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Launch Your Own Hotel Takeover With the GEM Hotel Midtown West
Have you ever dreamed of taking over an entire hotel, just like those kids in Hotel for Dogs or like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez? Well, now you can do it without having to set up a makeshift animal shelter or get all nationalistic and chummy with the military. That’s because the GEM Hotel Midtown West is “inviting” guests to takeover all of its 39 rooms. The Hotel Takeover offer is available in January and February 2010, which gives you ample time to save the $5,000 you’ll need for one night of playing hotelier. (Or you could just put it on your “Dear Santa” list.)
The five grand is the starting rate (it's based on dates and availability) but that works out to about $128 per room per night, and you also get complimentary high-speed Internet access, bottled water, and Wolfgang Puck coffee. The GEM has a mix of King and Duo-Double rooms to house your friends, but you’ll want to book yourself into the Terrace Room, so you can get some “fresh air” (the hotel is located near 10th Avenue and the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel.)
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One Reason To Stay at Pechanga: Hot-Air Balloon Rides
Hotels offer all sorts of crazy things-that-go gimmicks, whether it be a couple's massage on a gondola or a free cocktail cruise. But the Pechanga Resort and Casino literally goes above and beyond with its "Up, Up & Away" hot-air balloon package.
You'll start before day breaks and take a hot-air balloon ride over Temecula Valley, SoCal's own wine country. As you peacefully float up to 3,000 feet in the air, you'll get a great perspective of the vineyards, wineries, lakes and citrus groves as the sun rises over the mountains.You won't have to worry about maneuvering in the seven-story balloon and getting lost in Oz like the Wizard, since a pilot from Grape Escape Balloon Adventures will guide the 75-minute tour.
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Four Seasons Westlake Village Goes Extreme with Weight Loss Package
We're not sure we'd have a smile on our face after five days of fattie bootcamp.
Everyone is looking to shed a few pounds, but if you want to do it in a hurry, Biggest Loser style, check into the Four Seasons Westlake Village, whose California Health & Longevity Institute was featured in the TV show's premiere episode this month.
The CHLI offers a crazy-intense five-day Weight Loss Training package that's all weight-focused, all of the time. For a staggering $4,700 (which doesn't include hotel accommodations), you'll get a medical evaluation with a physician, including lab analysis; a choice of three alternative medicine treatments, such as hypnotherapy, energy healing or acupuncture; a read of your body mass composition in a space capsule-looking thing called a BOD POD; fitness assessments; a consultation with an exercise specialist and four personal training sessions; along with nutrition advice from a registered dietitian; follow up strategies and tools to keep up the healthy living after you check-out.
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For One Million Dollars, Rent Out The Hard Rock San Diego for One Night
Remember how we mentioned that the Chatwal hotel would have rooms that cost "$1,000,000 a night?" Of course, that was probably a "lost in translation" or currency conversion snafu but now we've got word that the Hard Rock San Diego will actually be available for $1,000,000 for one night this holiday season. And the hotel is positioning it as the "Ultimate High Roller Holiday Gift."
Ok. Before we start in on this whole she-bang, let us at least tell you what you--the payer of a million dollars to a hotel--will get:
· Private jet transport for 10 VIPS from a "select" destination in the United States to San Diego with limos to the Hard Rock Hotel.
· Rooms for 420 of your closest friends and their plus 1s. Yes, the entire hotel is yours for the night (As it should be!)
· All-day private access to the rooftop pool including bottle service, daybed seating and cabanas.
· Spa Treatments at the Rock Spa. Pretty much anything you want.
· Unlimited Pinkberry at the shop located downstairs.
· Open Bar at the 207 bar.
· Private Dining at the Nobu sushi restaurant downstairs which will close to the public and serve its Omakase menu (chef's choice.)
· VIP Bash at the Float Lounge and Woodstock at 10pm. Open bar, food and a celebrity DJ.
· Morning After breakfast at Maryjane's coffee shop.
· A professional photographer to document every moment of this insanity.
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You'll Be Up in the Gym Working On Your (Pilates) Fitness at Parrot Cay
Until contemporary Pilates teacher to the stars, Mari Winsor recently kicked our ass in a private Malibu Pilates session at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, we really liked this "lets get moving, sculpt and lose weight" approach to exercise. But, there’s something kinda humbling (okay, pathetic) about getting your butt kicked by someone as least two decades your senior. Ouch.
Anyway, instead of going balls to the wall for a one hour, pain inducing power session, we’re way more inclined to take a retreat approach to Pilates, which is why we’re excited about Parrot Cay’s “Strength Without Struggle” 6-day Pilates retreat scheduled for November 8-14, 2009. It's way out of our personal budget, but if you've got the dough, it seems like a good, all-about-me-time, deal.
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The Setai Once Again Opens Up Its Recording Studio for 'Idol' Wannabes
So you wanna be a rock star? Just think, a few hours in The Recording Studio at >The Setai, and you too, could rocket to super rock stardom just like Mark Wahlburg (as Chris “Izzy” Cole) did with the heavy metal rock group, Steel Dragon, in the 2001 flick, Rock Star.
