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☆ My husband and I paid $3,300 to spend 2 nights at a palace in the middle of a lake
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Noor Anand Chawla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

My husband spent two nights at the Taj Lake Palace — a hotel located on a lake in Rajasthan, India. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFor our 10th wedding anniversary, my husband and I decided to splurge — spending 2,76,748 rupees (roughly $3,330) — for a two-night stay at the Taj Lake Palace Hotel. My husband was especially excited to visit because it was a filming location for the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, James Bond Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Rajasthan, India, Mewar Royal

☆ My family and I upgraded to business-class flights by bidding. We saved over $1,700.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Noor Anand Chawla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After having a great experience, we hoped to once again score upper-class tickets on the same route. For our return flight, the minimum bid was 47,000 rupees ($560) per ticket. Adding 1,000 rupees ($12) to the minimum bid each way, my husband decided to give it a shot. AdvertisementForty-eight hours before our scheduled departure, Virgin Atlantic emailed us that our bid for upper-class tickets had been accepted. However, since there's no guarantee of winning the bid, we'll always look for a good deal on business-class tickets first.

Persons: —, Noor Anand Chawla, Anand Chawla, aloo, we'll Organizations: Service, Virgin, Virgin Atlantic's, Virgin Atlantic, Somerset Locations: New Delhi, London

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