Hotels

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*Image not of actual hotel.
I have always been attracted to the allure of sleeping in a drain pipe. I don’t really know why. Perhaps it is based in a deep jealously of squirrels. On the other hand it could just be the romance of the idea.

It is now possible for my drain dream to be a reality (without the normal really-bad-smell or shrinking machine requirement). All I have to do is make reservations at that dasparkhotel and get to Linz, Austria.

Each room at the DasParkHotel is made from a section of really big cement tube (which they call “sleep-pipes” on their website). For comfort, a bed and side table are built into each tube. Additionally, the tube-room features electricity, a light, blankets, and cotton sleeping sacs. The round shape of the room also allows ample room to store stuff under the bed.

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Creative Commons picture by joebeone.A group of hotels and tour companies has finally published a list of “officially approved reasons to go on vacation.” It is rumored to have taken one year of extremely sporadic quasi-work to create.

The list is intended to provide travelers with a witty retort when their friends ask “why did you decide to go on vacation THEN?”. Since all the reasons on the list have been officially approved, they no longer need to be defended against the skepticism of one’s friends. This makes using the reasons on the list much less of a hassle than using any other reason.

Following the release of the list we got the chance to speak with the group’s chairman. We asked him if he was concerned about possible bias. Every member of the group does make money when people go on vacation. “Actually I was once quite worried about that” he responded. “Which is why I checked to make sure that we weren’t biased. Turns out we’re not.”

The officially approved reasons to go on vacation include:
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