February 21, 2026 • 53 mins
The Wishing Well's Terrie Dean and Harry Reif discuss this week's travel news and Hot Deals!
In this episode we explore the world of high-end travel built around the planet’s most exclusive events. From the runway magic of Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks to the star-studded spectacle of the Met Gala and the electric energy of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, we break down how to craft unforgettable journeys centered on these elite experiences.
Discover insider tips, VIP access strategies, and the destinations, hotels, and moments that turn a trip into a once‑in‑a‑lifetime affair. Perfect for travelers who crave sophistication, culture, and a front-row seat to the world’s most coveted happenings.
In this episode we explore the world of high-end travel built around the planet’s most exclusive events. From the runway magic of Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks to the star-studded spectacle of the Met Gala and the electric energy of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, we break down how to craft unforgettable journeys centered on these elite experiences.
Discover insider tips, VIP access strategies, and the destinations, hotels, and moments that turn a trip into a once‑in‑a‑lifetime affair. Perfect for travelers who crave sophistication, culture, and a front-row seat to the world’s most coveted happenings.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a Lifeless Ordinary, the travel show and podcasts
from your friends at the wishing Well two forty three
f Avenue in harsmerg and online at the wishing Well
dot biz. The wishing Well is your ultimate luxury concierge
travel agency and a Lifeless Ordinary is a travel show
and podcasts hosted by Terry Dean, bringing her over forty
years of experience in the travel industry to help guide
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you to great experiences in your travel, whether it be
around the block, around the country, or around the world.
Let's bring in Terry Dean and say hello, Chris, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's good to see you. Good to see you. And
I've been enjoying some of the warmer weather.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
It has been really nice. I was going to introduce Harry,
but I'd rather talk about the warm weather.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Sorry, Harry, Fine, fine, fine fine.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I went to work yesterday with the windows open on
the truck. It was like, let's soak in this. I
saw a meme that calls this fool's spring. Oh I've
heard that, and then there, you know, to the fore
cast keeps changing for tomorrow and snow.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
No snow, but that wind Friday that was pretty fierce.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, so yeah, and that's your weather report.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I love this summon year. I love the thought that,
you know, the crocus will start to be popping up.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And we are twenty eight days away from spring?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Are we?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We are destroyed that today?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Then we're fourteen days away from my birthday? All right, Chris, No,
that can't be right because it's three weeks away. But
either way, Yeah, I've stopped counting them. I just know
it's my birthday. I don't know which one it is.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, well, good birthdays are always fun to celebrate.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Anyway, Harry, we briefly mentioned you, how are you doing,
my friend?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Well, I appreciate that briefly mentioning and actually asking how
I'm doing. I'm doing great too. I love living here
because of the weather. It's always always something new, you
never know. It's a reason to get up every morning,
just see what it's going to be like.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Saturday's my favorite morning to get up though. That's because
we get together and we talk about, well, a life
that's a little less ordinary.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Indeed we do, Indeed we do. We've got a fun,
fun show lined up today because as with spring, everything
is new. We have all kinds of awards and events
and all kinds of things going on, and a lot
of people Chris have some angst about wanting to know
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how to get in on those things. So we're gona
spend a little time talking about that today.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That sounds fun.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yep. We have a couple of specials that go hand
in hand with that that I know Harry brought along,
and those are going to be relevant to today's story.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Actually, yeah, I decided to follow Terry's lead this morning.
She was talking about things that we don't ordinarily do
and on a life less ordinary. I mean, we talk
about it all show along, right, things we don't ordinarily do.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
But there are always things that make our life feel
a little bit better. It does.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
And one of the experiences that I can relate back
to is we were in Vegas one year where they
were setting up for the Formula One racing. Oh yeah,
that was so exciting. So we didn't get to stay
for the race because the rooms get a little.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That was the first time Las Vegas had ever really
opened the city up to something that ambitious, and it
was pretty exciting to see.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
It was the.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
People there were excited, and I was excited.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
You were excited That actually brings to mind too that
we were there the first year that Allegiance Stadium was
actually opened too.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
We were there actually pre opening.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yes, we did that.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
So those are the kinds of experiences that are special.
I mean I was in Allegiance Stadium throwing a football
before any professional team did that.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Chris, have they been doing since then?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I don't know, don't follow it closely.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
It was all about me. I just wonder if they're
not doing great, maybe there's video of you in the
stadium throwing the ball around. They might want to get
you on the team.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, I'll just check YouTube for that. But go back
to Formula one for just a second. So here's what
I did, Terry and Chris. I took a look and said,
what's going on with Formula one this year? And when
we talk about special things to do, and these are
experiences that the wishing Well can help you or anybody
that you know, get a bunch of friends together, go
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see a Formula one race.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
You might say, where would I go?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Well, if you want to see a Formula one race,
you might want to go visit Montreal. Montreal will be
doing Formula one racing in May toward the end of May,
Miami the beginning of May. It's a little warmer there.
You could travel to either of those places. You could
go down to let's see, well, Vegas, we talked about
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Vegas that's going to be in November, or and this
one came up just out of nowhere. What about going
to Hungary to watch the Grand Prix for my birthday
in July?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, let's go.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Okay, So we found some packages there and this is
not including airfare, of course, but it does include the accommodations.
It includes some meals on private returns and transfers back
from the venue. But if you want to go to Montreal,
we found packages right around twenty five twenty six hundred dollars,
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which is incredible per person. That's a four day, three
night package. You get to visit Montreal and you get
to see Formula one. If you want to go to Miami,
you can do the same thing. It's going to cost
you about twenty one one hundred dollars you go down there.
That's a five day, four night package and that includes
again you know, meals, accommodations, admission passes to see the event,
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and there are some VIP options if you want to
go for those, you can help those I mentioned going
out to Vegas. That one is absolutely fantastic because they
go right down on the strip, Chris, right down the
strip in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Formula one racing. Now, I've seen some of these. My
stepson is huge f one fan. He is he really
He gets up in the middle of the night to
watch them when they're over in like the Middle East
and Europe.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Yeah, well he could do this in Vegas and he
could sit in the belagio and watch them go by. Now,
the packages that we have they start at twenty five
one hundred dollars a person that's probably not going to
put us at the bellagio. Is it terry for Formula one?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
We saw the rates there, counsel.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
But you will be somewhere nearby at a hotel and
you do get the passes to go in and see
the event. But the one that really got my attention
I mentioned Hungary, and one of the reasons that got
my attention is that if you want to go to Hungary,
that is the most economical way to see Formula one racing.
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Again not counting the airfare, but you can go there
for a three night package including breakfast, returns, trans to
the event, your tickets and things. That package is about
seventeen hundred dollars a person, Chris.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And you said twenty five hundred for Montreal.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Twenty five hundred for Montreal. Just yeah, twenty five hundred
for Montreal. So great, what a great deal.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
And I'll tell you know, people to your point, Chris,
that you were talking about your son. How you know
he's so eager to watch from a couch. You know, however,
he can watch these Formula one races. I will tell
you this. People who like Formula one, they are as
obsessed about that as some people are the Super Bowl.
(07:41):
Oh he is, or FIFA or something like that. You know,
this is these are people who are die hard fans.
He knows every driver, he knows what team they drive for.
He knows all of the soap opera and that's going
on behind the scenes. Really, Oh, he knows everything. And
he loves cars.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
He knows all the statistics about you know, what's happening
with the motors and aerodynamics and all this stuff. He's
crazy about it and he wants to go.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
And the thing is he's never heard in person the
sound of those engines. And you know, my kudos to
all arrage it radio engineers in the world. Sound engineers,
they can make it sound great, but there is nothing
like being there.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I saw an indie race down at Richmond Raceway, and
you want to talk about crazy on a short track,
car's going you can't see them. You have to you
can look at your car that you want to follow,
and you have to keep your eyes locked on it
as it goes around the track. If you look away
for just a half second, it'll take you the next
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five minutes to find the car again because they're going
so fast you can't And the sound. You're right, Harry,
it's nothing like it. It was like you're inside of
a jet engine.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
It is so that being said, there's somebody out there
listening saying I don't care about Formula one racing. What
else you got? I've got something else. Are you a
chocolate lover?
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
If you are set, here's something for you. You can
go to the Granada Chocolate Fest. Grenada Chocolate Fest. Okay,
that too is in Maine, So you might have to
go different directions from somebody who wants to do the
Formula one because you've got Formula one in May, and
you've got Chocolate Fest in May. Pick the one that's.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Right for you.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Chocolate Fest. Okay, So you go into Grenada and this
year's theme is reimagining Caribbean cocoa from roots to Renaissance.
I don't know what that means, but it sounds really great.
Lots of events. We've got tickets to the festival there.
We've got packages for that too, So Formula one Grenada
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Chocolate Festival. If there's not something special in there, I'll
keep looking. Just drop us a line and I'll look
for some more. But those are the two that I
picked out this week to talk about Terry.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah, and the point of that really is that these
things that go on in the world, no matter how
obscure they might be, if you're a fan and you
love chocolate, Chris, and you love chocolate, I love chocolate,
good chocolate, good chocolate, and there's an event that you
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can plan travel around that highlights that. My question is
why not?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Why not? Why not? And anything, even chocolate, if it's
consumed within a seven day span, you don't have to
count it. There's no limit to it. You just consume.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
That's the way it works.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Yeah, I mean, if you do that every day of
your life, it's bad for you. But if it's on
vacation case seven days caners don't care. You just eat
as much chocolate as you want.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
The neat thing is is whatever you're your fantasy is,
whatever it is that your wishes you want to let
us know. And just as I researched these chris, you're
fine one for you.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Don't some of these chocolate festivals, don't they have like
chocolate spas where they'll give you instead of a Mudd's
chocolate chocolate. Yes, yeah, okay, I'd.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Be very tempted to be licking my hands and arms.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
And I don't know if they're losing the same kind
of chocolate for that.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
It may it may not be a pleasant experience for
whoever watches.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
It may be the husks from the cocoa bean that
they're using for that.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Well.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
The other the other chocolate obsession, and I'm sure there's
a festival. I didn't research this one, but when I
was over in the Jordan in the Egypt area a
year ago.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
If you haven't heard about Dubai chocolate, that is the thing.
