Budget Beaches NEw Fashions 2013

With temperatures ready to plummet into the single digits (and our credit cards still recovering from last year's holiday season), we thought there might be no escape from the winter blues this year until, that is, we realized that the price of becoming a temporary castaway needn't break the bank. In fact, some of the world's finest beach-lounging locales are pretty darn affordable. (And you better use up those miles before the airlines expire 'em all.) So us with a piña colada and paperback oh, what the hell: With all the money you're saving, spring for a hardcover.