American Girl Check-In at the Barclay Intercontinental

Where: 111 East 48th St [map], New York, United States, 10017

9/06/2007 at 8:55 AM
Tags: Intercontinental Hotels, American Girl, Hotel Packages, American Girl Packages

The Barclay Intercontinental is not just a hotel for U.S. Open players. It's also a hotel for American Girl enthusiasts--namely girls ages 6 to whenever playing with dolls isn't cool anymore.

The hotel has a special check-in set up for you American Girl doll. The one you see here is  Kaya, "a Nez Perce girl growing up in 1764."(Note: We played with American Girl dolls when the brand was called Pleasant Company and there were only three dolls--Samantha, Molly and Kirsten. We also had to order only from catalogs. This was before the internet people! Ok TMI.)

The Barclay, which bill itself as a business hotel, has cashed in on the craze for American Girls with their American Girl Place package (around $383 a night) which includes in-room munchies, a complimentary in-room movie, a doll bed (just for the night), and of course, the special check-in. Also your American Girl fan under the age of 12 gets to eat free in the hotel restaurant. Oh and did we mention the American Girl Place store is just a block away?

You can eat lunch there but it's $23 a person so in a sense, the Barclay is a deal. You are going to need your pennies after all to buy some of that American Girl gear.

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