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'Start your vacation here! RVSales, Rentals, Parts & Service Propane Refilling (Landmark)
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'Experts cite affordable vacation plans (USA Today)
Higher gasoline costs and steeper rates at hotels and motels may have some families worried that they won't be able to take a Vacation trip this year. But experts say there are affordable alternatives and many of them are close to home.

'Relax, it's just a vacation (Whittier Daily news)
AN Expedia.com survey found that Americans are not taking full advantage of vacation days offered them. The American worker is leaving, on average, four vacation days a year on the table. That's more than one-fourth of their already slim total of 14 days, the survey said.

'Great American Vacation (CBS News)
The "Great American Vacation" giveaway continues in Johnson City, Tenn., where Dave Price presents one unsuspecting viewer with a summer getaway.

'Can you get a last-minute vacation rental? (USA Today)
Inside the Deals column: Prime lodging at popular vacation spots tends to fill up well in advance, but if you haven't booked yet, don't despair. Here are some strategies to secure a nice place to stay this summer.

'Rent a villa and vacation like a jet-setter (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Renting a private vacation home used to be the exclusive purview of celebrities but staying in a fully equipped home today can be affordable, especially for a larger family.

'Vacation With a Mission (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Slide Show Ray Unger, a 67-year-old retired teacher from Toronto, decided to do something different for vacation this year. Instead of taking a cycling trip, as he has often done in the past, Unger enlisted with a work team through Habitat for Humanity, an international nonprofit Christian housing organization, bound for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast of Louisiana. Unger and his diverse team

'County board tries to close vacation-day loopholes; Action precipitated by report of abuses by former jail official (Patriot Ledger)
PLYMOUTH - The Plymouth County Commission thinks it has tightened personnel regulations to prevent vacation-benefit abuse by county workers.

'Vacation Bible School Held In Sex Offender's Home (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
The wife of a convicted Cobb County sex offender broke down in court Thursday after her husband was arrested when she helped organize a vacation bible school in their home.

'A Vacation, Sex Change and 'Girls Gone Wild' -- Thanks, FEMA (Los Angeles Times)
Assistance checks paid for a Vacation, jewelry, a sex-change operation and more, the GAO reports. The fraud could total $1.4 billion.

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