Have you had it? Yes? Of course, I haven't. I
haven't tried it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
It's so it's pistachios.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
It's got a pistachio flavor to it and ground up,
but it's a very subtle, uh kind of. It's extraordinary,
very smooth. It's extraordinary. You can order it on online,
getting it, getting it in person. Again, I had some
that was fresher than anybody in the United States's eatings.
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And and it goes back to if there's something special
in your life, you know, whether it's Formula one racing,
whether it's pedestrian chocolate. I don't know what's pedestrian about
grenade and chocolate. I'm sure it's fantastic too. Or whether
it's to buy chocolate or whether it's something else, let
us know and we'll find it. So that's my lead
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in with specials for you this morning, Terry.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I just an idea. We need to put together a
tour of all of the world's chocolate locations. We can
go to Switzerland, Germany, Grenada, can go is du Bui
chocolate actually from like the UAE, or is that we
go to the UAE and you want to do factory tours.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
I mean, if you're going to do that, you might
as well do a factory to it, right, you want fresh.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
We can go to hershey Pa.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Then yeah, yeah, LNT chocolate factory in Switzerland. Yes, yes,
I've done that. Actually please yes.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Oh man, can we just call the show now? We
spend the next forty eating chocolate.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
We Well, speaking of today's show, you had alluded to
this at the beginning about people having some excitement about
shows that are coming up exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
You know, well, it's not even just shows, Chris, it's events.
It's things that draw the public's attention. And ordinarily, you know,
prior to the world actually embracing a very different level
of travel, we traveled by armchair, you know, and by
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that I mean we we pretty much found out when
those particular events were going to air on our TV sets,
and we got a you know, bag of popcorn and
sat down with our family and you know, after family
game night, we popped open the boob tube and we
sat and we watched these wonderful happenings, wishing ever so
much that we could have been there. Or how many
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times have you watched a late night talk show and
you've gone, Man, I would love to be in the
audience there. But what happens is a lot of my
clients they do yearn for that. They love what they see,
they'd love to go there, but they have absolutely no
idea how. And so today's show is going to be
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about explaining what some of those very sought after things
are to attend. And then with the caveats that we're
going to say anything that we're talking to you about
here on today's show, all you have to do to
be able to get your foot in the door is
give us a call at the Wishing Well where we
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can help you and facilit tate all of that at
one time.
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Speaker 1 (15:37):
Hey, welcome back to a Lifeless Ordinary. Every Saturday, Terry,
Harry and myself I'm Chris. We sit down and we
talk travel and if if any of the conversation you
hear in this week's show or any past episodes, which
you can listen to on the iHeartRadio app or go
to the Wishingweld dot Biz. Up the upper right hand
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any of the topics interest you, or spark a question,
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twenty three thirty three, or stop by and visit them.
They're on nef Avenue in Harrisonburg. Our show today is
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beyond the Velvet Rope. We're talking about events. Terry, you
mentioned when you were a kid, you popped some popcorn,
you PLoP down on the couch and yeah, you start
watching like the Oscars or the Grammys, exactly exactly. You
saw everybody on the red carpet and you thought, man, yeah,
which was you know, a great way to spend some
time together as a family and enjoy something that you know,
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supposedly everybody liked.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Most often it was what my mom and dad liked.
But I grew to like those things. I grew to
love those things, and I actually grew in the travel
industry to understand and appreciate how those lock in to
sometimes people hopes and dreams of what they're going to
experience on their own vacations. You know, it makes sense.
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And I do have to say thanks to our listening
audience today because you guys are always so patient, you
hang in there with us till we get done with
all of our preliminaries and actually get to the show.
But thank you so much for faithfully showing up every Saturday,
being here with us on a life less ordinary and
talking about our favorite subject, which is travel, sometimes luxury
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travel most of the time. And then this subject, I
love it so a lot of people when they think
about luxury travel, they immediately picture the obvious things, don't they.
I mean, that's what most people think of. They think
of beautiful hotels, first class flights, private transfers, champagne up
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on arrival. That's not bad, And yes, those elements are
absolutely important. They matter, They create comfort, they create ease.
But today, hey, we're going to invite you into an
area of luxury travel where you're gonna think a little
bit differently.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Okay, And what if.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Your next journey wasn't about where you stayed, but about
what you witnessed. That's the deal. So if it'll revolved,
say around a moment the entire world is watching, kind
of like we're seeing the whole world gather in Milan,
Cootana right now in Italy for the Winter Olympics. You know,
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that's an important moment. People are watching that, It's consuming
a lot of people. It's all I watch in my
house right now because I'm excited about There's something incredibly
powerful about building a trip around a cultural event, a
fashion week, an award show, a film premiere, a live
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television taping, something that places you not on the sideline,
but actually directly and precisely inside all of that energy.
At the Wishing Well, we've curated experiences for years that
do exactly that, not simply tickets, but immersive journeys that
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blend destination, culture, style, and all of these once in
a lifetime accesses.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You know, what about those VIP experiences that tie in
with that.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
You know, I was thinking exactly about the VIP experiences
that you talked about maybe a year ago, about if
you're going to Las Vegas and you want to get
into the secret exactly. Terry has the numbs, the person
to call to make that happen. I can't make that
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happen on my own, but I want that to happen.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
You certainly do, And I mean that's the whole idea.
People have evolved, Chris, in what they want in their
travel experiences. These are not just as I said, They're
not just tickets they want to buy. I mean, you
can that opportunity is still out there, but they want
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everything sort of curated. They want to have bragging rights
for what they do and what they see.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
What about going to a baseball game to see your
favorite baseball team, but before that baseball game or after
that baseball game, taking a tour of the stadium. I
remember Terry arranged that for a client a while back.
They had a private tour of the stadium. They were
in the locker rooms in some of the areas you
just don't get into ordinarily, and they got to see
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their favorite team play based.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Yeah, they were actually big fans of baseball, and they
love to go to Opening Day, you know, when they
were actually even doing their.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Pre games spring training, spring training.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
That's it, That's what I was trying to think of, Chris,
thank you, And they love that they love to go
to the spring training and the particular ballpark that they
were going to. They said, Man, she called me and said,
it's my husband's desire. It's his birthday. He would love
to tour this stadium. They not only got a tour
of the stadium, they got it by one of the ballplayers.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Yeah, I mean that's that's where your experience, your travel
experience becomes something historical. Something you're going to tell your
family at the next family reunion for the next fifty
to come. That's going to be a story that you tell.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Or you go to a concert. A lot of times
you go to a concert and you get to see
your favorite artists at the concert. What about those backstage
VIP tours, Chris, you're familiar with some of those. Two
We can get tickets for some of those without having
to be a radio personality.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
But for the ordinary.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Joel gets in and gets to do some of those things.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
I be honest, I always wondered who all the other
people backstage were. Yeah, like, where do these people come from?
They paid to cut there, and they got those VIP tickets.
They're limited, but they are available.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
It's a success that travelers are quite willing to pay for.
They are And today I want to take you on
a tour of what that can look like. And we're
just going to go ahead and begin in Italy since
we've been spending an awful lot of time there anyway.
But let's take this to the runway, shall we. So
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Milan Fashion Week style as a way of life that's
actually happening Tuesday, February the twenty fourth through Sunday, March
the first of this year. And there's something so incredibly
unmistakable about Milan. It's elegant without trying too hard. It's
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sophisticated without being loud. It's a city that understands craftsmanship,
design and refinement in a way that feels almost instinctive.
I mean, really, all you have to do if you're
in Milan is look at the buildings. I mean, this
is what their history was all about, is all of
those things that I just mentioned, and during the Lan
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Fashion Week, the entire city shifts into a higher gear.
They've got editors from Paris and New York magazines that
gather their buyers from around the globe arrive, and designers
unveil collections that are going to define what we then
see in boutiques and stores months from them that point
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in time that you see them and imagine yourself actually
stepping into a show for Gucci or Fenday and seated
among industry insiders. You're feeling the lights and the music build,
and the first model steps out onto the runway and
you go, OMG, is that Claudia Schiffer. You know, I mean,
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that's where you are, and you have the opportunity to
be there, and we can help do that. There's a
certain electricity in these rooms, and it's quiet anticipation, and
you realize you're not simply observing fashion, you are actually
witnessing creative history in fold right in front of you.
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And yet the experience doesn't end when the show does,
because you wander through the Berea district in the afternoon,
which is amazing in Milan. It's lit with the afternoon sun.
Maybe you're going to stop for an espresso at a
tucked away cafe and in the evening you're going to
enjoy an apartivo along Novigli Canals, out out of this world,
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dinners that stretch into conversations long past sunset. I mean,
that's what Milan is all about, not just that fashion show,
but everything that it brings in its wake. And that's Italy,
that's surreal, and that's one of life's best memories, all
made during one trip. Fashion might have been the anchor
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for that, that might have been what drew you there,
but Milan, Milan becomes the story, and that is what
your trip is all about. So that is where we
take you to when you really want to have an
experience in a city like Milan and you want to
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build it around an event.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Yeah, so you didn't see just an event. You visited Milan,
and when you have that conversation, you see, yeah, I
was in Milan.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yeah, and I took in fashion Week while I was
in Milan.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Yeah. And the wishing Well can point you to some
of the best hotels, hotels that perhaps even you know,
the celebrities who are attending these fashion shows might be
staying in at the time you might have an opportunity
to sort of rub shoulders or have those fifteen minutes
of opportunity to see and talk with one of those
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folks that you have interested in. Now, everybody's going to
want to go to Milan for a fashion show, but
those of you who are real fashionistas out there, even
some men that I know that are very high fashion oriented,
would love the opportunity to go there and see that
and experience that and be in a city where that
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kind of electricity is happening.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
If I am, I'm going to say that I'd be
first in line to go to a fashion show, but
I'd be first in line to go to one of
the shops where they're making bespoke suits right where even
if you just bought a tie while you're there, you'd
want to wear that tie every day for the rest
of your life because it cuts out of the most
quality material.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Or Italian shoes, yeah, I mean they will make those
to fit you while you're there. I mean really defined luxury.
