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Aston Hotels Offers a 'Vacation Bailout' For Your Trip to Hawaii

Economic downturn putting your Hawaiian getaway in danger? The Aston Hotels and Resorts chain (formerly known as ResortQuest) has got a "vacation bailout" going on with discounted rates across its 25 properties across Hawaii.

Room rates have been cut by up to 40% so the bailout includes deals like $235 a night at The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach, $163 a night at the Aston Waimea Plantation Cottages and $124 per night at the Aston Waikiki Sunset. Curiously, there's also a $88 per night rate advertised for the Aston Maui Lu Resort which we thought had closed down last November.

What kinda made us giggle is the lengths these guys go to in proving that you really can afford this vacation: they say that because their condo properties include washers and driers, you can cut down on your extra luggage fees because you can just wash your clothes regularly. As they put it, you can have "the freedom to do a load while lounging poolside". We're not sure that alluding to household chores is quite the way to sell a vacation deal, even in tough economic times.