STORY:
Big Ticket Parties In Washington DC

If price is no object, do we have a couple of parties for you

President Clinton hasn't set his price for New Year's Eve in the Lincoln bedroom, but hotels surrounding the White House have priced out their millennium parties. The Washington Post did some checking and found parties that would max out any bureaucrat's entertainment budget, including a wedding package that truly memorable.

If you have 12 friends and $110,000 burning a hole in you pocket, the St. Regis Washington will open its doors for a party you won't soon forget. It starts with round-trip air fare on a private jet from anywhere in the US. You'll spend the big moment in box seats at the Kennedy Center listening to the National Symphony Orchestra's Millennium Concert.

As for the hotel amenities, you get one suite and five rooms, a 24-hour maitre d'etage service for three nights, three chauffeur-driven limousines for four days, a seven course dinner on New Year's Eve, champagne breakfast on New Year's Day, in-room massages and more.

The Westin Fairfax on Embassy row has one of the most unique New Year's Eve packages in the country with a millennium wedding and honeymoon special for a mere $100,000. The lucky couple gets a candlelight wedding in the ballroom for 100 guests with a catered reception and live music. The bride gets a designer bridal gown she gets to keep and a bridesmaid luncheon for 25 people.

There is a rehearsal dinner for 60 people, spa packages for 20 people, a chauffuer-driven limousine for the weekend, wedding coordinator and plenty of flowers. To top it all off, the package includes the honeymoon with round-trip air fare and hotel accommodations for the lucky couple to destinations in San Francisco, Maui or St. John.

It's always hard to get a table at Sam & Harry's, but if you willing to pay for their $19,999.99 New Year's Eve dinner package, you can have any table in the house, and maybe they will let you take it home too.

The package includes dinner for four and features century-old wine - 1990 vintage - including a Chateau d/Yquem, an Armagnac Castarede and a Martell Conac. Hors d'oeuvres include Beluga caviar, Scottish smoked salmon, scallops with a main course of lobster. Sam and Harry's reported has three confirmed reservations for the package.

But if you have a good pair of binoculars and $3,000, you probably could see who was spending the night in the Lincoln bedroom from the Hay-Adams Hotel. The hotel sits right across the street from the White House. The Hay-Adams package includes two nights in a deluxe room, five course dinner at Lafayette Restaurant, a seat on the hotel's terrace for the fireworks followed by a 2am caviar breakfast.

Source: The Washington Post

DATE: 7/13/99

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