You know, that's what it's about.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
And that's part of the immersion.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
I think that's what you're trying to paint the picture
of here for listeners when you are immersed in an event,
and immersed in a city, and immersed in the culture
all of a sudden, it's not just the event, it's
all of those things together, and they collectively just make
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you feel very special, very important. And that's the whole
point of a life less ordinary. It is less ordinary.
And of course you can go at the most luxurious hotel,
but there are other different points in there too, And
that's important for our listeners to understand. We always paint
kind of the top of the rainbow, but the rainbow's
(27:37):
got all sides to it, so we can fit these
trips to you so you get that experience you want,
and fit the other pieces around it too.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
And this is really sort of an exclusive opportunity because
I've seen these fashion shows and there's maybe a couple
hundred people to witness exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
And I'll tell you, I've actually talked with clients before
who have said to me kind of on the down low,
you know, Terry, do you ever really have tickets available
to some of these fashion shows like that? You know,
maybe not that I'd ever go, but do you can
you access those? The answer is absolutely. We have vendors
(28:16):
that can connect you with almost any exclusive opportunity that
you can think of, wow, which is amazing. You know,
people don't even think about that. I always tell people
dream big when it comes to travel, when it comes
to what you want to experience in life anymore, dream
big and then ask us that we have called the
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wishing well for a reason, you know. And there's not
too many things we can't find for you now. Whether
or not I mean they're attainable. Whether or not they
fit into a budget that you want to do, that's
a different story. That's another conversation. But they can be obtained.
And the next one I want to talk about, actually
(28:59):
is is another fashion week experience. Not that all of
these are, but I want to just go ahead and
get these talked about first, since we're talking about fashion week.
The other one is in Paris. Paris Fashion Week, that's
where art meets drama, and that's going to happen from Monday,
March the second to Tuesday March tenth. It's going to
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cross into Paris. Because if Milan refines fashion, we say,
then Paris elevates it into theater, into drama. I mean,
Paris Fashion Week is immersive, It is dramatic and It's
often staged in breathtaking venues, museums, wow, the museum's historic
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halls with priceless works of art, and sometimes even within
architectural landmarks that feel like works of art themselves. I mean,
I know they've had some that happen in the Loover.
Those are fashion shows that happen there. Really that's pretty iconic.
And attending a show by Balmain or McQueen or Mew
(30:05):
Mew in Paris that feels different. The city itself adds
a layer of romance and artistic intensity that no other
destination can ever replicate. You're not going to find what
you find in the Paris fashion show in New York
is not going to happen.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Have you seen Emily in Paris on Netflix?
Speaker 2 (30:26):
I have not, but I've heard about it.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I'm guessing there are a lot of people who want
to travel to Paris for fashion Week and just to
experience Paris because they're fans of that show. My wife
is addicted to it. Is she really see?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
So she would be a perfect candidate of somebody who
would probably really relish the opportunity to do this, To
do something like this, I mean, this would be a
life event for somebody like that, you know, And between shows,
you're not rushing back to a generic hotel. No no, no,
(31:01):
no no, not in Paris. Instead, you're enjoying the world's
most exciting fashion show and you are staying at de
la Maurice with sightings of a lot of celebrities because
that's where they stay. Actually, I will tell you a fact,
little known fact. This is where Beyonce stays when she
goes to the Paris Fashion Show. She stays at La Maurice.
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And that's how you do it. You're strolling along the Seine,
you're browsing the boutiques, and you're dining in bistros for
conversations flow probably as easily as the wine. And if
you haven't figured it out, this is the difference between
visiting Paris really being there and experience in it vaguely
(31:45):
through the lens of magazine photographs that can only represent
the culture and the style of being there. So Milan
Fashion Show, Paris Fashion Show, those are experiences.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
And how many people are doing Milan and then going
directly to Paris.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Probably a lot of people who definitely attend those because
they are either crafting their wardrobe that would be something
the celebrities would be doing. They're crafting their wardrobe or
these are buyers. These are buyers and distributors who are
interested in creating that fashion. Then in what you and
(32:24):
I see.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
And you're going home and telling someone, oh, I saw
that before.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Exactly, I saw that on the runway.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I knew that fashion when before, when I was hanging
out with the designer for a week? What exactly?
Speaker 3 (32:39):
And what's wrong with being in the city of lights?
I mean, you painted the picture of no kidding, Peris.
It is just an exciting place and the feel of
sitting along this and having that glass of wine, no kidding,
love pet of teeth and just just sit there and
take it in and some of the other experiences.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Even if you don't go to the fashion show, if
you're just there during it's going on, yeah, you know
you're going to see a lot of things that you
ordinarily would not capture otherwise in a visit to Paris.
I mean, and while you're there, why not have lunch
in the Eiffel Tower please, or dinner by you know,
sunset in the Eiffel Tower, a private experience at the Louver.
(33:23):
Why not do that? And if you think I'm kidding.
The Wishing Well has access to all of those tickets
and those entrances and those special private events that you
might crave when you go to those cities.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
It's easy to do.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
We can fit anybody's budget, we can fit anybody's calendar,
and we can fit any event that you're looking for.
I think it's just a fantastic opportunity to talk about
these things today with people, because there are so many
terry and you're just kind of skimming the surface.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
That's exactly right. And certainly Europe is not the only
place where celebrities go to mingle and celebrity watchers go
to see them. We've got our own mechas right here
in the United States for those wonderful events, and a
lot of those include award shows.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
How about we talked about that next here on a
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Speaker 1 (34:44):
Hey, welcome back to a Life less Ordinary. It's a
fun show today. It's called Beyond the Velvet Rope. We
are talking about once on a lifetime events, These exclusive
opportunities to do something that you are gonna remember for
the rest of your life. You'll brag about to anybody
who'll listen. If you're of the age to be on
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social media, you will want to post pictures to Instagram
and let everybody know how exciting your trip is going.
If you are interested in anything we're talking about today,
you want to talk to Terry Dean or Harry Rife
at the Wishing Well, you can call them at five
four h nine oh eight twenty three thirty three. You
can find them online at the wishing Well dot biz,
(35:28):
or stop by and see them. They're on f Avenue
in Harrisonburg. We were talking about fashion Week in Milan
and Paris, and before we went to break you mentioned
that there are some really exciting opportunities right here in
the United states to do things that you would imagine
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only the other people get to do.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
Yeah, there are, And you know, I think that's what
makes this show so much fun today is because don't
we always really love to look through the land of
somebody else's life.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
We like that.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
We tend to enjoy that. That's why, you know, there
are some Ragtag magazines that we see at the grocery
store that are so popular that it still get sold
because people really love to watch those lives unfold. And
I can't think of another event that happens where we
get so into it than the Met Gala that happens
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in New York City. I mean, you want to talk
about an event, I mean, this is where the everybody
who is who's who wants to be seen and goes
to be seen attends. You want to talk about brutality
in getting tickets, though I learned very quickly when I
was doing some research for today's show that not all
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of these tickets are obtained so easily. Good news is
again the wishing Well is a prime source for you
for that kind of event. But I want to talk
about this event. It's the Met Gala. As I said,
it's hosted in New York City around May fourth of
this year's when it's going to be held, and it's
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widely considered one of the most exclusive events in the world.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Is this the event where they walk up the red steps?
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Oh yeah, okay, oh yeah, and all kinds of weird
costumes and garb and yeah. It's not simply a fundraiser,
and it's not simply a fashion show. It is Chris,
a convergence of art and business and design and celebrity
and cultural influence. And every year there's a theme it has.
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Every attendee comes part of the narrative, and the steps
of the museum transform into one of the most photographed
stages on Earth. Pair that with a luxury stay in Manhattan,
a private Broadway experience, curated dining reservations, and perhaps even
behind the scenes television taping, and you've got a New
(38:01):
York City journey that transcends any kind of sight seeing
you've ever known before, and it becomes transformative. This is
what's very unique about this. Vogue editors in chief on
a win tour may have heard of her, who has
helmed this event as its chairwoman for nearly three decades.
(38:22):
She transforms this charity event into a pop culture phenomenon,
let me tell you. And this year, an individual ticket
costs seventy five thousand dollars. That's up thirty percent from
last year's price of fifty thousand dollars, while a table,
which is often purchased by companies, design houses or brands,
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they start at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
those that buy a table do not get to choose
who sits with them. All seating arrangements must be approved
by Anna wind Tour in advance, and invitations go out
to this to the met Gala months in advance. As
(39:09):
a matter of fact, it's so funny. I just recently
read that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce sorry,
they both received invitations to the met Gala, of course,
and a win Tour wanted them there. They're very high
profile individuals. They can't attend. There's something else going on.
(39:29):
But you either only get into this by paying a
very high ticket price, and still even if you buy
the ticket, you have to go through her vetting process.
She's the last oz on who attends the Met Gala.
But you either get there by invitation or by buying
these very high priced tickets.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
So if Chris Carmichael wants to go to the met Gala,
I can get you in there. It's going to cost
me one hundred and fifty thousand dollars if I want
to take my wife.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
And Anna Wintour's eyes have to be on your invitation.
She's going to look it over and go Chris, who
uh huh. And so I'm probably not going to get
sitt not necessarily. I mean, I know there are some
people who buy tickets to this who actually get in.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Now, you might not be close to the tables of
people that you actually are interested in being near, but hey,
you're there. And the other interesting part of this is
there are some after party events for the Met Gala
for which attendance is not as difficult. It's still pricey,
but it's not as difficult.
Speaker 1 (40:34):
Hey, listen, if you have that kind of you know, ability, yes,
go for it exactly.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
I mean, and it's that all goes to charity. You say, right,
it's a charitable event. Yeah, yeah, along anybody for want
to do that? I don't either.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
And now, you know, speaking of award shows and once
in a lifetime events, there are a lot of country
music fans in our area. I know that Wednesday, November
the eighteenth of this year, that's the estimated date Nashville
is going to come alive with the CMA Awards. And
I get a lot of clients who often ask me
about attending that you head to Nashville where the CMA
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Awards take over the Bridgestone Arena. This is not Hollywood flash.
