Are you sick of spending your summer vacation cramped up in a hotel while the rides at Disneyland sit idly by, cementing the thought that you just blew the down payment on a small house to watch reruns on HBO? To combat the fickle nature of well nature, Priceline.com is offering a "Sunshine Guarantee" which will provide a refund to you in the event that your vacation is rained out. Like all good offers though, there are a few qualifications to the refund.

A light drizzle as you arrive for check in at the hotel won't be enough to get a refund on your vacation. In order to get your money back it will need to rain at least a half an inch on half of the days you are on vacation, with the rainfall amount being recorded at your destination's airport. Even though it should go without saying the "Sunshine Guarantee" only covers those services you book through Priceline.

I wouldn't recommend spending extra to purchase weather insurance for your next trip, but if you can get it for free by booking through Priceline and still get competitive prices on your vacation you may as well take advantage of the extra protection. Even though the offer will refund your money it can't refund those vacation days you burnt to get away so be sure to check out DryDay.com which will help you find the best day to have an outdoor event. Then again, if you vacation for museums and culinary delights rather than outdoor activities you might be able to use DryDay.com to figure out which dates would most likely net you a free trip!

I have long been jealous of any home or office with a skylight. The thought of enjoying sunshine even when indoors and hard at work is giving me energy right now. Unfortunately most skylights are large windows, which can also be a thorn in the side of your heating bill. Thankfully there is a innovative solution which uses "a series of tubes" to deliver sunlight to several rooms.

This lighting system is made by Sun-Tek and come in several configurations depending how you want to use sunlight in your house. The Sun-Tek tubes can even be outfitted with an additional light so you don't need to install other fixtures to use the room at night. According to the Sun-Tek website the smallest tube they offer, 10 inches, is equivalent to two 100 watt light bulbs, sure to brighten up your home.

I'm not sure that any studies have linked sunshine to productivity, but I know sunshine bumps mine up. I would love to have a skylight in the shower in order to harness the sun's energy as part of my morning wake up routine. I don't know how far these tubes can carry the sunlight, but how cool would it be to light your basement man-cave with sunlight? You know: for those times you need to be sure just how many troops you have in Australia before you launch your quest for world domination.