Girlfriends Getaways in NYC
The approach of spring-to-summer is precisely when I start planning a girlfriends trip to New York City -- and a few other cities girls love. 
Fortunately the Big Apple's hotels think about us, too, and have come up with some fabulous ways to spend our time and money. These packages are not 
necessarily for the faint of budget -- but if you've got the bucks or are resolved to put yourselves as a priority for the splurge, you go girls!
Mandarin Oriental's Girl's Guide to Glamour in Gotham includes an insider professional from "Shop Gotham" and some girly buffing up (through August 31). The Alex Hotel's Girls Night Out Package runs for the next 12 months, in case you need to postpone until fall for this midtown luxury accommodation. W Hotel's Wonder Women offer comes with a beauty survival kit, and W Hotels in New York and LA now stock Diane von Furstenberg Emergency Fashion Kits -- in case you need her signature black wrap dress for the theater or your luggage didn't arrive with you. As part of its "Women InTouch" promotion, the Kimpton chain's 70 Park Avenue boutique hotel "Forgot It? We've Got It" essential travel amenities for women travelers. And the Omni Berkshire Place "Phenomenal Fridays" weekend deal is worth a look.
Trump International's Girlfriends Getaway Weekend promises a pajama party and special shopping adventures. Sadly the Beekman Tower Suite Hotel's "Sisters in the City" package for sorority gals has expired, but with its Panhellenic roots and its welcoming attitude toward us sisters, keep the Beekham on your list. Always catering to women, Wyndham Hotels' special deals for us are worth keeping an eye on.
Outside New York:
- Though not available at the Omni Berkshire Place, Omni Hotel's Housewives Hiatus Package with fun and girly goodies offers other locations for those desperates or not-so-desperate among us.
- The Westin Hotel Chicago River North's "Martini, Manicure and Magnificent Mile" package for two girlfriends through September 4 includes shopping discounts and a Nordstrom manicure.