This is more heartfelt storytelling wrapped in music. Country music fans,
they all understand that this night really carries a lot
of meaning and legends share the stage with rising stars,
so that's kind of interesting and also emotional performances unfold.
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I've seen that myself and witness that again with my
popcorn on my couch, and it feels celebratory and you know,
and really deeply authentic because Nashville is compact, it's energetic,
it's filled with personality. Your entire weekend becomes immersive, from
honky Tonk nights on Broadway in downtown Nashville to visit
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that at the Country Music Hall of Fame and some
of those exclusive late night after parties. So again, one
of the highlights of the CMAS. Are they ever talked
about after parties, and I think we'd agree that first
big step is actually obtaining tickets to the awards event itself.
So let me break this down for you. A platinum
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lower level, one hundred level side seating. Those are guaranteed sections.
If you know anything about the Bridgestone Stadium sections one
oh four through one oh six and one fifteen through
one seventeen, two nights, that's going to be November the
seventeenth and the nineteenth in a downtown Nashville hotel, probably
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the Hotel Joseph, a luxury collection hotel. Tickets to the
Country Music Late Night after party and tickets to the
Country Music Hall of Fame. Not bad compared to the
Met Gala. Five thousand dollars per person, double occupancy, and
those are sold in payers. I know that's a good price,
you know, it's after we've talked about the Met gallon.
I think it's a bargain. And if you really want
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only tickets to the after party, you can obtain those
for about nine hundred and ninety five dollars per person,
So not too shabby. And speaking of award shows, Chris
one that you probably know a little bit about, and
that's the iHeartRadio Music Awards. That's going to be taking
place when on May twenty six, That is right, that's
(43:26):
a Thursday night. It's going to be at the Dolby
Theater in Hollywood, and it's an annual Star Studied award
show celebrating music and artists and their fans. And recent
winners include do you know who some of the recent
winners have been? Actually, it's a good question for you.
Speaker 1 (43:43):
It depends on which category you talked about. We have
a bunch of categories and a lot of more fan
voted categories too. I know Taylor Swift won an Icon Award. Yep,
she sure did. You're right, ding ding ding? You wan
Beyonce I think won an Icon Award, don't. Yes, you're
right again, Chris, bring it on. You want to stop
there before I start just making stuff up? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (44:03):
With Some of the other winners have included Selena Gomez,
Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Yeah, and one Republic VIP lower
level seating with red carpet. Again, these tickets are always
sold in payers, never single tickets. Those go for seven
ninety five dollars per person. Yep. And again I'm going
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to tell you the wishing well has access to all
of these tickets. Can I get clarification on something since
you may serve?
Speaker 3 (44:31):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (44:31):
And by the way, I love the way you hold
your hand up. I am an employee of iHeartMedia, so
I just want to be clear as I'm asking his questions.
The seven thousand dollars is that how much the vendor
is selling these packages for or is that how much
like if I just showed up, I know they won't
(44:53):
have them. If I just showed up to the box
office and wanted to buy tickets, they're going to be
seven thousand doll Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:57):
Well, that's an interesting question. I'm glad you brought that. Yeah,
because this is the vendor price. You wouldn't be able
to just walk up and get tickets there. And Harry,
why don't you talk to our listeners today about how
concerning it can be sometimes if you're trying to buy
those tickets yourself online.
Speaker 3 (45:16):
I get real concerned when people call us and say, hey,
you know, I want to get tickets to this, and
I just want to check with you and have you
tell me it's okay. But I found tickets to this
you know, ABC whatever concert online and I'm ready to
buy them. I just want you to tell me it's
okay to do that. My standard answer is I won't
(45:37):
tell you it's okay to do that, because there are
so many scams out there, Chris on these tickets. There
are so many people that sell tickets, and even if
you get a physical ticket, it may not be a
genuine ticket. So we vet the people that we use
that Terry's talking about, We vet those people who are
(45:59):
providing tickets, who are providing access, because I don't want
to receive a call from you or anybody else who's
used our services saying, hey, I'm at the door and
they're telling me this ticket is bogus or I never
got the ticket that they promised to send me.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
I know that happened at the super Bowl last year
or the year before, where they had just it was
like fifty or hundred people all had the identical ticket.
They each one of them got you know, the red
ex when they tried to scan them, you know, yeah,
and it's like, oh, you feel for because yeah, they're
paying a lot of money for Harry and I actually
have you know, personal friends that knew that we sold
(46:37):
super Bowl tickets.
Speaker 2 (46:38):
I don't know why they didn't bomb from US.
Speaker 3 (46:39):
I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
They decided to go online, and you know, by them
they got.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
A heck of a deal. Well they got a heck
of it or did they get dealt which was that?
Speaker 2 (46:48):
But they again, they got to the Super Bowl with
these tickets in hand that they had had purchased and
could not get in, absolutely could not get in.
Speaker 3 (46:57):
And they spent all the money on the rest of it.
They spent the month on the transportation, They spent the
money on the hotel, they spent the money on all
the hype and the shirts and everything.
Speaker 1 (47:06):
Everything was perfect, except they couldn't go to the event. Yeah, yeah, thanks,
my stomach turnal.
Speaker 2 (47:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:12):
So that's a that's a big, big caution for anybody
that's listening out there, whatever you're doing, if you're looking
at an event.
Speaker 1 (47:20):
Always always, always make sure that you're getting tickets that
are genuine. Yeah, I mean, I think that's great advice
for anything. If you're purchasing something, I mean, even if
you're going on marketplace and right you're buying something out
of the trunk of somebody's car, right, you know, if
your God is telling you this seems like it's too
good to be true, as they say, it probably is.
(47:42):
And that's why you go with trusted professionals like the
Wishing Well, because I mean, if I'm buying my tickets
from you, there's sort of a guarantee with that, is there?
Speaker 2 (47:53):
Not the well, you know, nothing in life they say
is a guarantee. But I can tell you this, as
Harry said, we've vet our vendor and many of these
vendors from which we obtain these tickets, they are our
virtuoso partners, and so we definitely have recourse if something
goes Awruyd.
Speaker 1 (48:12):
So that's good to all.
Speaker 2 (48:13):
Good to know, and I promise something earlier in the show.
I want to circle back around to that because there's
something that a lot of people don't realize is even possible,
and that is you can actually attend tapings of Saturday
Night Live, the Tonight Show, or the Late Show with
VIP access. You're inside Studio eight h you can see
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how the show is constructed, you can feel the countdown
before the live show actually begins. And for entrepreneurs, authors,
or anybody looking to elevate their brand, they even offer
some media interview opportunities in Los Angeles and New York
with some real VIPs and this is travel that intersects
(48:58):
with opportunity. I love this. And again, if you're interested
in a breakdown of how few of those exclusive opportunities
price out, well, let me just tell you. There's a
little show with a dude by the name of Andy Cohen.
May have heard of him. He's got a show called
Watch What Happens Live and that happens in the Soho
(49:19):
area in New York City. Very hard to get tickets too,
but again we have them. Makes a great gift. Everybody
that goes to that show has to be twenty one
years of age or older. They generally tape that show
on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Cost of those tickets
to get in, and again they are always sold in pairs,
is seventeen hundred and fifty dollars. If you are interested
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in going to the Tonight Show with Jimmy fallon VIP
tickets at thirty Rockefeller Center in New York, you have
to arrive usually around three to three fifteen. VIP tickets
usually include early admission through a VIP check in. Those
are guaranteed tickets. By the way, when we get them,
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those are guaranteed tickets. Access to the peacock lounge and
preferential seating in the show. You have to be sixteen
years of old or older or with a guardian eighteen
years to go by yourself. The cost of those tickets,
the minimum group size again is too so they're sold
in pairs. They cost about eight hundred and fifty dollars
(50:22):
per person, and you add nineteen hundred and ninety five
dollars per person if you want that VIP tour with
the after the show with photographs, So eight hundred and
fifty dollars will get you in and then nineteen hundred
dollars extra for photographs.
Speaker 3 (50:39):
What a fantastic birthday present.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
Yeah, And if you're interested in the Saturday Night Live
if you want to be in the audience there again
Rockefeller Center in New York. You got to be sixteen
years of age to do that. I am if you
want to go to If you want to do the rehearsal, again,
these are sold in pairs. Those are forty seven hundred
and fifty dollars per person, and the live show is
(51:03):
fifty seven fifty per person, also sold in pays. So
what I hope you heard from today's show is this
luxury isn't about thread count necessarily all the time or
flight class.
Speaker 1 (51:18):
It's not.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
It's about access. It's about timing, and it's about placing
yourself in the center of something really wonderful and meaningful.
And when we build travel around events like the Milan
Fashion Week, the met Gala, the CMA Awards, or even
seasons in Los Angeles Award seasons in Los Angeles, we're
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not just creating trips, We're creating chapters. And those chapters
become stories you carry for the rest of your life.
If one of those experiences has sparked something in you,
if you're thinking, I've always wondered what that would be like,
I would love to do that, Terry, and then perhaps
(52:01):
this should be your season to explore that. At the
Wishing Well, we don't just simply arrange travel. Please know
that we design experiences that elevate it. That's what we're
all about. That's why this show is called a Life
Less Ordinary, and that, my friends, is what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (52:23):
And what about if we haven't heard the experiences that's
grabbed us today, Terry, What can someone that's listening do
if they have an experience that you haven't mentioned exactly.
Speaker 2 (52:33):
All they have to do is reach out to us.
Chances are we actually know how to obtain those tickets.
And you know, I think today's show was fun. I
hope you enjoyed, Chris, did you enjoy it?
Speaker 1 (52:45):
I didn't. But now I'm really hoping that you know
that birthday we talked about, it's coming up in three weeks.
