A White Lotus scriptwriter could not have asked for a more promising set of characters. Thrown together willy-nilly for seven nights are:A Russian glamour puss and French venture capitalist* on their honeymoon. (Back home in Paris, she keeps her Birkin handbags in a bank safe because of the migrants flooding the city.)A leftie couple who run an eco resort in Spain and their precocious 13-year-old. (The father wears a keffiyeh in sympathy with the Palestinians; the daughter plies everyone with card tricks and is writing a novel.)The 13-year-old’s doting grandparents – ultra-fit, lively and well-travelled 80-something-year-olds based in Geneva.A workaholic bankruptcy lawyer from Delaware and his charming wife.And the founder of a property investment company, his wife and their tweens from Montana – embracing their best life after his 11th-hour escape from death by colorectal cancer thanks to a miracle drug still awaiting FDA approval. (They booked the trip when the oncologist called with the all-clear.)Charis Perkins edits The Australian Financial Review's weekly lifestyle liftout, covering the arts, fashion, design, travel, wine, fine dining, sports, motoring and more. Life & Leisure is published online and in the Friday and weekend editions.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?