Ready, Set, Get Hitched!
edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
Your
parents won’t appreciate our telling you this, but it doesn’t get much more
romantic than eloping. All the better if you can pull it off somewhere just
like you – fun, edgy, hip and witty. With a host of elaborately designed
suites, largely inspired by hit films and television shows of the 1960s and
70s, The Roxbury Motel offers couples on the brink the opportunity to be
truly efficient: tick off the
wedding and honeymoon in one fun, whimsical getaway.
At
the Catskills’ most fabulous Motel, a NEW Elope-to-Moon Menu
Valentine’s Day 2011 marks the
launch of The Roxbury’s dazzling new Elope-to-Moon Menu.
Spontaneous, romantic, and yes, pretty dramatic, all of the elopement
packages offer bridal couples an on-property, intimate wedding ceremony with
an officiant, two passes to the splendid Shimmer Spa, and a customized
keepsake – your very first, and possibly coolest, wedding present.
Families and friends not invited: this package is just for the two of
you!
Weather
permitting, choose to take the plunge in The Roxbury’s extremely attractive,
highly graphic, black-and-white gazebo at the end of an über-landscaped
riot-of-flowers garden path.
Otherwise, get a room – a suite, that is; one of The Roxbury’s spacious,
two-story suites with themes that are larger-than-life, and ridiculously
luxurious bathrooms featuring 85-gallon soaking tubs and dual showerheads.
When an
elopement at The Roxbury lasts three nights or more, the services of the
officiant, a bottle of Champagne, Shimmer Spa passes, and commemorative gift
are included in the cost of accommodation; with a one or two-night stay, a
welcome bottle of Champagne is our gift as well as two passes to the Shimmer
Spa, but all additional options are available for purchase on an ŕ la carte
basis.
The Noir Boudoir Experience:
 Whether you’re deeply Goth
or just unaccountably attracted to Wuthering Heights,
this suite sets the tone for romance that is stylishly dark, and borderline
sinister. Tie the knot in an
atmosphere of High-Victorian-Overblown-Mansion, with somber wood paneling
and flocked wallpaper in bold shades of purple and claret. If it weren’t so
newly constructed, The Noir Boudoir would most certainly be haunted.
The lighting is appropriately eerie, and the bathroom is tiled in a
very flattering black. Marry
here, and a commemorative gilt chalice and a really good bottle of red is
your wedding present from The Roxbury.
The Amadeus’ Bride Experience:
 Nothing beats the
eighteenth-century courts of Europe for
high glamour! The soaring suite called Amadeus’ Bride rivals any chapel [and
even some very nice cathedrals] for hands-down gorgeousness.
Its dramatic blue-grey walls are delineated with panels of gilded
molding. Glittering chandeliers and mirrors wherever you look showcase your
rosy bridal glow to advantage. The bathroom is tiled in gold [truly
metallic, not the harvest variety.]
Your ceremony can be set to the music of your choice, but may we
suggest something from The Marriage of Figaro?
To commemorate the day, The Roxbury
will commission a double bridal
portrait from a traditional silhouette artist – the standard mode of
portraiture in Mozart’s day, now more chic than ever.
The Miss Kitty’s Saloon Experience:
 Solidify your union in a
quintessentially American way!
Now, sure, this sumptuous suite is modeled on a brothel, but no one’s making
moral judgments here, or suggestions about the nature of your relationship.
It’s good clean, dirty fun.
It’s red velvet as far as the eye
can see, a wall of red sequins, and lacy corsets in the most unexpected
places. We’ll loan you the chaps and cowboy hats, and you get ready to kick
up your boots with a cold glass of beer. And so you can remember how the
west was fun, The hotel will arrange for a photographer to ‘shoot’ a
commemorative wedding photo of the two of you all gussied up in western
wear.
The Genie’s Bottle Experience:
 With a nod of the head and
the blink of an eye (and with a little help from some dry ice,) we’ll create
a mystical ceremony inside our Genie Bottle suite.
And while its rooms are all very cool in their psychedelic splendor,
no one here would question your judgment if you chose to have the ceremony
in the bathroom, which has been amazingly conjured up in the shape of the
interior of that genie’s bottle, all spherical lilac-pink-and-glittery-gold.
We recommend that you participate fully clothed, however, in harem
pants and little sparkly vests and slippers.
Take a little of the magic home with a genie bottle-inspired wine
decanter, as the Roxbury’s gift to you.
Final Frontier:
 Just as the final frontier
knows no bounds, neither does your love. Prepare to live long and prosper
when you star in the star-studded ceremony beneath the twinkling stars
embedded in the ceiling of this suite, a stunning effect rivaled closely by
the glow-in-the-dark tiled bathroom.
You would make a memorable bridal couple outfitted in matching white
cat-suits and really big space boots.
In honor of your union, The Roxbury will have a star identified by
your joint name, with a framed certificate to prove it.
Release
the Genie. Reach for the stars.
Rope your partner in.
Whichever theme you choose when you make it official, The Roxbury ensures
that the focus is right where it should be: on you and your wild and crazy
love. Right there. Right now.
Elope-to-Moon Package Prices: [Starting
February 12, 2011]
1 and 2
Night Stays*:
Sunday–Thursday, $325 per night; Thursday - Sunday, $375
per night
(Welcome bottle of champagne included. Additional- $300 cost
for officiant and commemorative gift)
*Mandatory two-night minimum stay
on weekends
3 or
more Night Stays*:
Sunday- Thursday, $425 per night; Thursday- Sunday, $475 per night.
(Inclusive of an officiant,
Champagne, Shimmer Spa passes, and commemorative
gift)
*Exclusive
of Room tax and gratuity. Officiant’s services, Shimmer Spa passes, and
commemorative gift are included only with a 3-night stay.
Additional options for purchase include flowers, cheese platters,
Shimmer Spa services, and dinner at The Peekamoose.
Based on availability; double occupancy only.
Elopement room packages are final and a non-refundable deposit equal
to one-night’s stay is applied.
A minimum of 72 hours’ notice is required. Guests are responsible for
procuring marriage license
The Roxbury, Contemporary Catskill Lodging - 607.326.7200 –
www.theroxburymotel.com
The
Roxbury is the ideal destination in the mountains for that long-awaited
romantic getaway. It is under a three-hour’s drive from The Big Apple and
the New York tri-state area, Albany,
and Philadelphia.
Its guest register now includes visitors from 27 countries from around the
world.
Madelyn
Miller is a travel and food writer who loves to stay in fantasy hotels. Read
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