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From: rymon@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Ron Rymon)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,misc.forsale
Subject: Travel vouchers for bid (inc.l FREE)
Date: 6 Oct 92 02:57:00 GMT
Followup-To: rec.travel
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


 This is an update on vouchers I dont plan to use. Basically, I get many
vouchers from many airlines, offering discount travel. Some I use, some
I dont. Here, I offer those I am not going to use.

 As before, they will go to the highest offer. You can offer $0 and up.
However, I would like to make sure $0 offers dont end up retiring the
vouchers in their drawers, so please. Also, $0 offers will have to send
self-addressed-stamped-envelope.

List:

Airlines
--------

1. NorthWest Airlines - $99 companion voucher (I think it is good on
                        any published fare). valid 2/28/93.

2. Continental - $35 off RT fare of $250 or more

3. Continental - To use these you will have to fly in either my name or
                 my wife's. valid 12/10/92
     - 50% off Family companion
     - $25 off RT of $200-299, $50 off RT of $300 or more
     - International fares - $174 OW to Caribbean
                             $224 OW to Honolulu
                             $224 OW to Latin America
                             $199 OW to Mexico
                             $424 OW to South Pacific
     - Domestic fares - $99/129 Off-Peak/Peak within East zone
                        $139/159 Off-Peak/Peak from East to West zone

4. Continental/USAir AMEX vouchers - as above, you will have to fly in
                                     my name (or my wife's). I think those
                                     are $129/189 depending on where you fly.

Car Rentals
-----------

5. Avis - One free day if you rent two days on weekend
          One class free upgrade. valid 12/15/92

6. Budget - same as above. valid 12/31/92
          - $25 off weekly rate
          - 15% off local truck rental
          - 20% off One-Way truck rental
          - 15% off weekly rental in Midwest and South Central locations

Hotels
------

7. Holiday-Inn - executive floor upgrade 12/31/92

8. Guest Quarters - 50% off Thu thru Sun nights valid thru 6/1/93

9. Ramada, Howard Johnson - 10% off. valid 12/31/93

10. Marriott RESORTS -
	(a) $100 discount on Marriott stays of 4 or more night, 12/14/92
	(b) stay 3 nights get one free, or stay 5 get 2 free, 12/14/92


 Enjoy,

 -Ron



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From: ngsw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Soon Wei NG)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 00:40:09 GMT
Subject: Re: travel gifts
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Singapore
Newsgroups: rec.travel

I'd go for a Swiss army knife too. However, if you're heading for Germany,
get the knife there. They have been selling these things pretty cheaply since
East met West. The knives are even cheaper than if you get them in Switzerland.
(????)

Good luck.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: hoyme@src.honeywell.com (Ken Hoyme)
Subject: Hotel Question - Near Cairns, Australia
Originator: hoyme@darkstar.src.honeywell.com
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Mpls. MN, USA.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 04:58:00 GMT

I have received many useful replies to the questions I have posted
before.  Just one more before we go....

I am making final arrangements for an Australian vacation/business trip.
I am trying to nail down the hotel to stay in in the Cairns area.  I can
get a pretty good price at the Radison Port Douglas.  But I have a
travel agent saying less than favorable things about that and
recommending the Travelodge Beach Front in Palm Cove (at a higher price,
of course). 

Two questions:
1) Can anyone compare between these choices or comment on either one?
   (I had gotten one favorable comment on the Radison in a past post) 

2) Can anyone comment on Port Douglas versus Palm Cove as a base to see
   the northern Great Barrier Reef/Daintree forest??

Many thanks in advance for any info you may have...

Ken


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From: pam@execu.execu.com (Pamela Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: For Rex Fowler, Re: Hedonism
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:56:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Austin Dev. Center, Comshare Inc.

Personal to Rex Fowler -- I tried to email you several times
but it keeps bouncing.  Email me (pam@comshare.com) if you
still want info on Hedonism II.  I have quite a bit of first
hand info you might be interested in.


