All that’s missing are the bell hops!
A luxury hotel in the Hamptons is renting the entire place to one lucky person for the summer for $1 million during the coronavirus crisis — complete with a chef and housekeeping staff for an extra $100,000, according to a report.
Hedges Inn, a historic bed and breakfast in East Hampton, will allow a tenant to live full-time in the building from June 1 to Labor Day for $350,000 per month to avoid sanitation hassles amid the pandemic, owners told the East Hampton Star.
“I didn’t feel great about the nightly turnover, encouraging people to come out here, and worrying about their health and the health of the staff and the community,” manager Jenny Lilja told the paper. “So I thought, how can we adjust our business model?”
Normally, about 3,000 guests stay at the hotel each year — but “it’s been nothing but cancellations” this spring, Lilja said.
Keeping the intimate hotel safe hygienically as dozens of guests check in and out would have been too difficult, she said.
“What am I going to do, follow people around with bleach?” Lilja said, adding it would be impossible to guarantee that people would be protected from contracting the virus.
The inn features 13 bedrooms, a commercial kitchen, two acres of outdoor space and a fully stocked bar. Guests have already inquired about living in the hotel for the summer, according to the paper.
In past months, hotel chains across the country have closed en masse for the first time in history due to the coronavirus.