Estates in Europe, for example. Jane Seymour, the British actress, has just the place for you in England, St. Catherine's Court a 15th-century manor, a few minutes outside Bath. This large gray stone house was once a Benedictine monastery, then one of three manors Henry VIII gave to his illegitimate daughter, Etheldreda, around 1540. But perhaps the oft drear English weather turns you off. Maybe you'd prefer an island in the sun.
Necker Island is available by the day.
Branson himself spends a month or so a year at Necker, and rents it out the rest of the year. Branson is often a renter himself when he wants a change of scenery in places like Barbados, Bali and Malaysia. Necker was perfect for James O'Neill when he wanted to celebrate his 60th birthday last winter with his family and a few friends. A bit to the west, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, there's Little St. James, a 72-acre private islet 2 miles off St. Thomas. It has a fully serviced, four-bedroom estate, complete with all the resort amenities.