Picture: Jon Manchester

Vernon, B.C. … come on down!

Vernon’s Status Vernon Lodge and Convention Centre was featured on beloved U.S. sport present The Worth Is Proper Wednesday morning.

The resort shared video of the prize phase on its Fb web page, saying: “Nicely this was enjoyable to observe! Take a look at the video to see if the Worth is Proper contestant received the getaway to stick with us!”

The CBS sport present is the No. 1 present in American daytime TV and is watched by greater than 5.four million People a day.

The Lodge was featured in a Christmas-themed episode that included a six-night keep in a king balcony suite in addition to a every day dinner on the resort.

Within the Verify Sport phase, host Drew Carey asks contestant Melody Rose to write down a verify for an quantity, when totalled with the holiday, that will fall inside a $1,000 vary. Sadly, the contestant overbid.

Resort common supervisor David Gibbs says he knew the phase was coming, though he is undecided when it was taped.

“It was enjoyable for the workers to observe,” he stated, including it was an incredible alternative that supplied large publicity for the resort in addition to the Okanagan.

“When producers approached us to take part and sponsor the prize, we after all stated sure. It’s such an iconic sport present that’s watched by hundreds of thousands of individuals. We might have liked to welcome the contestant to our lovely metropolis had she received.”

“This was such a enjoyable alternative to be part of,” added Amy Nunn, vice-president of gross sales and advertising for Status Accommodations.

She notes this was the sixth time in two years {that a} Status property has been featured as a prize on the present. Different Status properties beforehand featured embody Kelowna, Radium Sizzling Springs, Prince George, Nelson, and Cranbrook.

They hope to have extra areas featured in 2021.

Gibbs says the packages had been first organized a few years in the past, and when the Lodge’s sister property in Prince George was featured final yr, it brought about a number of laughs when the sport present’s producers used pictures of Lake Louise as a substitute.

“It ended up boosting the prize bundle as a result of native corporations added on after the publicity,” stated Gibbs. “However this time, we made certain they used the precise photographs.”

The Vernon prize bundle was valued at $5,839 and featured a number of photographs of resort whereas selling Vernon as a vacation spot “positioned close to pristine lakes and wineries.”