Oh what a luxurious vacation

Everybody’s broke, so there has to be some way to save money and still take the vacation you wanted. The Rancho Bernardo Inn has just the remedy for your anorexic wallet with their $19 rooms…presuming you can sacrifice luxuries like A/C, toilet paper, and a bed.

While many of Southern California’s luxury hotels are battling a severe slump in business by offering extra services and more amenities, the Rancho Bernardo Inn is luring guests with the exact opposite — no frills and barely any basics.

Called the “Survivor Package,” the hotel’s deeply discounted promotion lets patrons trim its standard $219-per-night rate on a sliding scale of deprivation, lowering charges with each amenity stripped from the room.

The most basic version: a room for $19 with no bed, toilet paper, towels, air-conditioning or “honor bar,” and only a single light bulb in the bathroom for safety. The next level up adds in a bed — sans sheets — for $39 a night. For a bed plus toiletries and toilet paper, the rate is $59.

Up side: With a trip to beautiful San Diego, how much time would you be spending in your hotel room anyways? You should be out enjoying the surf and sand and guys in sombreros climbing over nearby chainlink fences.

Down side: If you’re a bachelor like myself, good luck luring a lady of the evening into a room with no lights and no bed. Telling her that it’s the “Survivor Package” isn’t going to give you a whole lot of checks in the positives column either, I don’t think. Especially if you have a habit of cackling maniacally.

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