Tourist Spot in Lures

For those who suffered through a summer of satiation's, the depression has led to a glut of hotel inventory this year, forcing prices down in many vacation destinations. That’s making sales easy to find for a last-ditch summer toss. There are $24 rooms in downtown La's Vegas and $178 rates for new hotels in New York. Beach resorts from Hawaii to North Carolina are discounting. And there are still rooms at Grand Canyon park lodges.

Airfares have also dropped, particularly to Florida beach resorts. Regular fares to Orlando and Fort Lauder dale are down 18 percent to $222 and $208 correspondingly, according to Bing Travel, the new Microsoft search engine that uses the airfare tracking tools of Fare cast. And a current online search for flights from New York City.