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From: toconnell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (TOM O)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: HELP THE CLUELESS AMERICANS!
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:57:12 GMT
Reply-To: toconnell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: oavax.csuchico.edu

HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION:

Ok, YOU are a couple of recently graduated college students who are quite
interested in traveling to  E U R O P E  during the summer - specific area
unknown.  YOU figure it would be better to head over there, find some type of
work, and stay a while.  This would be better than the typical "Jump on a Train
and see 20 Countries in 35 Working Days" routine, right?

But then YOU write to people via the Internet, and not many respond positively
to being able to find work 'over there' while attempting to see what you can
see.  The type of job is unimportant.  Are we crazy?  Has anyone ELSE done
this?

               	W H A T   D O   Y O U   T H I N K ?

Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated... 
**********************************************************
TOM O, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO
TOCONNELL@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: beenen@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ulrich Beenen)
Subject: R U curious ???
Originator: beenen@hphalle7j.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:01:40 GMT
Distribution: dnet


Hi ppl

if u can read that its too bad exept u r in Germany then its ok :-)


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From: dilma@cc.gatech.edu (Dilma Silva)
Subject: Vouchers for sale, very reduced prices!!!
Reply-To: dilma@cc.gatech.edu (Dilma Silva)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:03:33 GMT



Classifieds - Travel!


Voucher for a fully paid Round-Trip Airfare to Acapulco or Cancun (Mexico) - air
tickets are for one person - Includes hotel accommodations for up to 2 people
for 3 days and 2 nights (retail price: $1,110.00; this offer: $600.00).


Voucher for a fully paid Round-Trip Airfare to Freeport, Grand Bahamas - air
tickets are for one person - Includes hotel accommodations for up to 2 people
for 3 days and 2 nights (retail price: $680.00; this offer: $400.00). Package
includes instructional video.


Voucher for 4 Round-Trip Airfares - one each to New York, Boston, Los Angeles,
and San Francisco. Includes hotel reservations at the corresponding destination
for 3 days and 2 nights (retail price: $2,600.00; this offer: $1,000.00).
Package includes instructional video.


Voucher for 3 Round-Trip Airfares - one each to Orlando, Reno/Lake Tahoe, and
Las Vegas. Includes hotel accommodations at the corresponding destination for 3
days and 2 nights (retail price: $2,000.00; this offer: $900.00). Package
includes instructional video.




Contact Donizeti de Andrade

"e-mail" address:
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phone: (404) 394-5486

street address:
North Springs Apts
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From: jpenovic@wizard.Berkeley.EDU (Jan Penovich)
Subject: Re: Florida
Reply-To: jpenovic@1.com
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Fort Lauderdale FL
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:25:45 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.154213.9052@nntphost.ciba-geigy.ch>,
wtho@ciba-geigy.ch (Tom Hofmann) writes:
> I will spend two weeks in Florida in November. My provisional
> itinerary includes
> 
> 	Disneyworld
> 	NASA space center
> 	Fort Lauderdale
> 	Everglades
> 	Miami
> 	The Keys
> 
> What am I missing?  Any recommendations for things to see?
> 
> Or, the other way round: What should I leave out because of the
> hurricane?

  Everglades National Park is closed because of hurricane damage.
  Metro Zoo is also closed.  Not sure when they'll reopen.

> 
> Any hints for good hotels/restaurants (medium range)?

  Loads of good restaurants in Ft. Lauderdale.  what kind of
  food do you like?  I understand there are some good
  restaurants and clubs on south beach (that's the old deco
  district on Miami Beach).

  Be aware that it's a four hour drive to Key West from Ft.
  Lauderdale.  It can be longer if there is traffic on the
  road going down there.

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From: sfg2483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Shachar Frank )
Subject: AMADEUS Computerized Reservation System
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:14:51 GMT
Keywords: CRS, Amadeus


Amadeus is a computerized reservation system (CRS) owned by a few
European airlines, and the most dominant CRS in Europe.

Does any one know the address/telephone/fax for their headquarters?
What airlines own this CRS?
Do they have a representative in the USA?

Thanks!
sfg2483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: aodyniec@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alex Odyniec)
Subject: Re: Exchanging money in Europe
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:10:53 GMT

In article <1a76ipINN34@network.ucsd.edu> nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes:

>Withdrawals from these machines were converted at NY money market
>rates (same as for a credit card purchase.) We never had any
>difficulty finding a machine, no matter how rural the area (I can
>say this with confidence only for France). We just prepaid the Visa
>account to avoid finance charges.

