a karshen mako na farko a watan Mayu ya kai $1,142. Jirgin na Continental Airlines Inc. don halartar taron masu hannun jari na shekara-shekara na Berkshire Hathaway Inc. a Omaha, Nebraska, wannan karshen mako: $1,433.
Kamar yadda masu saka hannun jari ke shirin halartar taron da shugaban Berkshire, Warren Buffett, ya kira "Woodstock for jari-hujja," dillalai da suka hada da Continental da Delta Air Lines Inc. suna kara farashin. Suna neman sau hudu adadin kuɗin tikitin zagaye na yau da kullun, wanda ke nufin New Yorkers za su biya ƙarin kuɗi don ziyartar Omaha don taron 1 ga Mayu fiye da London, Rome ko Barcelona.
Continental ta kara tashi daya daga yankin New York a ranar 29 ga Afrilu da uku a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, in ji Mary Clark, mai magana da yawun kamfanin. Abokan cinikin da suka sayi tikiti a baya sun biya ƙasa kaɗan don kujerunsu, in ji ta. Yanzu, kamfanin na Houston yana neman kari ga wuraren da suka rage.
"Akwai da alama an sami babban buƙatu," in ji Clark. "Tunda an riga an siyar da da yawa daga cikin wadancan kujerun kuma akwai 'yan kujeru kadan, kujerun da suka rage suna kan farashin farashi."
A bara, ko da barazanar murar aladu ta hana wasu masu hannun jari, adadi mai yawa na mutane 35,000 sun mamaye filin jirgin saman Eppley na Omaha tare da cika otal-otal a cikin 439,000. Kwanaki uku na abubuwan da suka faru a wannan shekara suna farawa da liyafar a kantin sayar da kayan ado na Borsheims mallakar Berkshire a ranar 30 ga Afrilu kuma a ƙare tare da raƙuman ruwa na masu cin nama suna cin nama a Gorat's da Piccolo Pete's, wuraren cin abinci guda biyu inda Buffett ya yi alƙawarin bayyana a ranar 2 ga Mayu.
Mona Lisa, Notre Dame
Masu ziyara a Paris a wannan karshen mako na iya kallon faretin ranar Mayu daga Place de la Bastille, duba Mona Lisa na Leonardo da Vinci a Musee du Louvre ko kuma su hau jirgin ruwa a Seine da Cathedral Notre Dame. Bishiyoyin doki-kirjin da ke kan iyaka da Champs Elysees yawanci suna fure a watan Mayu, yayin da mawakan gargajiya ke gudanar da kide-kide da wake-wake da tsakar rana a Jardin du Luxembourg.
Masu zuba jari na Berkshire wadanda suka karbi Nebraska maimakon za su cika filin Qwest Center don sauraron Buffett, wanda ake kira Oracle na Omaha, yayin da yake amsa tambayoyi daga masu sauraro game da zuba jari, siyasa da tattalin arziki fiye da sa'o'i shida. Ayyukan kari na iya haɗawa da ziyartar wurin haihuwa na tsohon shugaban ƙasar Gerald Ford, Gidan Tarihi na Navy na Freedom Park, da kuma hamada mafi girma na cikin gida a duniya, bisa ga Ofishin Taron & Baƙi na birnin.
'Babu wani abu da ya kwatanta'
"Paris da London, duk waɗannan biranen suna da ban sha'awa," in ji Mohnish Pabrai, wanda ya kafa Irvine, Pabrai Investment Funds na California, wanda ya halarci kowane taron shekara-shekara tun 1998. "Omaha shine inda duk aikin yake. Me yasa za ku taɓa son zama a Paris a ranar 1 ga Mayu? ” Yace. "Babu wani abu da ya kwatanta da Omaha."
Masu saka hannun jari da ke fatan tashi daga New York don halartar duk abubuwan da Buffett ya tsara za su buƙaci siyan tikiti daga Continental wanda zai bar filin jirgin saman Newark Liberty International Airport na New Jersey a ranar 30 ga Afrilu kuma ya dawo 3 ga Mayu. Farashin farashin ajin tattalin arziki shine $1,433, gami da haraji. da kuma kudade, a cewar shafin yanar gizon Continental jiya.
Makonni biyu bayan haka, wannan zagayen tafiya zuwa Omaha yana biyan $309 a matsayin koci, a cewar gidan yanar gizon. Ana siyar da jirage marasa tsayawa daga LaGuardia na New York a Delta a ranar 30 ga Afrilu. Sauran kujerun kocin a kan jirgin Delta mara tsayawa daga LaGuardia ranar 29 ga Afrilu ya kai $1,188, a cewar gidan yanar gizon kamfanin.
"Duk wani taron da ke jawo ƙarin buƙatu daga abokan cinikinmu yana da kyau ga kasuwanci," in ji Kent Landers, mai magana da yawun Delta. "A duk lokacin da zai yiwu, za mu ƙara kujeru don tabbatar da cewa za mu iya ɗaukar yawancin kwastomomin da suka zaɓi tashi Delta gwargwadon iko."
Sama Tsani
Delta ba ta kara jiragen sama don taron shekara-shekara ba saboda fasinjoji na iya yin tafiye-tafiyen da suka hada da tsayawa a wasu biranen, in ji Landers. Kamfanin jirgin yana ba da jirgi daga LaGuardia zuwa Omaha a ranar 30 ga Afrilu tare da tsayawa guda ɗaya kowace hanya akan $443. Jirgin da ya dawo ya hada da tafiyar minti 30 a filin jirgin saman Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County.
