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Would You Buy Your Vacation From A Hotel Room Sample Sale Site?

Those of you who are still scouring the scam-ridden hotel deals on eBay should start thanking your lucky stars right about now, because hotel room sample sales have arrived. We're using "sample sales" like the shopping definition of course, not like the rooms you'll sleep in are model rooms or anything.

Anyways, luxury overstock sale site ideeli has paired up with travel auctioneer LuxuryLink.com to offer select packages for limited-time deep sales, and the fun began on August 28. This move from offloading luxury fashion overstock to doing the same for underbooked five-star properties didn't originate with ideeli however; Gilt Groupe announced similar plans for their upcoming "Jetsetter" site back in July.

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