One of these is going to be good.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
To know somebody at the wishing Well, Chris. I'm just saying, yeah.
And we are easy to find. We we can. You
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Speaker 3 (53:17):
Or you can email us also at You can send
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Harry at the Wishingwell dot biz and we'll respond.
Speaker 1 (53:28):
This has been a life less ordinary the travel show
from your friends at the wishing Well at two forty
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you to great experiences in your travel, whether it be
around the block, around the country, or around the world.
Let's bring in Terry Dean and say hello, Chris, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's good to see you. Good to see you. And
I've been enjoying some of the warmer weather.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
It has been really nice. I was going to introduce Harry,
but I'd rather talk about the warm weather.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Sorry, Harry, Fine, fine, fine fine.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
I went to work yesterday with the windows open on
the truck. It was like, let's soak in this. I
saw a meme that calls this fool's spring. Oh I've
heard that, and then there, you know, to the fore
cast keeps changing for tomorrow and snow.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
No snow, but that wind Friday that was pretty fierce.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, so yeah, and that's your weather report.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I love this summon year. I love the thought that,
you know, the crocus will start to be popping up.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
And we are twenty eight days away from spring?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Are we?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We are destroyed that today?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Then we're fourteen days away from my birthday? All right, Chris, No,
that can't be right because it's three weeks away. But
either way, Yeah, I've stopped counting them. I just know
it's my birthday. I don't know which one it is.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, well, good birthdays are always fun to celebrate.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Anyway, Harry, we briefly mentioned you, how are you doing,
my friend?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Well, I appreciate that briefly mentioning and actually asking how
I'm doing. I'm doing great too. I love living here
because of the weather. It's always always something new, you
never know. It's a reason to get up every morning,
just see what it's going to be like.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Saturday's my favorite morning to get up though. That's because
we get together and we talk about, well, a life
that's a little less ordinary.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Indeed we do, Indeed we do. We've got a fun,
fun show lined up today because as with spring, everything
is new. We have all kinds of awards and events
and all kinds of things going on, and a lot
of people Chris have some angst about wanting to know
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how to get in on those things. So we're gona
spend a little time talking about that today.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That sounds fun.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yep. We have a couple of specials that go hand
in hand with that that I know Harry brought along,
and those are going to be relevant to today's story.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Actually, yeah, I decided to follow Terry's lead this morning.
She was talking about things that we don't ordinarily do
and on a life less ordinary. I mean, we talk
about it all show along, right, things we don't ordinarily do.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
But there are always things that make our life feel
a little bit better. It does.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
And one of the experiences that I can relate back
to is we were in Vegas one year where they
were setting up for the Formula One racing. Oh yeah,
that was so exciting. So we didn't get to stay
for the race because the rooms get a little.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
That was the first time Las Vegas had ever really
opened the city up to something that ambitious, and it
was pretty exciting to see.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
It was the.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
People there were excited, and I was excited.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
You were excited That actually brings to mind too that
we were there the first year that Allegiance Stadium was
actually opened too.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
We were there actually pre opening.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yes, we did that.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
So those are the kinds of experiences that are special.
I mean I was in Allegiance Stadium throwing a football
before any professional team did that.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Chris, have they been doing since then?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I don't know, don't follow it closely.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
It was all about me. I just wonder if they're
not doing great, maybe there's video of you in the
stadium throwing the ball around. They might want to get
you on the team.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, I'll just check YouTube for that. But go back
to Formula one for just a second. So here's what
I did, Terry and Chris. I took a look and said,
what's going on with Formula one this year? And when
we talk about special things to do, and these are
experiences that the wishing Well can help you or anybody
that you know, get a bunch of friends together, go
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see a Formula one race.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
You might say, where would I go?
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Well, if you want to see a Formula one race,
you might want to go visit Montreal. Montreal will be
doing Formula one racing in May toward the end of May,
Miami the beginning of May. It's a little warmer there.
You could travel to either of those places. You could
go down to let's see, well, Vegas, we talked about
(04:48):
Vegas that's going to be in November, or and this
one came up just out of nowhere. What about going
to Hungary to watch the Grand Prix for my birthday
in July?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, let's go.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Okay, So we found some packages there and this is
not including airfare, of course, but it does include the accommodations.
It includes some meals on private returns and transfers back
from the venue. But if you want to go to Montreal,
we found packages right around twenty five twenty six hundred dollars,
(05:24):
which is incredible per person. That's a four day, three
night package. You get to visit Montreal and you get
to see Formula one. If you want to go to Miami,
you can do the same thing. It's going to cost
you about twenty one one hundred dollars you go down there.
That's a five day, four night package and that includes
again you know, meals, accommodations, admission passes to see the event,
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and there are some VIP options if you want to
go for those, you can help those I mentioned going
out to Vegas. That one is absolutely fantastic because they
go right down on the strip, Chris, right down the
strip in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Formula one racing. Now, I've seen some of these. My
stepson is huge f one fan. He is he really
He gets up in the middle of the night to
watch them when they're over in like the Middle East
and Europe.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Yeah, well he could do this in Vegas and he
could sit in the belagio and watch them go by. Now,
the packages that we have they start at twenty five
one hundred dollars a person that's probably not going to
put us at the bellagio. Is it terry for Formula one?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
We saw the rates there, counsel.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
But you will be somewhere nearby at a hotel and
you do get the passes to go in and see
the event. But the one that really got my attention
I mentioned Hungary, and one of the reasons that got
my attention is that if you want to go to Hungary,
that is the most economical way to see Formula one racing.
(06:51):
Again not counting the airfare, but you can go there
for a three night package including breakfast, returns, trans to
the event, your tickets and things. That package is about
seventeen hundred dollars a person, Chris.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And you said twenty five hundred for Montreal.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Twenty five hundred for Montreal. Just yeah, twenty five hundred
for Montreal. So great, what a great deal.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
And I'll tell you know, people to your point, Chris,
that you were talking about your son. How you know
he's so eager to watch from a couch. You know, however,
he can watch these Formula one races. I will tell
you this. People who like Formula one, they are as
obsessed about that as some people are the Super Bowl.
(07:41):
Oh he is, or FIFA or something like that. You know,
this is these are people who are die hard fans.
He knows every driver, he knows what team they drive for.
He knows all of the soap opera and that's going
on behind the scenes. Really, Oh, he knows everything. And
he loves cars.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
He knows all the statistics about you know, what's happening
with the motors and aerodynamics and all this stuff. He's
crazy about it and he wants to go.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
And the thing is he's never heard in person the
sound of those engines. And you know, my kudos to
all arrage it radio engineers in the world. Sound engineers,
they can make it sound great, but there is nothing
like being there.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I saw an indie race down at Richmond Raceway, and
you want to talk about crazy on a short track,
car's going you can't see them. You have to you
can look at your car that you want to follow,
and you have to keep your eyes locked on it
as it goes around the track. If you look away
for just a half second, it'll take you the next
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five minutes to find the car again because they're going
so fast you can't And the sound. You're right, Harry,
it's nothing like it. It was like you're inside of
a jet engine.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
It is so that being said, there's somebody out there
listening saying I don't care about Formula one racing. What
else you got? I've got something else. Are you a
chocolate lover?
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
If you are set, here's something for you. You can
go to the Granada Chocolate Fest. Grenada Chocolate Fest. Okay,
that too is in Maine, So you might have to
go different directions from somebody who wants to do the
Formula one because you've got Formula one in May, and
you've got Chocolate Fest in May. Pick the one that's.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
Right for you.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Chocolate Fest. Okay, So you go into Grenada and this
year's theme is reimagining Caribbean cocoa from roots to Renaissance.
I don't know what that means, but it sounds really great.
Lots of events. We've got tickets to the festival there.
We've got packages for that too, So Formula one Grenada
(09:54):
Chocolate Festival. If there's not something special in there, I'll
keep looking. Just drop us a line and I'll look
for some more. But those are the two that I
picked out this week to talk about Terry.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Yeah, and the point of that really is that these
things that go on in the world, no matter how
obscure they might be, if you're a fan and you
love chocolate, Chris, and you love chocolate, I love chocolate,
good chocolate, good chocolate, and there's an event that you
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can plan travel around that highlights that. My question is
why not?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Why not? Why not? And anything, even chocolate, if it's
consumed within a seven day span, you don't have to
count it. There's no limit to it. You just consume.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
That's the way it works.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Yeah, I mean, if you do that every day of
your life, it's bad for you. But if it's on
vacation case seven days caners don't care. You just eat
as much chocolate as you want.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
The neat thing is is whatever you're your fantasy is,
whatever it is that your wishes you want to let
us know. And just as I researched these chris, you're
fine one for you.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Don't some of these chocolate festivals, don't they have like
chocolate spas where they'll give you instead of a Mudd's
chocolate chocolate. Yes, yeah, okay, I'd.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Be very tempted to be licking my hands and arms.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
And I don't know if they're losing the same kind
of chocolate for that.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
It may it may not be a pleasant experience for
whoever watches.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
It may be the husks from the cocoa bean that
they're using for that.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Well.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
The other the other chocolate obsession, and I'm sure there's
a festival. I didn't research this one, but when I
was over in the Jordan in the Egypt area a
year ago.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
If you haven't heard about Dubai chocolate, that is the thing.
Have you had it? Yes? Of course, I haven't. I
haven't tried it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
It's so it's pistachios.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
It's got a pistachio flavor to it and ground up,
but it's a very subtle, uh kind of. It's extraordinary,
very smooth. It's extraordinary. You can order it on online,
getting it, getting it in person. Again, I had some
that was fresher than anybody in the United States's eatings.
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And and it goes back to if there's something special
in your life, you know, whether it's Formula one racing,
whether it's pedestrian chocolate. I don't know what's pedestrian about
grenade and chocolate. I'm sure it's fantastic too. Or whether
it's to buy chocolate or whether it's something else, let
us know and we'll find it. So that's my lead
(12:35):
in with specials for you this morning, Terry.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I just an idea. We need to put together a
tour of all of the world's chocolate locations. We can
go to Switzerland, Germany, Grenada, can go is du Bui
chocolate actually from like the UAE, or is that we
go to the UAE and you want to do factory tours.
