Meghan Markle's controversial Australian "wellness retreat" appears to be far from sold out, Radar Online can reveal. Organizers are still contacting potential participants and are even offering them the chance to bring friends along.
The expensive event has previously faced difficulties due to high ticket prices. The lowest ticket price is US$1,930, while the VIP ticket price is as high as US$2,288.
Participants who purchase VIP tickets will have the privilege of taking a "table photo" with the "Diva Duchess". However, she only makes a brief appearance on the second night of the retreat.
Despite claims of being sold out, tickets still appear to be available
The retreat, titled "Her Best Life", was held at the InterContinental Coogee Beach Hotel in Sydney, with tickets going on sale on March 11. However, with only 16 days left before the event's opening weekend, organizers are still struggling to attract guests.
The husband of one Reddit user signed her up earlier as a joke. Today, she continues to receive contact from organizers asking when she plans to purchase tickets for the 300-person event.
The woman was told in an email she received on March 26 that she had 48 hours to confirm her reservation or the spot would be released to someone else on the waiting list. A week later, the Reddit user received another email making the same request.
The user posted an email from an assistant to organizer Gemma O'Neill. The email read: "The response to the 'Her Best Life' retreat has been overwhelming. After following up with you several times, we received feedback that some of the women's emails were misidentified as spam by the system."
The email gave a new response deadline of April 2. Organizers said they need to hear back from potential participants before then, otherwise "we will have to offer the spot to another outstanding lady on the waiting list."
The Reddit user was also told that if she had "girlfriends who want to attend, please let me know their names so I can put you together." However, it’s unclear whether this extra spot is included in the original ticket price.
“I know this sounds repetitive, but I need everyone to see that even a full week after they claimed they would only reserve my spot for 48 hours, they just emailed me begging me to attend and bring a friend,” the Reddit user claimed at the top of the post below the screenshot of the email.
“There’s no way this is sold out,” the community member added, even though the event’s homepage clearly stated “tickets have been allocated.”
Someone wrote in the comments section: "So, even though they keep saying it's sold out, it's clearly not and you can still bring people. They're struggling to get the numbers."
Another user shared: "I had a friend join the 'wait list' as a joke and she was bombarded with emails too…it doesn't look like it's sold out as it appears!"
A third noted: "We've all tried to buy tickets to a concert or show that was really popular – there were absolutely no emails begging to attend, no second chances, no emails asking if previous correspondence had been judged as spam."
"They can't even sell 300 tickets for the event? That's too bad. What are the chances of this ridiculous event going ahead? I wonder if she will cancel it." A fourth netizen expressed doubts that the retreat could be held as scheduled.
Source: Meghan Markle Dragged as Australian Retreat Organizers Beg for Attendees After 'Attempting to Make It Look Like No Tickets Were Left'
