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STAYCATION

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How To Plan A Successful Staycation

Reap the benefits of traveling with your spouse or family without leaving home.

When most of us say that "we need a vacation," we actually mean that we need a break away from our daily grind. Burnout is high when life is overly focused on all that you have to do. So even if you cannot leave town, there are creative ways to change up your routine. And while staying in town may not seem as fun as traveling to a destination, staycations can be an enjoyable alternative for any couple. Not only will you avoid the stresses and costs of traveling, you'll also have more time to focus on each other.

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Hotel Offers Rebate For Getting Pregnant

The Westin Aruba is offering discounts for getting pregnant at their resort.

Sweet news future mommies and daddies, Westin is on your side. The Resort in Aruba (I believe it's Palm Beach) is offering couples a rebate if they become impregnated during their stay. The offer is good until the middle of December 2009. The whole thing just needs a doctor's note estimating that the conception took place during a trip to the resort. Hopefully, baby-making will save the travel industry.

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Fun And Free: House Swap

Experience the ecstasy of a hotel room stay without paying a dime.

Going on vacation is a serious luxury in this down economy. Instead of complaining about it, you could take a staycation. Or you could get a free hotel stay by house-swapping with a friend. Here are tips on how to make your house-swap a successful and stress-free vacation (plus fun and free).

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The Top 10 New Slang Words For 2008

The best love, sex and relationships vocab from 2008.

Do you know what a bromance is? OK, how about a Client 9? Do you have a wide stance? It's the end of the year 2008 and it's time to figure out what we said this year and whether or not to keep saying it in 2009.

Have Sex Like A Greek Goddess

Have Sex Like A Greek Goddess

Passport to Pleasure book offers tips for sexy staycations from countries around the globe.

Laura Corn, seduction expert extraordinaire and New York Times bestselling author, offers 52 orchestrated sex-narios in her new book, Passport to Pleasure. The book brings bedroom traditions from around the globe together for a mere $30—slightly less than what a 'round the world trip costs these days. Corn's collection of seductions lets you play out a Belgian panty hose fantasy without having to worry about getting hotel bed bugs. Celebrate Carnaval Brazil-style with your man, plenty of lube and, if all goes as planned, multiple orgasms in honor of Esperantina, Brazil, where a councilman proposed Orgasm Day be instituted.