Speaker 3 (12:59):
I mean, if you're going to do that, you might
as well do a factory to it, right, you want fresh.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
We can go to hershey Pa.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Then yeah, yeah, LNT chocolate factory in Switzerland. Yes, yes,
I've done that. Actually please yes.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Oh man, can we just call the show now? We
spend the next forty eating chocolate.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
We Well, speaking of today's show, you had alluded to
this at the beginning about people having some excitement about
shows that are coming up exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
You know, well, it's not even just shows, Chris, it's events.
It's things that draw the public's attention. And ordinarily, you know,
prior to the world actually embracing a very different level
of travel, we traveled by armchair, you know, and by
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that I mean we we pretty much found out when
those particular events were going to air on our TV sets,
and we got a you know, bag of popcorn and
sat down with our family and you know, after family
game night, we popped open the boob tube and we
sat and we watched these wonderful happenings, wishing ever so
much that we could have been there. Or how many
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times have you watched a late night talk show and
you've gone, Man, I would love to be in the
audience there. But what happens is a lot of my
clients they do yearn for that. They love what they see,
they'd love to go there, but they have absolutely no
idea how. And so today's show is going to be
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about explaining what some of those very sought after things
are to attend. And then with the caveats that we're
going to say anything that we're talking to you about
here on today's show, all you have to do to
be able to get your foot in the door is
give us a call at the Wishing Well where we
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can help you and facilit tate all of that at
one time.
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Hey, welcome back to a Lifeless Ordinary. Every Saturday, Terry,
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They're on nef Avenue in Harrisonburg. Our show today is
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beyond the Velvet Rope. We're talking about events. Terry, you
mentioned when you were a kid, you popped some popcorn,
you PLoP down on the couch and yeah, you start
watching like the Oscars or the Grammys, exactly exactly. You
saw everybody on the red carpet and you thought, man, yeah,
which was you know, a great way to spend some
time together as a family and enjoy something that you know,
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supposedly everybody liked.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Most often it was what my mom and dad liked.
But I grew to like those things. I grew to
love those things, and I actually grew in the travel
industry to understand and appreciate how those lock in to
sometimes people hopes and dreams of what they're going to
experience on their own vacations. You know, it makes sense.
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And I do have to say thanks to our listening
audience today because you guys are always so patient, you
hang in there with us till we get done with
all of our preliminaries and actually get to the show.
But thank you so much for faithfully showing up every Saturday,
being here with us on a life less ordinary and
talking about our favorite subject, which is travel, sometimes luxury
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travel most of the time. And then this subject, I
love it so a lot of people when they think
about luxury travel, they immediately picture the obvious things, don't they.
I mean, that's what most people think of. They think
of beautiful hotels, first class flights, private transfers, champagne up
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on arrival. That's not bad, And yes, those elements are
absolutely important. They matter, They create comfort, they create ease.
But today, hey, we're going to invite you into an
area of luxury travel where you're gonna think a little
bit differently.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Okay, And what if.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Your next journey wasn't about where you stayed, but about
what you witnessed. That's the deal. So if it'll revolved,
say around a moment the entire world is watching, kind
of like we're seeing the whole world gather in Milan,
Cootana right now in Italy for the Winter Olympics. You know,
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that's an important moment. People are watching that, It's consuming
a lot of people. It's all I watch in my
house right now because I'm excited about There's something incredibly
powerful about building a trip around a cultural event, a
fashion week, an award show, a film premiere, a live
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television taping, something that places you not on the sideline,
but actually directly and precisely inside all of that energy.
At the Wishing Well, we've curated experiences for years that
do exactly that, not simply tickets, but immersive journeys that
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blend destination, culture, style, and all of these once in
a lifetime accesses.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
You know, what about those VIP experiences that tie in
with that.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
You know, I was thinking exactly about the VIP experiences
that you talked about maybe a year ago, about if
you're going to Las Vegas and you want to get
into the secret exactly. Terry has the numbs, the person
to call to make that happen. I can't make that
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happen on my own, but I want that to happen.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
You certainly do, And I mean that's the whole idea.
People have evolved, Chris, in what they want in their
travel experiences. These are not just as I said, They're
not just tickets they want to buy. I mean, you
can that opportunity is still out there, but they want
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everything sort of curated. They want to have bragging rights
for what they do and what they see.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
What about going to a baseball game to see your
favorite baseball team, but before that baseball game or after
that baseball game, taking a tour of the stadium. I
remember Terry arranged that for a client a while back.
They had a private tour of the stadium. They were
in the locker rooms in some of the areas you
just don't get into ordinarily, and they got to see
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their favorite team play based.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Yeah, they were actually big fans of baseball, and they
love to go to Opening Day, you know, when they
were actually even doing their.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Pre games spring training, spring training.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
That's it, That's what I was trying to think of, Chris,
thank you, And they love that they love to go
to the spring training and the particular ballpark that they
were going to. They said, Man, she called me and said,
it's my husband's desire. It's his birthday. He would love
to tour this stadium. They not only got a tour
of the stadium, they got it by one of the ballplayers.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Yeah, I mean that's that's where your experience, your travel
experience becomes something historical. Something you're going to tell your
family at the next family reunion for the next fifty
to come. That's going to be a story that you tell.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Or you go to a concert. A lot of times
you go to a concert and you get to see
your favorite artists at the concert. What about those backstage
VIP tours, Chris, you're familiar with some of those. Two
We can get tickets for some of those without having
to be a radio personality.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
But for the ordinary.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Joel gets in and gets to do some of those things.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
I be honest, I always wondered who all the other
people backstage were. Yeah, like, where do these people come from?
They paid to cut there, and they got those VIP tickets.
They're limited, but they are available.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
It's a success that travelers are quite willing to pay for.
They are And today I want to take you on
a tour of what that can look like. And we're
just going to go ahead and begin in Italy since
we've been spending an awful lot of time there anyway.
But let's take this to the runway, shall we. So
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Milan Fashion Week style as a way of life that's
actually happening Tuesday, February the twenty fourth through Sunday, March
the first of this year. And there's something so incredibly
unmistakable about Milan. It's elegant without trying too hard. It's
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sophisticated without being loud. It's a city that understands craftsmanship,
design and refinement in a way that feels almost instinctive.
I mean, really, all you have to do if you're
in Milan is look at the buildings. I mean, this
is what their history was all about, is all of
those things that I just mentioned, and during the Lan
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Fashion Week, the entire city shifts into a higher gear.
They've got editors from Paris and New York magazines that
gather their buyers from around the globe arrive, and designers
unveil collections that are going to define what we then
see in boutiques and stores months from them that point
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in time that you see them and imagine yourself actually
stepping into a show for Gucci or Fenday and seated
among industry insiders. You're feeling the lights and the music build,
and the first model steps out onto the runway and
you go, OMG, is that Claudia Schiffer. You know, I mean,
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that's where you are, and you have the opportunity to
be there, and we can help do that. There's a
certain electricity in these rooms, and it's quiet anticipation, and
you realize you're not simply observing fashion, you are actually
witnessing creative history in fold right in front of you.
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And yet the experience doesn't end when the show does,
because you wander through the Berea district in the afternoon,
which is amazing in Milan. It's lit with the afternoon sun.
Maybe you're going to stop for an espresso at a
tucked away cafe and in the evening you're going to
enjoy an apartivo along Novigli Canals, out out of this world,
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dinners that stretch into conversations long past sunset. I mean,
that's what Milan is all about, not just that fashion show,
but everything that it brings in its wake. And that's Italy,
that's surreal, and that's one of life's best memories, all
made during one trip. Fashion might have been the anchor
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for that, that might have been what drew you there,
but Milan, Milan becomes the story, and that is what
your trip is all about. So that is where we
take you to when you really want to have an
experience in a city like Milan and you want to
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build it around an event.
Speaker 3 (25:24):
Yeah, so you didn't see just an event. You visited Milan,
and when you have that conversation, you see, yeah, I
was in Milan.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yeah, and I took in fashion Week while I was
in Milan.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Yeah. And the wishing Well can point you to some
of the best hotels, hotels that perhaps even you know,
the celebrities who are attending these fashion shows might be
staying in at the time you might have an opportunity
to sort of rub shoulders or have those fifteen minutes
of opportunity to see and talk with one of those
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folks that you have interested in. Now, everybody's going to
want to go to Milan for a fashion show, but
those of you who are real fashionistas out there, even
some men that I know that are very high fashion oriented,
would love the opportunity to go there and see that
and experience that and be in a city where that
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kind of electricity is happening.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
If I am, I'm going to say that I'd be
first in line to go to a fashion show, but
I'd be first in line to go to one of
the shops where they're making bespoke suits right where even
if you just bought a tie while you're there, you'd
want to wear that tie every day for the rest
of your life because it cuts out of the most
quality material.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
Or Italian shoes, yeah, I mean they will make those
to fit you while you're there. I mean really defined luxury.
You know, that's what it's about.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
And that's part of the immersion.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
I think that's what you're trying to paint the picture
of here for listeners when you are immersed in an event,
and immersed in a city, and immersed in the culture
all of a sudden, it's not just the event, it's
all of those things together, and they collectively just make
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you feel very special, very important. And that's the whole
point of a life less ordinary. It is less ordinary.
And of course you can go at the most luxurious hotel,
but there are other different points in there too, And
that's important for our listeners to understand. We always paint
kind of the top of the rainbow, but the rainbow's
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got all sides to it, so we can fit these
trips to you so you get that experience you want,
and fit the other pieces around it too.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
And this is really sort of an exclusive opportunity because
I've seen these fashion shows and there's maybe a couple
hundred people to witness exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
And I'll tell you, I've actually talked with clients before
who have said to me kind of on the down low,
you know, Terry, do you ever really have tickets available
to some of these fashion shows like that? You know,
maybe not that I'd ever go, but do you can
you access those? The answer is absolutely. We have vendors
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that can connect you with almost any exclusive opportunity that
you can think of, wow, which is amazing. You know,
people don't even think about that. I always tell people
dream big when it comes to travel, when it comes
to what you want to experience in life anymore, dream
big and then ask us that we have called the
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wishing well for a reason, you know. And there's not
too many things we can't find for you now. Whether
or not I mean they're attainable. Whether or not they
fit into a budget that you want to do, that's
a different story. That's another conversation. But they can be obtained.
