Massachusetts Woman Wins Voyage To New Hampshire On ‘The Price Is Right’

Anyone would be thrilled to win a vacation on The Price Is Right, but what if the prize was more of an inconvenience than a voyage?

A Massachusetts woman named the right price — except it was a five-day trip to neighboring state New Hampshire.

Perhaps the best part? Her vacation flight leaves from Los Angeles, where the game show is taped.

Catherine Graham recently flew out to California and ended up being chosen to compete on the popular game show, hosted by comedian Drew Carey, in an episode that aired on February 1.

After she guessed the winning bid, Graham joined Carey on the stage for the chance to win a big prize in the game “Side by Side.” She soon learned that the prize was a vacation to a state she’s been to “a million times.”

“My face says it all. I said, ‘Oh, you’re kidding.’ Drew goes, ‘Oh, that’s great. Congratulations, New Hampshire is beautiful!’ I go, ‘Drew, I live in Boston!’” Graham told WBZ-TV in the clip above.

She won the trip after correctly estimating the value of the prize to be $7,696 instead of $9,676. The prize includes a five-night stay at the Hotel Concord, with daily breakfast and one dinner, plus $80 in additional food spending.

Although her vacation is to a place that’s about an hour’s drive from Boston, Graham seemed excited to win, celebrating on stage.

“I just wish it was Tahiti or someplace, or Bora Bora. A cruise around the world, maybe,” she said, adding that the prize didn’t change how she felt about her experience of being on the show. “It was so fun.”

According to The New York Post, Graham will have to fly cross country twice (instead of driving just 30 minutes) if she wants to cash in her roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles to Manchester.

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