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Putting on the Ritz
For example, Ritz Carlton's Resort Reconnect package ($269 and up for two) offers overnight accommodations in the five-star hotel's beach-side guest rooms where you can relax on their Sleep System bed (where you can operate the TV, order room service, and almost anything else without getting up) Daily breakfast for two at the oceanfront restaurant and to spend a $50 resort credit included (spend it on the spa the Ritz Carlton's Eau Spa).
Bringing your surly teen with you? They'll be begging you to send them to the Ritz's Bonus: Coast, a one of a kind teen lounge that-as hard as this is to believe-your teens are guaranteed to enjoy. In this private, staff monitored, teen den, kids 13-17 can use a DJ booth to record and create their own music mix, play video games, surf the Internet, lounge on bean bags, play pool or Guitar Hero. On many nights, Coast transforms into a teen club with music and dancing. For glamour conscious teens, Coast also offers a teen only beauty salon where make-up application, hair styling, manicures, and fashion attire can be commemorated with a glamour photograph.
The Garden of Eden
When Rick Rose and his partner began renovating a historic 1924 Spanish Mediterranean home in the Grandview Heights Historic Neighborhood they planned their bed and breakfast (and additional vacation cottages) to draw other gay men. Instead, the top ranked Grandview Gardens B&B, with its terracotta floors and private terraces overlooking a swimming pool-has become most popular with the queer women. Rooms for two are as low as $125, including buffet breakfast. Kids under 12 stay free; and you can add a third a fourth adult for just $20 per person per night. Dogs are allowed in some rooms and there's a dog park in neighboring Howard Park.
Art Crawl
Other hotels, like West Palm Beach's eclectic Hotel Biba -a eco-friendly boutique hotel annually transformed into conceptual art during April's ShowTel event (and conveniently located near Antique Row)-are participating in "The Deal of The Century," celebrating Palm Beach County's 100th birthday by offering rooms for $19.09 between April and December after you've paid regular rates for two nights.
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