And the next one I want to talk about, actually
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is is another fashion week experience. Not that all of
these are, but I want to just go ahead and
get these talked about first, since we're talking about fashion week.
The other one is in Paris. Paris Fashion Week, that's
where art meets drama, and that's going to happen from Monday,
March the second to Tuesday March tenth. It's going to
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cross into Paris. Because if Milan refines fashion, we say,
then Paris elevates it into theater, into drama. I mean,
Paris Fashion Week is immersive, It is dramatic and It's
often staged in breathtaking venues, museums, wow, the museum's historic
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halls with priceless works of art, and sometimes even within
architectural landmarks that feel like works of art themselves. I mean,
I know they've had some that happen in the Loover.
Those are fashion shows that happen there. Really that's pretty iconic.
And attending a show by Balmain or McQueen or Mew
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Mew in Paris that feels different. The city itself adds
a layer of romance and artistic intensity that no other
destination can ever replicate. You're not going to find what
you find in the Paris fashion show in New York
is not going to happen.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Have you seen Emily in Paris on Netflix?
Speaker 2 (30:26):
I have not, but I've heard about it.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
I'm guessing there are a lot of people who want
to travel to Paris for fashion Week and just to
experience Paris because they're fans of that show. My wife
is addicted to it. Is she really see?
Speaker 2 (30:40):
So she would be a perfect candidate of somebody who
would probably really relish the opportunity to do this, To
do something like this, I mean, this would be a
life event for somebody like that, you know, And between shows,
you're not rushing back to a generic hotel. No no, no,
(31:01):
no no, not in Paris. Instead, you're enjoying the world's
most exciting fashion show and you are staying at de
la Maurice with sightings of a lot of celebrities because
that's where they stay. Actually, I will tell you a fact,
little known fact. This is where Beyonce stays when she
goes to the Paris Fashion Show. She stays at La Maurice.
(31:23):
And that's how you do it. You're strolling along the Seine,
you're browsing the boutiques, and you're dining in bistros for
conversations flow probably as easily as the wine. And if
you haven't figured it out, this is the difference between
visiting Paris really being there and experience in it vaguely
(31:45):
through the lens of magazine photographs that can only represent
the culture and the style of being there. So Milan
Fashion Show, Paris Fashion Show, those are experiences.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
And how many people are doing Milan and then going
directly to Paris.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Probably a lot of people who definitely attend those because
they are either crafting their wardrobe that would be something
the celebrities would be doing. They're crafting their wardrobe or
these are buyers. These are buyers and distributors who are
interested in creating that fashion. Then in what you and
(32:24):
I see.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
And you're going home and telling someone, oh, I saw
that before.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Exactly, I saw that on the runway.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I knew that fashion when before, when I was hanging
out with the designer for a week? What exactly?
Speaker 3 (32:39):
And what's wrong with being in the city of lights?
I mean, you painted the picture of no kidding, Peris.
It is just an exciting place and the feel of
sitting along this and having that glass of wine, no kidding,
love pet of teeth and just just sit there and
take it in and some of the other experiences.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Even if you don't go to the fashion show, if
you're just there during it's going on, yeah, you know
you're going to see a lot of things that you
ordinarily would not capture otherwise in a visit to Paris.
I mean, and while you're there, why not have lunch
in the Eiffel Tower please, or dinner by you know,
sunset in the Eiffel Tower, a private experience at the Louver.
(33:23):
Why not do that? And if you think I'm kidding.
The Wishing Well has access to all of those tickets
and those entrances and those special private events that you
might crave when you go to those cities.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
It's easy to do.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
We can fit anybody's budget, we can fit anybody's calendar,
and we can fit any event that you're looking for.
I think it's just a fantastic opportunity to talk about
these things today with people, because there are so many
terry and you're just kind of skimming the surface.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
That's exactly right. And certainly Europe is not the only
place where celebrities go to mingle and celebrity watchers go
to see them. We've got our own mechas right here
in the United States for those wonderful events, and a
lot of those include award shows.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
How about we talked about that next here on a
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Speaker 1 (34:44):
Hey, welcome back to a Life less Ordinary. It's a
fun show today. It's called Beyond the Velvet Rope. We
are talking about once on a lifetime events, These exclusive
opportunities to do something that you are gonna remember for
the rest of your life. You'll brag about to anybody
who'll listen. If you're of the age to be on
(35:06):
social media, you will want to post pictures to Instagram
and let everybody know how exciting your trip is going.
If you are interested in anything we're talking about today,
you want to talk to Terry Dean or Harry Rife
at the Wishing Well, you can call them at five
four h nine oh eight twenty three thirty three. You
can find them online at the wishing Well dot biz,
(35:28):
or stop by and see them. They're on f Avenue
in Harrisonburg. We were talking about fashion Week in Milan
and Paris, and before we went to break you mentioned
that there are some really exciting opportunities right here in
the United states to do things that you would imagine
(35:49):
only the other people get to do.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
Yeah, there are, And you know, I think that's what
makes this show so much fun today is because don't
we always really love to look through the land of
somebody else's life.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
We like that.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
We tend to enjoy that. That's why, you know, there
are some Ragtag magazines that we see at the grocery
store that are so popular that it still get sold
because people really love to watch those lives unfold. And
I can't think of another event that happens where we
get so into it than the Met Gala that happens
(36:27):
in New York City. I mean, you want to talk
about an event, I mean, this is where the everybody
who is who's who wants to be seen and goes
to be seen attends. You want to talk about brutality
in getting tickets, though I learned very quickly when I
was doing some research for today's show that not all
(36:48):
of these tickets are obtained so easily. Good news is
again the wishing Well is a prime source for you
for that kind of event. But I want to talk
about this event. It's the Met Gala. As I said,
it's hosted in New York City around May fourth of
this year's when it's going to be held, and it's
(37:09):
widely considered one of the most exclusive events in the world.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Is this the event where they walk up the red steps?
Speaker 2 (37:15):
Oh yeah, okay, oh yeah, and all kinds of weird
costumes and garb and yeah. It's not simply a fundraiser,
and it's not simply a fashion show. It is Chris,
a convergence of art and business and design and celebrity
and cultural influence. And every year there's a theme it has.
(37:39):
Every attendee comes part of the narrative, and the steps
of the museum transform into one of the most photographed
stages on Earth. Pair that with a luxury stay in Manhattan,
a private Broadway experience, curated dining reservations, and perhaps even
behind the scenes television taping, and you've got a New
(38:01):
York City journey that transcends any kind of sight seeing
you've ever known before, and it becomes transformative. This is
what's very unique about this. Vogue editors in chief on
a win tour may have heard of her, who has
helmed this event as its chairwoman for nearly three decades.
(38:22):
She transforms this charity event into a pop culture phenomenon,
let me tell you. And this year, an individual ticket
costs seventy five thousand dollars. That's up thirty percent from
last year's price of fifty thousand dollars, while a table,
which is often purchased by companies, design houses or brands,
(38:46):
they start at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
those that buy a table do not get to choose
who sits with them. All seating arrangements must be approved
by Anna wind Tour in advance, and invitations go out
to this to the met Gala months in advance. As
(39:09):
a matter of fact, it's so funny. I just recently
read that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce sorry,
they both received invitations to the met Gala, of course,
and a win Tour wanted them there. They're very high
profile individuals. They can't attend. There's something else going on.
(39:29):
But you either only get into this by paying a
very high ticket price, and still even if you buy
the ticket, you have to go through her vetting process.
She's the last oz on who attends the Met Gala.
But you either get there by invitation or by buying
these very high priced tickets.
Speaker 1 (39:50):
So if Chris Carmichael wants to go to the met Gala,
I can get you in there. It's going to cost
me one hundred and fifty thousand dollars if I want
to take my wife.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
And Anna Wintour's eyes have to be on your invitation.
She's going to look it over and go Chris, who
uh huh. And so I'm probably not going to get
sitt not necessarily. I mean, I know there are some
people who buy tickets to this who actually get in.
Speaker 1 (40:13):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
Now, you might not be close to the tables of
people that you actually are interested in being near, but hey,
you're there. And the other interesting part of this is
there are some after party events for the Met Gala
for which attendance is not as difficult. It's still pricey,
but it's not as difficult.
Speaker 1 (40:34):
Hey, listen, if you have that kind of you know, ability, yes,
go for it exactly.
Speaker 4 (40:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:42):
I mean, and it's that all goes to charity. You say, right,
it's a charitable event. Yeah, yeah, along anybody for want
to do that? I don't either.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
And now, you know, speaking of award shows and once
in a lifetime events, there are a lot of country
music fans in our area. I know that Wednesday, November
the eighteenth of this year, that's the estimated date Nashville
is going to come alive with the CMA Awards. And
I get a lot of clients who often ask me
about attending that you head to Nashville where the CMA
(41:15):
Awards take over the Bridgestone Arena. This is not Hollywood flash.
This is more heartfelt storytelling wrapped in music. Country music fans,
they all understand that this night really carries a lot
of meaning and legends share the stage with rising stars,
so that's kind of interesting and also emotional performances unfold.
(41:36):
I've seen that myself and witness that again with my
popcorn on my couch, and it feels celebratory and you know,
and really deeply authentic because Nashville is compact, it's energetic,
it's filled with personality. Your entire weekend becomes immersive, from
honky Tonk nights on Broadway in downtown Nashville to visit
(41:59):
that at the Country Music Hall of Fame and some
of those exclusive late night after parties. So again, one
of the highlights of the CMAS. Are they ever talked
about after parties, and I think we'd agree that first
big step is actually obtaining tickets to the awards event itself.
