Whether you crave caviar and champagne in bed, a swim with sharks, a personalised message delivered by a dolphin, or even a piece of land on the moon with your beloved’s name written on it: there are several whacky Valentine Day offers available to those who can do anything (read: however stupid) for love.
Crazy option 1
Eos promises to be “the world’s most romantic airline” with special Valentine’s Day flights from New York to London. Couples get to dine face to face. During their meal, they will enjoy Godiva chocolate, Tattinger champagne and a book of love poems. The offer includes beds, full-size pillows, down comforters and Bose noise-cancelling headsets. Each suite offers 21 square feet of personal space. Plenty of room for a man to kneel, if there was a certain question he had been meaning to ask! For more information, visit eosairlines.com
Crazy option 2
Hotel Fouquet’s Barriere in Paris, the first ‘Palace Hotel’ to open in Paris in 80 years, offers caviar and champagne in the room, a champagne dinner at the hotel’s restaurant, a photo session in the streets of Paris with a professional, old-time black-and-white photographer à la Robert Doisneau.
There’s also one make-up treatment for ‘madame’ and one skin treatment for ‘monsieur’ before the photo session.
A romantic Paris-by-night tour in a chauffeur-driven 2CV convertible or a Peugeot C6 (President Chirac’s vehicle). Cost: 1,599 Euros ($2,070 U.S.)/night for 2 in a superior room are part of the package. Check: http://www.fouquets-barriere .com
Crazy option 3
Couples looking for a watery experience to express their love can escape to the tropical hideaway of Discovery Cove, Orlando. From swimming with dolphins and snorkelling with rays, to drifting along the crystal clear tropical river, there are many romance packages available throughout February. Valentine’s Package, priced at $299.95, includes a buoy with a personalised message delivered by a dolphin, 6x8 photo frame and video, chocolates, a dozen roses, champagne, two souvenir toasting flutes, and private cabana for the day. Check: www.discoverycove.com/default2.aspx
Crazy option 4
A company called Lunar Embassy, which describes itself as “the leaders of the extraterrestrial real estate market,” give you the chance to buy one acre of “prime real estate” on the moon — with great Earth views — for just $19.95.”
This scheme has been shut down in China on charges of “profiteering and lunacy.” (We doubt this pun was intended.) According to Lunar Embassy website, their basis for ownership is that “one can become the legal owner of an extraterrestrial body, if you are the first one who claimed it, and that is the Lunar Embassy.”
So if this is your Valentine dream idea, we’ll let you decide for yourself if it is real or a scam. For details visit www. lunarembassy.com