Luxury hotels and resorts have fallen on hard times during the recession, as corporate travel planners shy away from lavish spending and consumers plan thrifty, if any, vacations.
Last month a meeting of would-be donors to discuss ways of giving the Congolese a "peace dividend" was plunged into darkness by a power cut, despite being held in Kinshasa's plushest hotel.
To lure prospective oligarchs, the organizers posted a 44-foot-long limo out front along with some bear-skin-covered arm chairs and some thoroughbred horses.
John Cusack plays Jackson Curtis, a limo driver and divorced father who sees his two kids (Liam James and Morgan Lily) regularly. His ex-wife (Amanda Peet) has settled down with Gordon (Tom McCarthy).
A Colorado man has taken an unusual step to drive in new business: he has turned a hearse into a limo for pets-for a dollar per mile owners can send their dogs to the Land of Ah's kennel in style.