We were all set to show you this package from New Orleans’ International House, when lo and behold their website totally vanished. We’re not sure why – it was up and running last week when we dug up this deal – but this package has to be one of the strangest promotions we’ve ever seen. For that reason alone, we thought we’d still share it with you: for those of you looking to inject some romance back into your post-child relationship, this may be just the ticket. And f the hotel isn’t open, you can always find a voodoo priestess. What you read below is straight from the hotel’s website – we thought it too priceless not to share:A SANCTUARY OF LOVE



Making hearts beat faster, International House, New Orleans’s first truly boutique hotel, serves as a gatekeeper between spirits of love and worldly ceremonies. Inspired by the legendary peristyles and colorful temples well known to Haitian voodoo priestesses, International House has created an intimate setting in which lovers are invited to perform their own special ceremony for the most personal occasion, the alliance between their two souls. Any day you desire, the hotel offers the opportunity to discover the power of a romantic guest experience, for it is richly conceived, born of this culture, and infused with Loa, the word meaning the divine spirits of voodoo.

Lovers are spiritual questers, who will surely find voodoo to be a mysterious passageway through which they can invoke the cool and sweet spirits known as Rada. To assist in this bonding, International House has assembled ritual objects and recipes to secure the everlasting commitment and enhance the evening courtship. One of voodoo’s hallmarks for love and happiness is the orris root, a natural delicacy that is placed under the tongue while kissing so as to ensure the eternal joining of two souls. Other locally handmade offerings in the basket given to Sanctuary of Love guests on arrival include aromatic bath salts in a box tied with white lace ribbons, and massage oils in a bottle adorned with feathers, beads, rhinestones, and semi-precious stones. Incense and an essential oil candle in a glass votive holder are also tucked into the basket of voodoo ritual items.



Each element plays a vital role in voodoo, and calligraphic descriptions and instructions are provided, as are Instructions to assist in the private ceremony. Customarily performed outdoors, the details are only suggested, not dictated, allowing couples to create their own symbolic ritual. Strolling through the enchanting French Quarter is the perfect time to begin your search for the special, secretive space at which you wish to perform your ceremony of spiritual marriage. Go out at night and open your hearts to the vast sky above and secure the deepest connection with each other and with the protective Loa that surrounds us.



For the voodoo chic, the ones seeking the exotic, International House brings to you, by 30-day advance appointment and at an additional cost, the local matriarch of Mambo. The priestess will restyle your guestroom with sacred, beautiful objects and create for you a personal altar. Intimacy is reinforced with a delicate transitory design that captures the moment, and a “gris gris” bag, or lucky charm, is created for the couple during the ceremony.



International House offers a Sanctuary of Love experience for a value of $319 per evening, based on a two-night stay. One need not wait for a wedding, anniversary, or birthday to celebrate love. There is always an occasion, especially when International House is itself a sanctuary filled with romance, timelessly beautiful design, soothing light, and colorful symbolism. Create and discover your own desires.




lobby, copyright International House

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