So let me break this down for you. A platinum
(42:20):
lower level, one hundred level side seating. Those are guaranteed sections.
If you know anything about the Bridgestone Stadium sections one
oh four through one oh six and one fifteen through
one seventeen, two nights, that's going to be November the
seventeenth and the nineteenth in a downtown Nashville hotel, probably
(42:40):
the Hotel Joseph, a luxury collection hotel. Tickets to the
Country Music Late Night after party and tickets to the
Country Music Hall of Fame. Not bad compared to the
Met Gala. Five thousand dollars per person, double occupancy, and
those are sold in payers. I know that's a good price,
you know, it's after we've talked about the Met gallon.
I think it's a bargain. And if you really want
(43:04):
only tickets to the after party, you can obtain those
for about nine hundred and ninety five dollars per person,
So not too shabby. And speaking of award shows, Chris
one that you probably know a little bit about, and
that's the iHeartRadio Music Awards. That's going to be taking
place when on May twenty six, That is right, that's
(43:26):
a Thursday night. It's going to be at the Dolby
Theater in Hollywood, and it's an annual Star Studied award
show celebrating music and artists and their fans. And recent
winners include do you know who some of the recent
winners have been? Actually, it's a good question for you.
Speaker 1 (43:43):
It depends on which category you talked about. We have
a bunch of categories and a lot of more fan
voted categories too. I know Taylor Swift won an Icon Award. Yep,
she sure did. You're right, ding ding ding? You wan
Beyonce I think won an Icon Award, don't. Yes, you're
right again, Chris, bring it on. You want to stop
there before I start just making stuff up? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (44:03):
With Some of the other winners have included Selena Gomez,
Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Yeah, and one Republic VIP lower
level seating with red carpet. Again, these tickets are always
sold in payers, never single tickets. Those go for seven
ninety five dollars per person. Yep. And again I'm going
(44:25):
to tell you the wishing well has access to all
of these tickets. Can I get clarification on something since
you may serve?
Speaker 3 (44:31):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (44:31):
And by the way, I love the way you hold
your hand up. I am an employee of iHeartMedia, so
I just want to be clear as I'm asking his questions.
The seven thousand dollars is that how much the vendor
is selling these packages for or is that how much
like if I just showed up, I know they won't
(44:53):
have them. If I just showed up to the box
office and wanted to buy tickets, they're going to be
seven thousand doll Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:57):
Well, that's an interesting question. I'm glad you brought that. Yeah,
because this is the vendor price. You wouldn't be able
to just walk up and get tickets there. And Harry,
why don't you talk to our listeners today about how
concerning it can be sometimes if you're trying to buy
those tickets yourself online.
Speaker 3 (45:16):
I get real concerned when people call us and say, hey,
you know, I want to get tickets to this, and
I just want to check with you and have you
tell me it's okay. But I found tickets to this
you know, ABC whatever concert online and I'm ready to
buy them. I just want you to tell me it's
okay to do that. My standard answer is I won't
(45:37):
tell you it's okay to do that, because there are
so many scams out there, Chris on these tickets. There
are so many people that sell tickets, and even if
you get a physical ticket, it may not be a
genuine ticket. So we vet the people that we use
that Terry's talking about, We vet those people who are
(45:59):
providing tickets, who are providing access, because I don't want
to receive a call from you or anybody else who's
used our services saying, hey, I'm at the door and
they're telling me this ticket is bogus or I never
got the ticket that they promised to send me.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
I know that happened at the super Bowl last year
or the year before, where they had just it was
like fifty or hundred people all had the identical ticket.
They each one of them got you know, the red
ex when they tried to scan them, you know, yeah,
and it's like, oh, you feel for because yeah, they're
paying a lot of money for Harry and I actually
have you know, personal friends that knew that we sold
(46:37):
super Bowl tickets.
Speaker 2 (46:38):
I don't know why they didn't bomb from US.
Speaker 3 (46:39):
I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
They decided to go online, and you know, by them
they got.
Speaker 1 (46:43):
A heck of a deal. Well they got a heck
of it or did they get dealt which was that?
Speaker 2 (46:48):
But they again, they got to the Super Bowl with
these tickets in hand that they had had purchased and
could not get in, absolutely could not get in.
Speaker 3 (46:57):
And they spent all the money on the rest of it.
They spent the month on the transportation, They spent the
money on the hotel, they spent the money on all
the hype and the shirts and everything.
Speaker 1 (47:06):
Everything was perfect, except they couldn't go to the event. Yeah, yeah, thanks,
my stomach turnal.
Speaker 2 (47:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (47:12):
So that's a that's a big, big caution for anybody
that's listening out there, whatever you're doing, if you're looking
at an event.
Speaker 1 (47:20):
Always always, always make sure that you're getting tickets that
are genuine. Yeah, I mean, I think that's great advice
for anything. If you're purchasing something, I mean, even if
you're going on marketplace and right you're buying something out
of the trunk of somebody's car, right, you know, if
your God is telling you this seems like it's too
good to be true, as they say, it probably is.
(47:42):
And that's why you go with trusted professionals like the
Wishing Well, because I mean, if I'm buying my tickets
from you, there's sort of a guarantee with that, is there?
Speaker 2 (47:53):
Not the well, you know, nothing in life they say
is a guarantee. But I can tell you this, as
Harry said, we've vet our vendor and many of these
vendors from which we obtain these tickets, they are our
virtuoso partners, and so we definitely have recourse if something
goes Awruyd.
Speaker 1 (48:12):
So that's good to all.
Speaker 2 (48:13):
Good to know, and I promise something earlier in the show.
I want to circle back around to that because there's
something that a lot of people don't realize is even possible,
and that is you can actually attend tapings of Saturday
Night Live, the Tonight Show, or the Late Show with
VIP access. You're inside Studio eight h you can see
(48:37):
how the show is constructed, you can feel the countdown
before the live show actually begins. And for entrepreneurs, authors,
or anybody looking to elevate their brand, they even offer
some media interview opportunities in Los Angeles and New York
with some real VIPs and this is travel that intersects
(48:58):
with opportunity. I love this. And again, if you're interested
in a breakdown of how few of those exclusive opportunities
price out, well, let me just tell you. There's a
little show with a dude by the name of Andy Cohen.
May have heard of him. He's got a show called
Watch What Happens Live and that happens in the Soho
(49:19):
area in New York City. Very hard to get tickets too,
but again we have them. Makes a great gift. Everybody
that goes to that show has to be twenty one
years of age or older. They generally tape that show
on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Cost of those tickets
to get in, and again they are always sold in pairs,
is seventeen hundred and fifty dollars. If you are interested
(49:42):
in going to the Tonight Show with Jimmy fallon VIP
tickets at thirty Rockefeller Center in New York, you have
to arrive usually around three to three fifteen. VIP tickets
usually include early admission through a VIP check in. Those
are guaranteed tickets. By the way, when we get them,
(50:02):
those are guaranteed tickets. Access to the peacock lounge and
preferential seating in the show. You have to be sixteen
years of old or older or with a guardian eighteen
years to go by yourself. The cost of those tickets,
the minimum group size again is too so they're sold
in pairs. They cost about eight hundred and fifty dollars
(50:22):
per person, and you add nineteen hundred and ninety five
dollars per person if you want that VIP tour with
the after the show with photographs, So eight hundred and
fifty dollars will get you in and then nineteen hundred
dollars extra for photographs.
Speaker 3 (50:39):
What a fantastic birthday present.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
Yeah, And if you're interested in the Saturday Night Live
if you want to be in the audience there again
Rockefeller Center in New York. You got to be sixteen
years of age to do that. I am if you
want to go to If you want to do the rehearsal, again,
these are sold in pairs. Those are forty seven hundred
and fifty dollars per person, and the live show is
(51:03):
fifty seven fifty per person, also sold in pays. So
what I hope you heard from today's show is this
luxury isn't about thread count necessarily all the time or
flight class.
Speaker 1 (51:18):
It's not.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
It's about access. It's about timing, and it's about placing
yourself in the center of something really wonderful and meaningful.
And when we build travel around events like the Milan
Fashion Week, the met Gala, the CMA Awards, or even
seasons in Los Angeles Award seasons in Los Angeles, we're
(51:40):
not just creating trips, We're creating chapters. And those chapters
become stories you carry for the rest of your life.
If one of those experiences has sparked something in you,
if you're thinking, I've always wondered what that would be like,
I would love to do that, Terry, and then perhaps
(52:01):
this should be your season to explore that. At the
Wishing Well, we don't just simply arrange travel. Please know
that we design experiences that elevate it. That's what we're
all about. That's why this show is called a Life
Less Ordinary, and that, my friends, is what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (52:23):
And what about if we haven't heard the experiences that's
grabbed us today, Terry, What can someone that's listening do
if they have an experience that you haven't mentioned exactly.
Speaker 2 (52:33):
All they have to do is reach out to us.
Chances are we actually know how to obtain those tickets.
And you know, I think today's show was fun. I
hope you enjoyed, Chris, did you enjoy it?
Speaker 1 (52:45):
I didn't. But now I'm really hoping that you know
that birthday we talked about, it's coming up in three weeks.
One of these is going to be good.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
To know somebody at the wishing Well, Chris. I'm just saying, yeah.
And we are easy to find. We we can. You
can locate us at two forty three f Avenue in
the Valley Center. You can call us. We are at
five four oh none zero eight two three three three.
Please visit us on our social media outlets. We're on Facebook, Instagram,
(53:15):
the usual Suspects.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
Or you can email us also at You can send
an email to Terry at the Wishingwell dot biz or
Harry at the Wishingwell dot biz and we'll respond.
Speaker 1 (53:28):
This has been a life less ordinary the travel show
from your friends at the wishing Well at two forty
three f Avenue in Harrisonburg. If you have any questions
on topics discussed today, please reach out to the wishing
Well online at the Wishingwell dot biz or five four
oh nine oh eight, twenty three thirty three. Past episodes
are available on the iHeartRadio app. And we'll see again
next Saturday morning at ten for a life less ordinary
(53:50):
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