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Stay At The Berkshire In London, Get Money Off Looking Like This

Where: 350 Oxford Street, London, United Kingdom, W1C 1BY

We’ve been mercifully free of girly shopping packages since the excrescence on our screens that was SATC2 last year… but here’s one that’s actually not bad, not least because it sounds like something that the hotel isn’t laying on itself, but using itself as a conduit for a service.

Stay at the Radisson Edwardian Berkshire – which, contrary to how it sounds, is actually on Oxford Street, behind Thornton’s chocolate and the O2 shop – and you’ll be able to employ the services of stylist-personal shopper Gabrielle Teare for 25 percent off.

We hadn’t heard of Gabrielle before, but apparently she was style consultant for Confessions of a Shopaholic, so if you like either looks like this or Isla Fisher in general, you’ll want to give her a go.

According to the blurb:

Taking you to all the fashion haunts, hot spots and hidden gems in the fashion capital, Gabrielle will offer her expertise and insider knowledge, ensuring you’ll come away loving the ‘new you’. Based on your shape, colouring and style preference, Gabrielle will search the stores beforehand so you can hits the shops straight away!

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Stick It To The Man With the Help of Ace Portland

Where: 1022 SW Stark St [map], Portland, OR, United States, 97205

There’s nowt like getting discounts on your shopping, and nowt like going with the flow in a place like Portland and getting all chippy against The Man, so the new holiday shopping package that the Ace Portland has just launched is getting us even more excited than the moment on our first trip there that we were told there was no sales tax in Oregon.

The Stick It To The Man package goes one stage further and offers you 10 percent off a standard room, 10 percent off things you buy at the Ace (including yummy Malin + Goetz smellies) and 10 percent off purchases from a selection of local retailers.

The discount is good for 35 independent shops in Portland including Billygoat Vintage, Muse Art and Design and Camellia Pure Beauty. And if you don’t know what these are, fear not, because they’ll also slip you a copy of eat.shop Portland to navigate your way around the beacons of hipsterdom.

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The Cut-Price Harrods Package At 51 Buckingham Gate Could Be A Deal

Where: 51 Buckingham Gate, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 6AF

Not to be trumped in the posh stakes by the Dorchester’s Harvey Nicks shopping package, the posh 51 Buckingham Gate (owned by Taj, next door to Buckingham Palace) has come up with its own posh partnership.

The Harrods at 51 Buckingham Gate package gives you bed and breakfast accommodation, free evening cocktails, a chauffeured ride in a Jaguar to and from Harrods, £100 off your purchases, access to the Harrods personal shopping service and “membership to Harrods Rewards’ prestigious black tier level” (whatever that is – we’re too poor to do anything in Harrods except look at the tacky Diana memorial).

What’s interesting about this, though, is the price – it starts at £330 ($488) per night, and when they ran a very similar promotion at the end of last year, prices started at an absurd £550.

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51 Buckingham Gate Wants Your Money, And Lots of It.

Where: 51 Buckingham Gate, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 6AF

Yes, these people will happily pocket your cash

Are you part of the mega-rich? Do you lie awake at night, worrying about what to do with all those $100 bills which are currently acting as stuffing for your mattress? Yes? Then fret no more, because we have found the package for you.

The understated-but-seriously-swish 51 Buckingham Gate, neighbour to the queen, Taj property and purveyor of pawsh BBQs, has teamed up with Harrods for their imaginatively named Harrods at 51 package.

As you might surmise, it’s pretty bling. The package consists of three nights B&B accommodation, a chauffeured Jaguar to Harrods, £100 gift card, 10% off stuff from the Food Hall, membership to the “Harrods Rewards” loyalty program and an invite to their personal shopping service. Oh, and they’ll throw in a cocktail-n-canapés reception in the evening for when you come back exhausted from flexing your little manicured fingers all day long.

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Get a $100 American Express Card Just For Sleeping Around

Where: 101 Wilshire Blvd. [map], Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401

Shopaholics looking for a Christmas getaway can head for Santa Monica's Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows. The hotel offers you a good excuse to hit the stores: It will give out $100 American Express gift cards when you stay at the hotel during the holidays.

You could take the AmEx card and try to wade through the frazzled last-minute shoppers in the nearby Third Street Promenade, where you can find everything from mall standbys like the Gap and Footlocker to specialty shops like home decor store Restoration Hardware and kitchen-focused Sur La Table.

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The Hotel Concorde Berlin Wants You To Look Hawt

Where: Augsburger Str. 41, Berlin, Germany, 10789

Berlin's Hotel Concorde has long tried to be hip with its accommodation packages, and each deal they come out with does seem to get better and better. Learning French in Berlin was a bit of a stretch; their Fall of the Wall deal was pretty good; but now comes the most sensible idea they've had so far: a Shop in the City package.

Being all very cosmopolitan and cool, yet not outrageously expensive, Berlin is an ideal place to go on a shopping splurge. The Hotel Concorde is also in the right part of Berlin for this, right on the Kurfürstendamm shopping street, and even through winter you'll be able to easily get around to all the best stores.

The Shop in the City package includes lots of shopping-related bonuses, like a 10% discount at KaDeWe (the largest department store in Europe and right next to the Mercedes Benz building), a €35 voucher for the Montblanc store, and 20% discount and a personal shopper appointment at department store Galeries Lafayette – and a bunch more. You also get a two-night stay for two people with buffet breakfast both mornings, all starting from $275 a night per room. Which is cheap enough that you'll still have some cash left over for all that shopping.

