When it comes to corporate/aristocratic transports, I take my lead from real world corporate aircraft and Horace Bury's yacht in "The Gripping Hand". Most are spacious by military or normal commercial standards, capable of receiving guests in the utmost luxury, and in the case of Horace Bury, very capable of defending itself when necessary.
A detail I think Trav yacht designs have overlooked is these craft should be ostentatious by their very nature (i.e. lots of space wasted to enlarged cabins, closets the size of standard staterooms, lounges, libraries, offices, a board room, entertainment centers, world class kitchen, storerooms for exotic fare, medical facilities, etc., and room for a small crew). Sure, the ship itself would be an expensive purchase (no self absorbed aristocrat or corporate big wig wants to have his name associated with a garbage scow), but the big bucks go into outfitting the interior.
I smirk when I read descriptions having small tonnage yachts with huge numbers of staterooms; these things aren't buses, they're limos! A really wealthy buyer may only want two or three guest cabins and the rest devoted to his/her own guilty pleasures.
A detail I think Trav yacht designs have overlooked is these craft should be ostentatious by their very nature (i.e. lots of space wasted to enlarged cabins, closets the size of standard staterooms, lounges, libraries, offices, a board room, entertainment centers, world class kitchen, storerooms for exotic fare, medical facilities, etc., and room for a small crew). Sure, the ship itself would be an expensive purchase (no self absorbed aristocrat or corporate big wig wants to have his name associated with a garbage scow), but the big bucks go into outfitting the interior.
I smirk when I read descriptions having small tonnage yachts with huge numbers of staterooms; these things aren't buses, they're limos! A really wealthy buyer may only want two or three guest cabins and the rest devoted to his/her own guilty pleasures.