Posted by How to on Sunday, June 15, 2014
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| The Langham Hotel in Auckland. The decor is glorious! |
This is the first item in my current Thirty Chic Days that requires money, but I think it�s worth including.
When we started our business almost ten years ago, my husband and I realised our occasional weekends away would have to stop since we were running a six and now seven days a week business.
At the time I mentioned to him there were boutique and also fancy hotels in our city that we could stay at on a Saturday night and �go away for the weekend� but still be able to open our shop. �I�ll never pay to stay in a hotel when I�ve paying for a home just down the road� was the response I got so I forgot all about it.
I don�t know what changed his mind (promise I didn�t nag), but we�ve done this many times now. Maybe 2-3 times a year we�ll stay at our favourite Langham Hotel and indulge in five-star luxury for 24 hours.
We pack our nicest clothes to dress up for drinks and dinner, and I always take a few books and magazines so we can relax in our room. There is even a roof-top pool where we can pretend we are movie stars sunbathing in big sunglasses, right in the centre of the city.
Yes, it�s expensive-ish per night, but we always book special offers where you are offered a discount and extras such as valet parking, a bottle of bubbles, breakfast etc. And it probably costs us a similar amount to driving to another town and staying in a lesser place.
I arrive home refreshed, and actually I�m always really excited to come home too. There�s nothing like �going away� but there�s nothing like arriving home again.
Do you stay at places in your own town or is it the craziest idea you�ve ever heard?