The Netherlands’ heartbreak hotels

Check in married, check out single: Dutch 'Divorce Hotel' is on its way to the U.S.

Divorce Hotel, a Netherlands-based program that assists couples in splitting up during a stay at a hotel, is coming to the U.S.

Jim Halfens, the concept's 33-year-old founder who has run the business out of 20 Netherlands hotels since it launched last year, is in negotiation with several New York and Los Angeles hotels.

The program, which offers quick divorces that are 'fully arranged for by a team of professionals in a single long weekend' charges couples a flat fee of anywhere between $3,500 and $10,000.

Private: Divorce Hotel, a Netherlands-based concept, is coming to the U.S. The concept, which offers weekend-long guidance, works with hotels such as the Carlton Ambassador in the Netherlands, above

Divorce Hotel claims to offer divorces that can be agreed upon over the course of three days.

The idea is to talk couples through alimony and splitting assets as well as visitation rights to any children over a short period of time as opposed to drawing the process out over weeks or even months.

The unusual concept, which also provides legal advice and mediators, has proved so appealing that two U.S. TV production companies, Base Productions and A. Smith & Company, are interested in creating reality series around the concept.

From BBC Travel/ Mail online