Tuesday, October 30, 2007

60 Years of Marriage Earns One Night of Luxury [at the Palmer House Hilton]

In 1947, Larry and Mariam Orenstein honeymooned at Chicago's posh Palmer House hotel. They could never afford the current asking price for the hotel penthouse — $1,600 a night — but thanks to a long-standing hotel policy and their original 1947 receipt, the couple just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in the Palmer penthouse for $10...

Listen to their story.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

That is INCREDIBLE. Looks like the Gehrings will have to go back and get our own receipt so we can go back in a few decades for only a few hundred!