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I’m a travel contrarian. These days, folks are looking voraciously towards lowering their vacation expectations so they can pay less.

To me, that’s just nuts. I don’t know about you, but I’m worth a little luxury.

So let’s just say that maybe I want to be able to sit out on my porch and have a view of the sea. Hey, how about a villa on a Greek island? How about a famous island? Say Mykonos. Ah, a villa on Mykonos…

Your friends will envy you. That’s worth something, eh? Just think, there’s a wraparound pool. But you can look beyond the pool, towards the sea–toward Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, now a sacred archaeological site you can visit on a day trip

Yes, a villa is expensive. But say you invite your friends. Each of them pays for a bedroom.

Now the price of your piece of paradise is within a range easily handled by a cubicle slave.

Just imagine your backside on the slats of that deck chair. Well, ok if the slats get to be too much for that tender backside, remember that as the planner of the vacation, you get the master suite, which features an en-suite bathroom displaying a gorgeous sunken bath surrounded by natural rocks.

Rocks in your bathroom. There’s something you only see in glossy architectural magazines that reek of expensive perfume, eh?

Go in fall, when prices are low and the kids have returned to school–unless you want to go to town and see the beautiful people. Spring and summer is the season to gawk at celebrities on Mykonos. After that, I guess they hibernate. And the bars and restaurants are all yours.

I’d go in fall. See, I told you I was a contrarian. Besides, Britney Spears probably won’t be showing up on Mykonos any time soon.