The Entourage Escape

by Annie Scott on


Know any “Entourage” fans? Well, through September 27th, you can treat them to the travel experience of their dreams — W Hotels are running two promotions called The Entourage Escape and The Entourage Bungalow Experience.

The Entourage Escape is available at all W Hotels in North America, starts at $339 per night and includes:

  • A W Hotel Suite
  • A bottle of bubbly
  • Free On-Demand Access to select episodes from the Fourth and Fifth Seasons of Entourage
  • Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Clips from Season Six not available anywhere else

It is a literal escape to drink and watch TV in your room. Sometimes, the simplest things can be what we need the most.

The Entourage Bungalow Experience is a little more involved. This luxury getaway takes place only at the W Hotel in South Beach, Miami, and will cost you $5,000 per night. What do you get for all that?

  • Limo transportation to/from the Airport
  • Golf for four at Diplomat Golf Course, including Grey Goose golf bags, balls and towels for four
  • WOW Cabana next to the WET® pool, including bottle service and food
  • Four hour boat tour of South Beach , including lunch
  • Use of two Jet Skis
  • Overstuffed assortment of bliss® products for men
  • Courtside Coronas and reservation for on-property basketball court
  • Dinner for four at Solea
  • Table and bottle service at the Wall nightclub at W South Beach
  • Two Night Bungalow Accommodations for four at W South Beach

Men’s spa products, Jet Skis, golf and more — it’s what Vince and the “Entourage” gang would do. Go for it!

Daily deal – Burton Entourage Insulated Jacket for $99

by Scott Carmichael on

Still freezing your backside off? Unless that damn Groundhog tells us that winter will be over within the next week, my deal for today could come in quite handy for those in cold climates (or those that enjoy wintersports).

The Burton Entourage Insulated Jacket is currently on clearance at REI.com for just $99.93. The jacket is available in 3 sizes, and 3 different colors.

The jacket has a long list of features, including a “jacket to pants interface”, which is a snazzy way of saying it has a neat way of keeping snow out of your butt when you fall off your board.

If you live near an REI store, then you can select free site to store shipping, otherwise you’ll pay $10 for shipping to your house.

While you are there, check out some of the other deals on the REI site, especially now winter is (very) slowly coming to an end, you’ll start seeing more and more winter gear go on sale. As always with deals like this, the longer you wait, the less inventory will be left, so don’t wait too long.

Update from the Virgin America JFK-LAS inaugural flight.

by Grant Martin on

Late last month we heard news that Virgin America was kicking off service between New York’s JFK airport and Las Vegas and would be celebrating the event with the christening of HBO’s “Entourage Air” with the cast in New York and a party at the Palms casino in Vegas.

Now, in the midst of the debauch we’re checking in to update you on how the event is unfolding. Just after 1PM Gadling was asked to show up at hangar 12 right outside of JFK airport, an open air structure with the Virgin America “Entourage Air” A320 parked underneath. Walking up to the gate, two models showed up to escort us down the red carpet towards the hangar, where music was playing, couches were laid out and there were a hundred or so people milling about.

With Champagne, Grey Goose and Bombay Dry flowing freely, the crowd patiently snacked on hors d’oeuvres speculating about the arrival of Branson and the entourage until finally the crew snuck into the back of the aircraft, a few suits made some announcements and the entire lot burst from the front boarding door.

I’m not sure how rehearsed the entire spectacle was – apparently Sir Branson was late getting in – but after they posed for a few photos the entire crew of Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connoly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Richard Branson as well as the creator, Doug Ellin came down the steps, grabbed bottles of Champagne and burst them open in front of the port engine. Someone tracked down a microphone for a few nebulous questions, then the cast unfortunately had to leave. Later, Devon, one of the PR associates at Virgin told me that they had tons of events associated with the HBO premier so had to jet out to the city as soon as possible.

As for the hundred or so people in the hangar, however, we were headed to Las Vegas for the after party and some grand old socializing. At 35,000 feet we were privy to another speech from the brass then delighted with a pre-screening of the first episode of this season’s Entourage which airs this weekend. With four more hours left to Vegas, we were left to explore own wiles, which is where you’ll find me now, tucked under a plush “Entourage Air” blanket.

Supposedly the afterparty takes place at the Playboy club in the Palms. Stay tuned for a full report from the event and all of the juicy pictures!

Virgin America teams up with Entourage for inaugural and promotion

by Grant Martin on

Well, Virgin American certainly has their demographic targeted. The hip startup airline just announced that they’re teaming up with HBO’s Entourage to christen one of their their Airbus aircraft “Entourage Air” and kick off service between New York‘s JFK and Las Vegas.

Yes, this is the same group that also hosted Victoria’s Secret models on one of their transcontinental routes.

Next Thursday the airline plans to host an Entourage party at a private JFK hangar with members of the Entourage crew (no specifics on whether this is going to be some B character or some of the stars), Richard Branson and other celebs for a pre launch party with Dom Perignon Champagne, hors d’oeuvres and other themed goodies.

In flight, passengers will be treated to a special pre screening of the hit HBO show and the airline will kick off special HBO features for all passengers flying on VA for the duration of the month. Later, HBO and VA plan on collaborating in other projects on the airline’s advanced inflight entertainment system.

Naturally, the party finishes off at the Playboy Club in the Palms Casino.

Truly, a magnificent introduction to a route. But will it pay off? Virgin America bills itself as the hip, edgy airline that more often than not is slightly more expensive than the competition. Can their image and inflight amenities sway you over from a legacy carrier?