If You Can Pay For It, Sparks Will Fly

by Anne Metz (RSS feed)
May 3rd 2006 at 5:39PM

Leave it to the Ritz-Carleton in Battery Park to come up with one of the world's most luxe hotel packages. The Can't Buy Me Love, But You Can Try is a one-night visit that costs you $40,000.

But don't worry, you'll get your money's worth. For the handsome fee, this package includes:

limo service to and from the airport
accommodations in the Presidential Suite.
a personal fireworks show by the famous Grucci family set to the soundtrack of your choice
private helicopter ride over the city
private bath prepared by a personal butler
Dom Perignon and strawberries
candlelight dinner
in-room breakfast

According to the hotel's director of guest relations, not surprisingly, only one person has taken advantage of this high-priced hotel package.

Sure, fireworks are fab as is staying at the Ritz, but if you really want to show your special someone that you are at the same pyrotechnically inspired and frugal, here's a slightly lower-budget version of the package:

One pack of roman candles from a road side stand in South Carolina: $7.50
One romantic Celine Dion album: $15
One bottle of pink Andre's "champagne": $5
One night at a Super 8: $65

And finally:

Not having to fork out $40,000 to get the Ritz to do the work for you: Priceless!

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Adam May 3rd 2006 6:25PM

"If You Can Pay For It, Sparks Will Fly"

And here was me thinking Luxist was posting results on a new scientific study on high-end prostitution ;)

Anne Metz May 4th 2006 9:13AM

Now that you mention it, that is a somewhat confusing headline!

Hope you weren't disappointed....

Adam May 4th 2006 11:26AM

No, it's OK, I was mostly interested to see which university got the grant to do the research paper; MIT? Harvard? UNLV?

Anne Metz May 4th 2006 11:32AM

If you put it that way, my money would be on Harvard (they take the prize for the highest level of useless-but-charmingly-so research projects).

However, UNLV would have the great number of local brothels in which to do said research project. This would perhaps give the school a distinct advantage when it came to finding funding.

It's a toss up probably...

Adam May 4th 2006 12:06PM

"This would perhaps give the school a distinct advantage when it came to finding funding."

Not a federal grant? You know how they love to waste money on surveys. Perhaps Fox news could have an opinion poll (who do they ask anyway? I can't believe 20'000 people answer their surveys about whatever irrelevant subect on the phone....I'll stop here, I don't want to start discrediting Fox)

On a final point, thanks to the mention of 'brothels' Google's Adwords results on this page are most amusing :D