The pilgrimage starts with a private jet to an exclusive airport in Saudi Arabia, where passengers are treated to a buffet while travel-company employees process their immigration documents. The visitors are then taken in air conditioned cars and buses to the InterContinental Hotel overlooking the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

That’s what you get when you spend $20,000 on the Hajj, Bloomberg News reports, in a fascinating piece about Muslims who desire better accommodations (and likely better security) for the once-in-a-lifetime trip. What say you, pilgrims? BUY HOLD OR SELL? 

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