[Photo of the fantastic KaDeWe: sk8geek]

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Fashion Week Hits Chicago and Hotels Are Ready To Work It

As an influx of Manolo-wearing fashionistas hit Chicago for Fashion Focus—the city's Fashion Week-type extravaganza with runway shows, shopping events and seminars from Oct. 22 to 25—hotels want a piece of the well-heeled crowd. So The Essex Inn, Four Seasons, James Hotel, Park Hyatt, Sofitel and theWit partnered with the Fashion Focus to give some fashion-themed deals.

See which hotel is offering the most fashion-forward package after the jump.

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Stay Local, Shop Local With NYC's Washington Square Hotel

Where: 103 Waverly Place [map], New York, ny, United States, 10011

It used to be, in the days before this blasted recession, that people would come from far and wide to shop it up in New York City. It was part of the glamor to walk into a lobby, your elbows laden with glossy shopping bags. Thankfully, some of the city's hotels haven't forgotten that the recession doesn't drive away this desire; it just makes it harder to do.

But from July 1st through Labor Day, the Washington Square Hotel in Greenwich Village has you covered with a Village Shopping Pass, also known as your ticket to hotel guest-only discounts at the best of the local boutiques.

The hotel has even considered what guests might want to buy for their stay and not simply themselves; discounts can be had at fine wine and chocolate shops. There are even special deals at a pet accessories boutique and at the original outpost of C.O. Bigelow apothecaries.

To take advantage of the deal, and just plain enjoy summer in the city, the Washington Square's rates begin at $180 a night and include continental breakfast. And since it's super near to the stores and within walking distance of the delights of Manhattan's more interesting neighborhoods, you'll even save on cab fare.

[Photo: Washington Square Hotel]

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Escape the Economy Hotels :: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Will Rub the Pain Away

All this week we will be running Escape the Economy hotel packages. We doubt this will make you feel better about your dwindling stash of money but you might actually have a good time.

Listen up bargain shoppers. The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel has just announced a "Shopaholic Soothe and Saving Spree."

You may be wondering why a hotel would promote shopping in a time when everyone is concerned about saving? Well, doesn't outlet shopping count as saving? That's what we think anyways.

The hotel is offering guests who book this package a Boston Entertainment Book, which includes discounts for local restaurants, movie theaters, sporting events and more. They will also receive a Faneuil Hall Marketplace "Passport of Savings" booklet and a Wrentham Village Outlets Savings Guide.

Hmm...we're starting to think this might be a very good package for Boston locals to book too considering all these local discounts.

Yet in fact, the best part of this package really isn't the discounts. No, it's the massage for two and the breakfast for two that are also included. A massage can definitely help you escape the economy at least for 50 minutes or so.

This package starts at $499 and is based on double occupancy. Reservations must be booked 72 hours in advance.

Have you stayed at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront? If so, let us know how it was.

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Long Island's North Shore Gets Some Love from Bryant Park Hotel

Where: 40 W 40th St [map], New York, ny, United States, 10018

Everyone's had plenty to say about Long Island's South Shore -- especially Montauk what with the Surf Lodge and the Montauk Monster (!!!) -- but what about the North Shore? Is it chopped liver? Where is the love, people?

Manhattan's Bryant Park Hotel, known for its romantic ambience and killer views, is stepping up to the plate. They're doing their part to redirect some of that ghastly weekend traffic away from the Hamptons with a shopping package. The draw? A mall, of course -- The Americana Manhasset.

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Four Seasons Frisco Rolls Out Three Specials

Where: 757 Market Street [map], San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103

As an enticement for every kind of traveler, the Four Seasons San Francisco just announced three specials available now through December 31.

First, there's the shopping deal. For the rate of $470 a night, you get a $100 Bloomingdale's gift card, a Bloomie's gift and 15% off additional store purchases, package wrapping and delivery (this would come in handy around the holidays), overnight valet parking, and a makeover at the Chanel counter.

Second, is the get-in-shape deal. A nightly room rate of $595 comes with an hour-long private trainer session, a 50-minute massage (per room, per night, in your room or in the spa), and a daily fruit plate and smoothie.

Lastly is the I-don't-have-to-check-out-yet special. Two nightly room rates of $510 pre-paid gets you the third night for free, with a free hotel breakfast for two thrown on the tab.

In our opinion, the hotel will get the biggest bang on the Bloomie's deal. For Europeans and their powerhouse Euro-dollar exchange rate, a 15% discount will go a long way. Heck, they can buy the Chanel counter.

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The Regent Bal Harbour Has 'Special' Opening Rates of $775 a Night

Where: 10295 Collins Avenue [map], Bal Harbour, fl, United States, 33154

The long-awaited Regent Bal Harbour (which was supposed to open on New Year's Day then in February) has finally opened this week.

And guess what? Those of you who are watching your disposable income, in these worrisome days of a possible recession, will probably rule this hotel out of your vacation plans.

For instance, we looked at dates for today March 11 through March 13 figuring that weekday rates might be a little lower. Nope. The hotel is offering opening rates for a Premier Deluxe Room at $775 a night. However, you do get a panoramic view of both the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay along with several high-tech room amenities.

A lower categories of rooms--the Superior rooms--were found to be about $200 cheaper but not available on the dates we selected. Go to the opening exclusive page to fiddle with the dates and rates.

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