Sublimely ridiculous — The world’s most overpriced hotel stay
You know that old saying, right? “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.”
So naturally, I asked, anyway.
Why did I do that…?
My own version of a “mad minute” began when I decided to check out a hotel website discovered by my new friends at Gadling.com, one of the better air travel blogs on the Web.
The hotel site, called DealBase, searches out hotel room rates across North America (which, for you geographically challenged souls out there, does include Mexico), the Caribbean and Europe.
As you’d expect, they afford you collections of good hotel deals, great hotel deals, last-minute hotel, et cetera. But the link that instantly drew my attention was this one:
“Worst Hotel Deals”
And right at the top of the list was what may well be the mother of all overpriced hotel stays.
Now, if you know me and/or this blog, you know I’m not a big believer in pricey hotel rooms. In fact, I’m not that big on hotels, period. But this place, the Muse Hotel in New York City, has gone so far over the top, they may need a net — if only to throw it over whoever on their staff came up with this scheme.
To confirm that suspicion, I then decided to check out what were generally considered to be the world’s most expensive hotel rooms. I found lots of candidates, none of which I could afford even in my most Beluga of “caviar dreams.”
The Royal Suite at the George V Hotel in Paris…$15,000 a night. The Bridge Suite at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas…$25,000 a night. the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas…$24,000 a night. The Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens…$50,000 a night.
Not one of them. Not even close.
What about the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva? A cool $65,000 will get you a night in their Royal Penthouse Suite . But if you want to stay at the Muse on their special package “deal,” you’d better be ready to just about double that.
The price for the “Suite of Dreams at the Muse,” according to DealBase…
Drum roll, please.
$100,000 a night.
Maybe the passing of the years is turnng me into a grouchy old curmudgeon, but the way I see it, anything you pay six figures for, you should own, for life. Your grandchildren should inherit the damned thing.
A hundred “large” a night? Only if time travel is included.
No worries, though. Basic rooms at the Muse start at a mere $529 a night. If it makes you feel any better, they do have auto club rates.
As for me, my muse will be staying at a Motel 6.
