In their lounge-like drawing room I had crustless sandwiches, heat scones and a divine array of sweets, together with plum cake with white chocolate mousse and a rose-infused sponge cake, whereas the canine snaffled three tiers of home made meatloaf, peanut butter biscuits and carrot cupcakes. All of that is included within the bundle, and for the princely sum of £550, you additionally get to remove a little bit piece of hand-painted artwork that reveals your canine’s greatest aspect.
You’re in all probability pondering that this deal is, maybe, a little bit area of interest – and a little bit on the steep aspect. Who on earth would pay £550 for afternoon tea and a portrait of their canine? Well, I’m definitely not the one person to bathe their canine with costly experiences and items, for I’m a part of the #DINKWAD era – and we’ve bought some critical spending energy.
DINK stands for “dual income, no kids”, and this demographic is likely one of the journey business’s most sought-after clients. Research by Hotels.com reveals that 41 per cent of DINKs have postpone having children to allow them to take pleasure in extra adventurous holidays, and 64 per cent say they haven’t but had kids as a result of they like having extra disposable earnings.
It’s that disposable earnings that journey firms are after, and The Egerton House Hotel is getting in on the motion by interesting to us DINKs with dogs – in any other case generally known as DINKWADs, though I suppose I’m truly a SINKWAD, on account of my being a single canine mum.