The slick 2,500 square foot, two-floor penthouse recording studio is the brainchild of sexy muscled, tattooed and pierced rocker Lenny Kravitz and his Kravitz Design studio. The decor fits in with The Setai's soothing Asian look (a far cry from college garage band, as well as the latest and greatest music geek gear for both analog and digital recording. And you (provided you got the dough) can have a chance to record here.
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The New Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach Dares You to Get Inked
A grafitti mural in progress at the Hotel Eriwn.
JDV’s Hotel Erwin is officially opening today, and they’re already introducing some interesting packages to get people over to L.A.'s Venice Beach.
Their "Ink & Stay" Package, “for free-spirited Venice visitors with high pain tolerances ONLY,” is valid when you book a room at the Erwin for a stay between July 4-31. The $329 rate includes a $100 voucher for a tattoo at the famous House of Ink on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, a House of Ink hoodie (so everyone will know how badass you are), Lubriderm lotion and an ice pack to help in the healing process, and a bottle of Corralejo Tequila Reposado to take away the sting.
Spectators, tagalongs and wusses will get a packet of temporary tattoos to play with.
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Pre-Game for Mardi Gras with Harry Connick Jr.
Still on the fence about your Mardi Gras plans? Perhaps Harry Connick Jr. can change your mind.
That’s right, your favorite ‘90s crooner has teamed up with the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans to offer the “Lundi Gras Ride of a Lifetime” package, which gives two guests the chance to ride with the New Orleans native in his Krewe of Orpheus during the parade held the day before Mardi Gras: Monday, Feb. 23. (You know, because “lundi” means Monday in French.)
Package guests get bedecked in theme-appropriate costumes and outfitted with throws or beads, plus access to a videographer who will document the 12-hour day and night. Plus, a limo will be at your whim for 48 hours, so you don’t have to try to catch a cab in the middle of Mardi Gras. And, of course, the package also covers a two-night stay in the Ritz-Carlton Suite, which has “sweeping views” of the French Quarter and Canal Street.
If you didn’t know that Harry Connick Jr. had his own krewe, well, we didn’t either, but apparently he founded it back in 1993. And since many of the krewes are old men’s clubs, this is one of those ways anyone can buy their way into the storied tradition.
All that for just $25,000. Gulp. For that price, Harry better throw in an in-suite serenade of “It Had to Be You.” And maybe give a quick tutorial on how to achieve those signature snazzy ’dos.
[Photo: Krewe of Orpheus]
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Spend a Fortune to Sleep with John Mayer at Casa Del Mar
This is for a good cause — 100% of the proceeds from this package are going to Musicians On Call ("a nonprofit organization that brings the healing power of music to patients in healthcare facilities") — so we're not going to hate on this despite the way some of us may or may not feel about John Mayer. We just want to tell you about it in case, you know, you're a big enough John Mayer fan that the idea of being pushed out to sea on a boat with him might seem awesome.
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Omni Shoreham's Inaugural Puppy Giveaway Cancelled
This puppy is not included in the Inaugural Package and that's a good thing.
Funny, the only bit we thought was worth the ridonkulous $440,000 Inaugural Package at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. was the part where you get a puppy of your choice.
However, according to the Washingtonian, many folks were pretty pissed about the puppy giveaway, even though the hotel's marketing director said he would work with local breeders and animal-rescue groups. Except that not even the Washington Animal Rescue League would partake in this package. The group sent a letter to the hotel that included the following:
Dogs are not commodities or possessions to be acquired—and perhaps later disposed of—at a whim. They are companions with whom we deliberately enter and build life-long relationships. We urge you, therefore, to rescind your offer of a puppy to your inaugural guests. Moreover, I believe you will find that those involved in the animal welfare community are of the same mind in this matter and would, given the opportunity, join me in voicing their reservations about your plan.
This letter and the 50 other angry calls the hotel's marketing director received have forced the hotel to rescind the puppy offer. Instead they will be donating some of the proceeds to the Washington Humane Society. Rejoice! The puppies are saved!
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DC Hotels Have Lost All Sense of Reality
You heard it here first, folks: D.C. hotels have officially gone, well, coco bananas. Apparently their zeal for inauguration events can’t be contained by normal, or even wacky, price tags, and the top hotel package for Jan. 20th has surged to an unthinkable $440,000 for four nights at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Leading the loonies, the Omni Shoreham has crafted two package offerings billed to make you "Live Like a President" for the inauguration: the “44th Commander-in-Chief” ($440,000) and the “58th Inauguration” (at a “more reasonable” $58,000). With the presidential package, you might be getting your money's worth as it involves everything from private jet arrival to a jewelry shopping spree to presidential perfume and even a puppy of your choice on departure. Seriously, it's that cracked out.
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Hyatt Regency DC Thinks You Have $75G for an Inaugural Package
While Washington D.C. hotels prep for the 100% occupancy which will come with Obama's January inauguration, deals on rooms are selling out and fast. Wait too long and you'll be stuck blowing what's left of your 401K on one of the last remaining rooms in town, most likely an overpriced suite. Take for instance the Hyatt Regency Capital Hill, who is featuring two blow-out packages for any procrastinating rich people suffering from Obamania.
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