Hotels.com Now Offering Semi-Creepy "Photo Pillows"

Ramsey Qubein is Travelin' Light's on-the-road correspondent.

Now you can sleep with Eva Mendes in a different hotel each night!

…Eva or technically anyone for that matter. Hotels.com will sell you more than a room now that it helps travelers to slumber with their choice of companion. A new service at their web site allows customers to upload (or email, pillowphotos@hotels.com) a photo of anyone (or anything!), and the company will send a pillowcase with the image printed directly on it.

While other companies have been selling everything from pillowcases to blankets with custom photos printed on them, this is a first from a travel company looking to differentiate itself from the pack. Remember, when booking at hotels.com, most hotel chains will not award frequent guest points or honor elite status benefits. But, the thought of snuggling with a feather-stuffed loved one makes up for it!

Hiroshi Nohara's Mexico City Airport Run Has Ended

Hiroshi Nohara -- the Japanese tourist who made media waves by spending three months in an airport -- has called the dogs off and returned home, MSNBC reports. That's right. The man who gripped the hearts of millions thousands hundreds many with his lengthy stay in a Mexico City airport will no longer be the focus of our daily lives.

Airport spokesman Victor Mejia says Hiroshi Nohara left Monday on a flight for Japan via San Francisco.

Nohara arrived in Mexico City on Sept. 2 and spent the next three months at a food court in Terminal 1 of Benito Juarez International Airport.

His residency there made him a local celebrity and Mexican news programs ran regular updates on his life.

Nohara left the airport on Dec. 31 to stay with a woman who invited him to her Mexico City apartment. But Reforma newspaper reported that Nohara returned to the airport on Sunday carrying three plastic bags with his clothes and blankets.

Isn't it absolutely awesome (both in the "cool" and "terrifying" sense) that we live in a day and age where you can become a celebrity by living in a Mexican airport for three months?

I mean, back in the day you had to act like Pauley Shore or Andy Dick and engage in publicly showcased stupidity. Now? Just sleep in another country's airport for a few months. Fantastic.

FareFinder: Wednesday, January 7

We love celebrities almost as much as we love travel deals. Just imagine our joy when found a combination of the two:

Concert at Sea: Carnival Cruise Lines's March 27 sojourn to Cabo is gonna be rocking. Literally. John Mayer (okay, "rock" is a stretch), as well as a host of other musicians will perform on board the Carnival Splendor when it docks in Cabo. No word on whether Jennifer Aniston will make an appearance. Cabins available through January 31.

Canadian wilderness tour: The luxury tour group Horizon & Co. is offering discounted rates and free airfare for booking its 8-day Great River Journey by January 15. The only catch is that you must take the tour in June.

Jet-set with JetBlue: Weekly airfare deals for the unencumbered (i.e. Can get away from the kids, job, wife, etc.) are all over the place. JetBlue's weekly specials include flights between Long Beach and Vegas for $39 each way, West Palm and Newark Liberty for $84 each way and JFK and Phoenix for $129 each way. Book by January 14.

Aruba resort deal: A PTG Editor's Pick, the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa is offering the Larimar Spa Package, which includes accommodations for two guests for four, five or seven nights and choice of spa treatments or rounds of golf based on number of nights. Rates starting at $2,375 and available through April 18.

Photo cred: E! Online

Kylie Minogue Headlines $23 Million Party to Celebrate Opening of Atlantis in Dubai

Have you seen the Atlantis hotels around the world? If not, you should at least consider checking them out on PTG -- the Cove in the Bahamas is an absolutely ridiculous site to behold -- if only to be amazed at how intricate and dominate they are in their various landscapes.

Well, a new Atlantis opened in Dubai last night, and it opened in style. Like, big style. As in, "Kylie Minogue hosting a $23 million party" big.

The world’s rich and famous gathered for the most expensive private party ever thrown - costing some £20 million - to open Atlantis Palm Jumeirah, a £1 billion resort on a man-made island shaped like a palm tree in the Persian Gulf.

Two thousand film stars, popstars, supermodels and billionaires were flown in from around the world for the all-expenses paid one-night party with many of them staying for four days.

Of course, Ms. Minogue wasn't just there because the Atlantis is one of the sickest hotels on the planet ... she was getting paid a little bit of cash too.

The highlight last night was a one-off gig by Kylie Minogue and her 113-strong dance troupe on the beach.

Apart from getting a free holiday, Miss Minogue was also paid £1.5million for a 10-song 45-minute medley of her hits – which works out at some £33,333 a minute.

The gig was followed at midnight local time by a 1million-rocket firework display with 100 computer-guided rockets costing £7million which was seven times bigger than the largest display to date - for the Beijing Olympics.

Yeah. That sounds like a decent party. Plus, when you consider that the list of celebs includes: Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Denzel Washington, Mischa Barton and Lindsay Lohan, supermodels Agyness Deyn, Petra Nemcova and Yasmin Le Bon, musicans Janet Jackson, Lily Allen and Shirley Bassey, sports legends like Michael Jordan and Boris Becker and some local royalty - the Royal Family of Dubai (...whew) then you have to consider that, yes, this is a pretty high end event.

Also, Oprah was supposed to show up, but canceled her last second reservation of a suite that costs about $33k per night. Pretty decent digs. And apparently, the Atlantis in Dubai is going to be mildly popular among the rich and famous.

Image via Getty