For a Mere $100K, You Too Can Have the 'Pretty Woman' Experience

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—In some parts of the country, if you ask the average citizen what type of person populates Hollywood, the answer is likely to be something like "Grifters and hookers." Well, cheer up: The Beverly Wilshire Hotel is aiming to prove that epithet at least partially true. "You’re the star of your own love story when you recreate your favourite moments from Pretty Woman at Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills (A Four Seasons Hotel), where the hit movie was filmed," states the online ad that's attracted a lot of attention. "During this glamorous weekend getaway for two, steal the scene when you stay in the “Pretty Woman” Suite (aka the luxurious Presidential Suite). The experience starts with a personal shopping consultation on Rodeo Drive. Dressed to impress, take a Rolls-Royce to Greystone Mansion for a romantic 'shoeless' picnic, where you’ll sample cuisine inspired by the picnic scene from the movie. You’ll embark on the ultimate date night when the two of you are privately styled in your suite, before spending the evening at the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts or the LA Opera. Throughout your stay, we’ll inspire you with stills from the movie, allowing you and your sweetheart to mimic classic scenes for exclusive photography opportunities. The fairy-tale ending? We’ll leave that up to you." Leaving aside the fact that most hooker/client experiences, while satisfying, rarely have a "fairy-tale ending," the part about "allowing you and your sweetheart to mimic classic scenes for exclusive photography opportunities" sounds to us as though it could easily lead to "exclusive blackmail opportunities," depending on who your "sweetheart" for the evening turns out to be. (Notice that nowhere does the offer limit things only to married couples.) For those who don't want to spring for what's called the "ultimate experience"—and for a hundred thousand smackeroos, it'd better be!—there are two cheaper possibilities: The "Premier" tier, which offers "a night in the Veranda Suite, a three-hour picnic with a musical serenade, a $1,000 clothing allowance (per person) and 90-minute couples massages" for a mere $22,500, or the "Deluxe" package ($15,000), which allows the couple a night in a "deluxe Beverly Suite, two hours with a personal shopper, a two-hour picnic and a 60-minute couples massage." For those who want to blow what, for some, is a couple of years' wages on this "ultimate experience," check out the Becverly Wilshire's ad for it—not to mention the photos of the happy couple enjoying their experience, such as the photo above (and it's probably no coincidence that the woman in the photo looks a lot like Julia), and the places where they'll enjoy it. And you thought the 1% were too busy with business to have any fun!