As everyone trims back (or at least pretends to) for summer, vacation-rental prices are dropping drastically: A four-bedroom in East Hampton is down from $45,000 to $25,000 for the entire season, and you can score lakefront views in Connecticut and Rhode Island for four figures. So why not kick off summer by scoring a rental for the rest of the season? If you don't, you know you'll be remembering this exact moment and cursing it come August. [NYM]