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Queensland resort will cut 20% off the bill if rain ruins your vacation

Cali Mackrill

Photo Credit: Participants line up in sunny weather during Noosa Festival of Surfing.  Flickr / Jess Hinchliffe - ABC Local Radio

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There's a bit of a carnival barker's promise here -- you know something's loaded against you -- but it's still a cheap way of promoting the benefits of your less-than-rainy destination to places with much bleaker weather.

An Australian has devised a scheme that would put most British hotels out of business: 20 per cent off your bill if it rains more than 5mm during your stay. With 2012 crowned Britain’s second wettest year on record and 2013 shaping up to be the coldest, it’s a small comfort to know that we’re not the only ones suffering. During their recent summer, Queensland was hit by four cyclones,

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