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Lufthansa Making It Rain Cash With 'Sunshine Insurance'
There's nothing worse than booking a summer vacation and then having it rain every day, right? Apparently German airline Lufthansa feels your pain and wants to do something about it. Aren't they wunderbar?
The deal is this: Book your flights to any of 36 Lufthansa destinations, including New York, Barcelona, Madrid and Istanbul, and for every day that it rains more than 5mm a day, Lufthansa will give you 20 ($28) (with a maximum payment of 200, or $280). They think that a "sunny stay spoiled by rain" will be "brightened by compensation," which seems an awfully financially-driven way to look at a vacation, but heck, we're tempted.
The so-called "sunshine insurance" is available on flights booked until August 18, for travel during September and October, which aren't exactly reliably sunny months at the wide variety of destinations Lufthansa is targeting, so we reckon you could end up pocketing a tidy holiday-end bonus. If you're strapped for cash, we recommend a rain dance.
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[Photo: Rainer Ebert]
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End of Summer Travel: One Last Music Festival
There's no better way to end the summer than with an outdoor music festival right on the beach. Celebrate your Labor Day weekend in Virginia Beach at the Verizon Wireless Music Festival.
Things kickoff this evening as the festival celebrates its 15th year of winding down the summer season. Tonight's headline on the 5th Street Main Stage is Morris Day and The Time. A $30 weekend ticket will get you into the show along with the Billy Idol concert on Saturday and the B52's concert on Sunday. If money is a little tight, there are three other stages with free concerts each night. Los Lobos, War and Warrant are just some of the artists that are performing for free.
The shows end with a fireworks display on both Friday and Sunday evenings. Even if you aren't a big fan of the music, there's always plenty to do and eat as you wander through the street vendors that set up shop for the weekend festivities. If you still have your doubts about the weekend in Virginia Beach, there's a Blues-fest in only a couple more weeks if that's more you style.
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· Verizon Wireless American Music Festival [Official Site]
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[Photo of a 2007 event: Beach Street USA]
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End of Summer Travel: Coney Island's Dreamland Roller Rink
Thousands of New Yorkers and visitors have flooded Coney Island this summer to get one last fix of the freakish festival, before many of the old-school attractions are knocked down to make way for newer, shinier rides next year. (Or maybe not, they can't seem to make up their minds about this thing.)
But one new Coney Island venue is already here, and we can say that this newcomer is definitely in the cheesy, lo-fi tradition that made Coney Island famous.
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End of Summer Travel: Uncomfortable George
When you've spent all summer in a wardrobe of bathing trunks, a tux can feel like a straightjacket. George Clooney may have put on his fall uniform to attend a gala at the Venice Film Festival, but he'd clearly rather be on his boat.
He'll have to don the monkey suit again tomorrow for the world premiere of his new film, the Coen Brothers' "Burn After Reading." He doesn't have a film lined up for the fall though, just some voice work for the children's film "The Fantastic Mister Fox," so maybe he'll be back in vacation mode next week.
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· Hideout Travel: George Clooney Doing Just Fine In Italy [Jaunted]
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· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Faded Youth Blog]
