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Monday, February 2, 2009
Valentine’s Day hotel packages: love at first sight, maybe not second
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This time of year, higher-end hotels tend to toss champagne, chocolates and breakfast between the sheets into a room offer and call it a Valentine’s Day package.
Be careful if you Google “romantic getaway.” Your laptop might overdose.
I’ve found a few that offer decent rates. But they try to play Cupid by listing inflated individual prices for the bubbly and sweets, then pitch the deal as, say, 32 percent off. Not really.
Still, it’s worth checking with your most convenient hotel to see if its V-Day price will allow you to reach the proper romantic mood or distract you over the bill.
The W in Perimeter includes an intriguing extra in its package: a “Jimmyjane game, tickler and sash.” Jimmyjane products, according to the sales pitch, are for folks who believe “naughty is nice, sexy is smart.” You can do further research yourself.
Which reminds me: If you think you’ve stumbled across a great romantic getaway idea, examine it thoroughly. I discovered a Marriott in Alpharetta with some rooms appointed almost entirely in pink — my better half’s favorite-by-far color.
We checked in, only to learn the promotion was tied to collector dolls and, thus, was geared toward young girls. Which meant, instead of champagne, a cookies-and-milk nightcap brought to the room. And separate beds.
We never could find the Jimmyjane game.
