Celebrate! Celebrate! Split to the music!

A Saratoga Springs, New York, resort has begun accepting totally defeated husbands and wives for a relaxed weekend that includes divorce, bringing to America a concept already successful in six European cities. The Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa charges $5,000 for a couple to check in on a Friday, married, but leave Sunday officially single (complete with all legal niceties and various resort amenities, including, of course, separate rooms). Even though the couple must be fairly level-headed to accept this approach, the facility manager expressed concern that since the resort also books weddings, the "uncouplers" might inadvertently witness difficult scenes. (Gideon Putnam has hosted four divorces so far, but, said the European founder of the package service, "hundreds" of couples have used the services in Europe.) [New York Post, 2-10-2015] 


Source: News of the Weird 
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Damien's note: I am not sure if the $5,000 includes all legal fees, or if they  just handle the "legal niceties", whatever that may be. If it covers everything, that is quite a bargain. For a short while I worked in a law office that handled only divorce cases, and seldom did either party get away with a bill that small.

And if this is the opposite of a honeymoon, what do you call it? The Marriage Getaway?