NEW YORK - Carrie Bradshaw wannabes are in
luck.
For $24,000 a New York travel company is
offering "Sex and the City" fans the chance to live the life of
characters in the television series, splurging on luxury shoes
and handbags, being pampered at luxury spas and sipping
cocktails at nightspots featured in the show.
The upcoming launch of the "Sex and the City"
movie has rekindled interest in the discontinued show, said
Joanne Konstantinakos, founder of travel company Destination On
Location, which is offering the tours.
"‘Sex and the City’ is a perfect opportunity
because it’s a global phenomenon, you don’t have to be a New
Yorker to follow it," she said.
The first client to book the tour was a woman
from Singapore, where the show is banned.
Guests on the four-day tour will be
chauffeured to upscale department store Saks Inc and Barneys New
York and boutique clothes stores including the New York store of
Patricia Field, the designer and stylist whose clothes feature
on the TV series.
Dining at famed restaurants including
Balthazar and Pastis are also on the agenda, as is clubbing at
Bungalow 8 and other exclusive nightclubs.
Guests will also be able to choose their
Saturday afternoon based on their favorite character.
Fans of the straight-laced Charlotte will
take a trip to jeweler Tiffany & Co and a tour of art galleries,
while those who favor promiscuous Samantha will shop on Madison
Avenue and visit a high-end sex shop.
The first tour, scheduled to start on May 29,
will feature a viewing of the movie on its May 30 opening night.
Subsequent tours, of between eight and 12 people, will run until
November 16 and cost $15,000 per guest.
The travel company plans future trips based on films
including the Lord of The Rings including a trip to New Zealand,
where it was filmed. —Reuters