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  Published: Sunday, August 09, 2009
SAN DIEGO – A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for $19 a night — if you don’t mind sleeping in a tent.

The Rancho Bernardo Inn boasts three pools, a spa and golf course. It typically charges more than $200 a room.

But business is down. So from Aug. 16 to 31, guests can get a “Survivor Package” that charges them less for each amenity they give up.

For $19, guests give up breakfast, air conditioning, lights, sheets and even the bed. Staff will remove the mattress and headboard and leave a small tent instead.

Oh, and bring your own toilet paper.

General manager John Gates tells The San Diego Union-Tribune that the hotel hopes people who try the promotion will return at full price.

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