A Free Vacation At The Big Apple!
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London residents, Duncan Malcolm and Katherine Lewis, were thrilled when they were selected for a free five-night stay at one of New York's finest hotels. There is however, one slight catch.
While the couple get to live in a room that looks exactly like one of the real rooms at the Roger Smith Hotel, it is actually a storefront on the ground floor of the hotel, with two large floor-to-ceiling windows. As part of the agreement, Duncan and Katherine have to keep the curtains of the storefront open for three hours from 4.30 - 7.30 pm every single day, allowing curious New Yorkers to peer in and see what they are up to.
Dubbed Room501project, the idea is the brainchild of a company called Real Live Billboards and is meant to be a living advertisement for the prestigious New York City hotel.
This is not the first time Real Live Billboards has come up with a radical advertising idea for the hotel. In December, the same windows featured heavyweight boxer Tor Hamer, exchanging punches with his trainer (see video below).
Duncan and Katherine, who settled into their new digs on January 29th, said while it was strange to see people peering in at first, they are now used to it, and go on about their evening as if they were in a normal room. After all, loss of privacy for three hours, is a small price to pay for a free vacation in New York City. In fact, the hotel says they have received a number of inquiries from other people, looking for a similar deal.
Source:triphow.com, Thebeufortgazette.com
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- coleover 10 yearsThe big apple is a fun place to stay at to have fun in new york but people invading your privacy to see what your doing is stange.
- coleover 10 yearsThe big apple is an awesme place to vacation at but being in a hotel and invading your privacy seems kinds weird.
- rayannover 10 yearsi would love to be in new york but i wouldnt enjoy not having my privacy so i might re consider lovng to stay in new york without privacy.
- lexierover 10 yearswhat would you do and say if you were selected to do the Room501 project? How would you react?
- Amandaover 10 yearsI would have loved to stay a few night there for free, however, I would not want to give up my privacy for three hours.
- cadenfletcherover 10 yearsi wouldnt really mind but it would be kind of weird not having the privacy but as the family did i would adapt and i would take the free vacatoin any day then pay for the room and have my privacy all day
- Lyndia M. over 10 yearsi wounder if the hotel told them they would "loose their privacy" for three hours and if they did in my opinion i would say no because it is not fair to me to have a free vacation but then loose my privacy for three hours even though i want to go to the big apple i would say no.
kylecrover 10 yearsDid they have to be there from 4:30 - 7:30 to still be able to stay for free- schlindlynebover 10 yearsi think this story teaches you to be careful when something is free because it will turn out as a rip off
- Manuel Turnerover 10 yearsThis story is intresting because they got to exprience how it feels to live in New York finest hotels.
Miss Coulseyover 10 yearsWhat about the part of people watching you for three hours? Interested in trying it out?