Rick Seaney, babban jami'in gudanarwa na Farecompare.com na Dallas, ya ce tsarin tikitin jirgin sama yana haɓaka farashin kai tsaye bisa buƙatar kujeru kuma ma'aikata na iya sake duba buƙatar da ƙara farashin. Idan kamfanin ya kara jiragen sama, zai haifar da karin farashi yayin tuki farashin tikitin, in ji shi.
Seaney ya ce: "Wataƙila abu ne mai sauƙi a gare su su karɓi $1,200 ko $1,500 don wannan tafiya ta zagaye fiye da kawo wani jirgin sama da cajin dala 600, saboda suna samun adadin kuɗi iri ɗaya." Lokacin da kwamfutar ta gano cewa kujerun suna sayar da su, "tana ɗaga farashi zuwa matakin mafi girman matakin farashi," in ji shi.
London, Rome
Tafiya mafi arha, mara tsayawa daga New York zuwa Paris a rana guda shine jirgin Newark-to-Roissy-Charles De Gaulle akan $1,142 akan jirgin Air France-KLM Group. Tikitin zuwa Filin jirgin saman Heathrow na London $661 akan Delta. Jirgin na AMR Corp. na American Airlines zai tashi tafiya zagaye daga JFK zuwa Barcelona akan dala $757, kuma babu tsayawa tsakanin JFK da filin jirgin saman Fiumicino na Rome farashin $790 akan Delta.
A bara, masu hannun jari na Berkshire sun guji waɗannan biranen kuma sun tashi zuwa Omaha daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da kusan ƙasashen waje 40. Flying Delta daga Memphis ba tsayawa zuwa Omaha farashin $618 a karshen mako na taron, kashi 26 fiye da makonni biyu bayan haka, kuma tafiya ta Midwest Air Group Inc. daga Washington shine $ 410, karuwar kashi 22 cikin dari.
Pabrai, wani mai hannun jari na Berkshire ya ce "Idan kun zauna a kan jirgin sama, a bangarorinku biyu za a sami Berkshire-holics kusa da ku." Fasinjojin sun nufi taron "sun bude rahotannin shekara-shekara na Berkshire Hathaway kamar suna cin karo da jarrabawa."
'Limited albarkatun'
Buffett, mai shekaru 79, ya gina Berkshire zuwa wani kamfani na dala biliyan 200 a cikin shekaru arba'in da suka gabata ta hanyar canza wani mai yin rigar rigar maza da ya gaza zama kamfani mai kasuwanci da ya hada da ice cream da kamfai zuwa masana'antar wutar lantarki da sufurin jirgin kasa. Hannun jarin sun yi ciniki a kusan dala 15 lokacin da ya karɓi iko a 1965; hannun jarin Class A ya rufe jiya a $122,459. Buffett bai amsa buƙatun don yin tsokaci game da kuɗin jirgi da aka aika ta imel zuwa mataimaki ba.
"Warren Buffett yana da iyakacin albarkatu," in ji Guy Spier, babban malami a Aquamarine Funds LLC wanda ya halarci taron shekara-shekara na kimanin shekaru 15. "Kowace shekara da ta wuce, ƙimar sa ta ƙaru."
Spier, wanda zai tashi zuwa Omaha daga Zurich, ya ce yawanci ya dogara da kasancewa memba na shirin amincin abokin ciniki na Hilton Hotels Corp. don yin ajiyar dakuna lokacin da yake tafiya. Ƙungiyar ba ta da ƙima a lokacin karshen mako na Berkshire, in ji shi, tun lokacin da aka gudanar da taron a filin wasa a kan titi daga otel din. Spier, mai shekaru 44, ya ce: "Ina ƙoƙarin jawo matsayina na fitattu - bai yi kyau ba," in ji Spier, XNUMX. "Dukan ginin yana da ajiya."
An sayar duka
"A karshen taron za a sayar da mu kashi 100 na shekara mai zuwa," in ji Robert Watson, babban manajan Hilton Omaha. "Tasirin ga Omaha yana da ban mamaki," in ji shi. “Babban abu ne ga kasuwancin da ke kewaye. Wataƙila haɓakar kashi 30 zuwa 40 ne ga kasuwancin baƙi a kewayen al'ummar da ke kewaye."
Watson ya ce farashin yawanci yana ƙaruwa yayin manyan tarurruka kuma ya ƙi faɗi adadin kuɗin otal ɗin yayin taron Berkshire.
Marriott Omaha, mallakin kamfanin Marriott International Inc., tana karbar dala 269 a duk dare yayin taron, wanda ya ninka kashi 23 cikin dari fiye da yadda aka saba, in ji Paul Tunakan, daraktan tallace-tallace da tallace-tallace na otal din.
Tunakan ya ce "Daren Juma'a a gare mu gidan hauka ne." "An cika shi da mutane."
Pabrai, 45, wanda ke zama a Marriott ya ce "Dukan otal ɗin shine wanene - duk waɗannan manajojin asusun shinge da sanannun masu saka hannun jari, marubuta," in ji Pabrai, XNUMX, wanda ke zama a Marriott. “Ki zauna a falon har na tsawon awanni biyu. Kamar kasancewa a Oscars."
