LIFE HACK
Millionaire for a day
We’ve waited ages for payday to finally arrive and now we’re ready to go bananas. We’ll use these apps to simulate the lifestyles of the rich and famous – a whirlwind of cocktails, opulent travel and fancy outfits. Tomorrow we crash back to reality like Cinderella running away from the ball, but today? Today, we’re (elaborately pretending to be) in the money, baby!
Travel the world
If there’s one thing we know about rich people, it’s that they travel. A lot. We won’t be docking a superyacht in Monaco anytime soon, but we can still dip a toe in the luxury lifestyle thanks to Mr & Mrs Smith’s tightly-curated directory of boutique hotels.
For planning an itinerary, who better to ask than Louis Vuitton? Their city guides open up a world of adventure. And if you’re feeling really flash, skip the usual airlines and try JetSmarter so that you can excitedly FaceTime everyone you’ve ever met to let them know that you just hired a private jet.
Dress for excess
Since we’re only pretending to be crazy-rich, we need a bargain: that’s where Vestiaire Collective comes in, with armfuls of great deals on pre-owned designer items. Fabulous, darling!
Fine dining
From our extensive research rewatching The Great Gatsby, we’ve learned that to act rich, you need to know your cocktails.
The Photo Cookbook’s got it covered. After a martini or seven, it’s time to head out to a swanky restaurant and snag yourself an exclusive table.
And for dessert? We’ll use Deliveroo to have a tray of macarons brought right to our door. In all the colours of the rainbow!
Play like you’re loaded
Money, money, money! Our transformation into the nouveau riche is complete with this trio of outrageously affluent games. AdVenture Capitalist has our lemonade empire ballooning to incredible levels.
With Make it Rain, we’re giddily tossing banknotes about with wild abandon, and in New Star Soccer we’re taking our vastly-overpaid footballer’s wages and ploughing them all into crazy bets on our own racehorse. Come on, David Hassel-hoof! You can do it!