Technically, Boston's Nine Zero Hotel wasn't used as a set for the new Steve Carrell movie Get Smart, but the hotel has put together a wicked package for the fumbling spy enthusiast in all of us.
Making good use of the tech-laden penthouse suite, Cloud Nine where an iris check is essentially your room key, the Get Smart Weekend Package includes:
· Two nights of luxury in Nine Zero's Cloud Nine 19th floor penthouse suite featuring 1,200 square feet of luxury and comfort · Two tickets to Get Smart starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway ·
Two Spy Kits
Before we get on to the price of this package, we had to inquire--what is included in the Spy Kits? However, our efforts at cracking the code were confounded. Apparently, the Spy Kits are top-secret and are for hotel guests only to find out.
As for the price, well you might have to have Steve Carrell's paycheck for such a whimsical weekend. Total cost is $3,999.
The Get Smart Weekend package is available from now through September 30. Call (866) 906-9090 and use code PSMT to book.
Had a long, sweaty day out prowling Collins Avenue while being buffeted by the salty air of South Beach? If you're headed back to your $6,000-a-night Penthouse Suite at Miami's Hotel Victor, an Evian bath can be ordered up and waiting.
The experience, curated by the hotel's "Spa V" team and costing an extra $5,000 on top of the $6K suite, dumps 1,000 liters of Evian water into a 350 gallon infinity tub to "revitalize the skin and purify the senses."
The first to indulge in the "World's Most Expensive Bath" was Serena Williams but we highly doubt she was asked to cough up $11,000 for the final bill. Yet, if you do have $11,000 laying around and need to deep-cleanse, this bath is full service.
All right, we've found our ultimate hotel getaway: but now we need a million dollars. The Sydney Hilton has started up a Million Dollar Package which, just like it sounds, is a hotel package costing a million dollars. (A million Australian dollars, that is--which is just US$960,000 at the moment, if that makes you feel any better).
The Million Dollar Package is one of those ultimate luxury deals, with a few rather expensive surprises. Yet we're not quite sure who would book it other than Montgomery Brewster who needs to spend $30 million in 30 days.
Picture this, you and 9 others, be it 5 couples or 10 close friends, (it's a big modern world, we know, we're with you,) arrive at the drippingly luxurious and refined Poetry Inn located on a vineyard hillside just outside downtown Yountville in Napa Valley.
Everyone checks in to their rooms and you all meet on a balcony overlooking the sprawling valley floor and Mayacamus Mountains to the west. It's cooling down to 65 degrees as the amber sun sets and a light breeze blows through your hair.
You: "It's lovely having you all here on this important day." Friend 1: "I just want you to know that 40 is totally the new HOLY BALONEY IS THAT THOMAS KELLER!?!?" You: "Oh yeah, he's cooking dinner for us tonight, cool huh?" Friend 2: "We're going to one of his restaurants!? You little sneak." You: "Not quite, he and his French Laundry staff are cooking for us here at the Inn, a private dinner." Friends 1 and 2:OMFG. For realz?
Your significant other is going to be maaaaadddd if you say no to this retreat.
Like most couples chained to each for more than a decade, our relationship could stand a tune-up. And so can we. And while a romantic and spiritually enlightening package called The Art of Re-Connecting: A Couple's Retreat at the The Tides Riviera Maya sounds dreamy, it'll remain that way for us. A dream.
It is totally worth it if you and your special someone have an extra $7,460 laying around the house. It's on the Mayan Riviera amidst tropical forests and pearly-white beaches, first of all. With a luxurious six-night stay at an exclusive resort, number two. And it comes complete with your own private 1,000 sq. ft. palapos (translation: a kick-ass villa).
Eric Clapton, whose guitar was the first piece of rock memorabilia the Hard Rock chain ever acquired, will be performing at the hotel on May 5th. This is during the same time that Princess Diana's famous dresses will be on display at the hotel.
The the hotel's package combines VIP tickets to the concert and VIP tickets to a preview of the Princess Diana Dresses exhibit. And there's more:
Also included in the package is two-nights deluxe accommodation, round-trip Rolls Royce airport transfers, a welcome bottle of Cristal champagne, and dinner for two at the Hard Rock Hotels' famed Council Oak steakhouse.
Also poolside, guests will have cabana accommodations with butler service. The package is good for May 4-6th (only) and is priced at $5,000.
Though Obama holds just an estimated 124 super delegate votes over Hillary Clinton, some Democrats are calling for Hill to back out of the race. Meanwhile, McCain is touring the country in support of his campaign, even though some people don't know whether or not Huckabee is still in the race. (He isn't.) All this, and the official November election is still eight months away. Do we even care anymore?
For those of you who answered "no" to that question, you may want to check into New York City's Casablanca Hotel in Times Square, which is offering up a "rehab" of sorts from the nation's constant presidential election coverage.
From now until Election Day 2008, guests can request that guest room TVs block all news channels and opt to receive gossip or fashion magazines in the morning instead of the hotel's usual complimentary newspapers. Rehabbed guests also will receive "Red, White and Blueberry Turndown Service," which consists of red wine complimented by brie cheese and salt water crackers garnished with blueberries and honey.
To book, call the hotel or enter the promotional code "REHAB" during the online reservations process. Book by April 30 for arrivals between Memorial Day and Labor Day and receive a discount of up to $50. Room rates start at $289 per night.
For those of you who have had enough of McCain, Obama and Clinton Part Deux, we suggest checking in and not emerging until November 9.
Most hotel chains have such boring slogans, for example Hampton Inn has "We love having you here" and Holiday Inn has "Look again", they should just cut to the chase and change them to say "We have an unimaginative marketing department". Kimpton Hotels slogan "Every hotel tells a story" legitimately makes you want to stay there. So today we went out in search for the story that Kimpton's Hotel Monaco in Chicago tells
If you're looking for a quiet story, Hotel Monaco can definitely help you there, just last week they opened the doors to their KN Tranquility Suite constructed in conjunction with KN Karen Neuburger on the 11th floor which is being termed an Ultimate Sleep Sanctuary. It's a 450 square foot room, featuring a wall-mounted natural stone water fountain, bamboo sheets, and a special KN Twin Story mattress.
Quiet not your type of story? Are you looking to rock it out? Live like a rockstar? Make some noise? Break some furniture? (ok, maybe not the last one - we got carried away). Hotel Monaco can also satisfy your cravings in their two-room "Party Like A Rock Star" Suite, which hopefully, is nowhere near the 11th floor.
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