Do you know if one can deposit any left-over cash into his visa
account at the ATM overseas? I realize that with the weak dollar the
probability of any left-over cash is rather low, but what should I do
with the foreign currency on my way out if I exchanged more money than
I needed? (NB, spend it in a bar is not a good answer ;-)

Alex Odyniec
UC Irvine
From: laurence@spider.co.uk (Laurence Dearling)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Sierra Nevada/Granada
Summary: good cheap accommodation request
Keywords: B&B, inns, gites, hotels, sights
Date: 5 Oct 92 13:07:57 GMT
Followup-To: laurence@spider.co.uk
Distribution: eunet
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.


My wife and I have gained some "cheapie" flights for up to a fortnight in
the Sierra Nevada region of Spain.  This has Granada just to the north which
we guess must be worth a visit!

We would like to explore etc, and would welcome recommendations for
comfortable places to stay (all info from homely B&B to 3 star appreciated)
as well.

We can set the dates to suit us, so time is not critical.

Thanks in advance for your kind help. 


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From: bsou@cs.arizona.edu (Brandon S. Ou)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: The "official" term
Keywords: travelling
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:33:28 GMT

Hi,

  When someone travels to a place, any place, say, Yellow Stone, and
  stays in the same place for about 1-2 weeks, is there a term that
  describes this kind of travelling?
  (how about "extended tourism"?)

  Please reply via email.
  Thank you.


  Brandon
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From: dongsung@iris.usc.edu (Dongsung Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: california hot springs map
Date: 30 Sep 1992 11:00:07 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: iris.usc.edu
Summary: I am looking for hot springs map in california
Keywords: hot springs

I am looking for a hot spring map for california.
I asked AAA, but they had only desert area maps.
However, I would like to have the map which contains the locations and
accomodation information of all hot springs in california.
If you have any suggestions, please reply to my e-mail(dkim@pollux.usc.edu).
Thank you in advance
From: holder@gourde.positron.med.ge.com (Kacy Holder)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Smokies in Oct.
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:08:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: gourde.HOLDER.92Sep29140832
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer People Unlimited, Milwaukee, WI


We're going camping in the Great Smoky Mtn National Park
for the first time Oct 15 - 21 and, being somewhat 
unfamiliar with the area, we were wondering if
anyone could recommend some not-to-be-missed sights?
No backcountry with our 2.5 year-old but a few miles
of hiking won't phase us.

We were also wondering what the weather's been like lately
(i.e. how could it could get at night).  We'll be
camping at Smokemont on the North Carolina side.

Thanks in advance,

--
Katharine C. Holder
Computer People Unlimited, Inc.
email: holderk@positron.med.ge.com

"These opinions are my own and not necessarily those of the client for whom 
 I am working or Computer People Unlimited, Inc."
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From: rs6y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rudi Stouffs)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,misc.consumers
Subject: DISCOVER card (Was Re: Credit cards with more than 14 days loss and damage coverage for rental cars?)
Date: 27 Sep 92 10:36:33 GMT
	<Bv8G04.Esw@ora.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Doctoral student, Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.rec.travel: 27-Sep-92 Re: Credit cards with more
.. Jerry Peek@ora.com (825)

> BTW, Discover is a great card: no fee, an interest-free grace period,
> plus the "cashback bonus" rebate... I got $75 back this year.  I got
> another $200 or so in refunds from their travel service, which rebates
> 5% of the ticket price.  But the travel service has lousy service;
> I cancelled my membership in it this year because of the frustration.
> -- 
> Jerry Peek, O'Reilly & Associates, jerry@ora.com, (617)354-5800


I've seen their commercial on interest-free grace period on cash
advances, but I'm not convinced of the profit to you or me.
For example, AAA visa/mastercard charges you interest on cash advances
but does not charge you any fee for these cash advances as Discover
does. I'm not quite sure what Discover's fee is, but if you take a $100
in cash advance, over a 25-day grace period, even if the interest is 18%
or so, it might still be cheaper than the flat fee.

Rudi Stouffs
From: HALPIN@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: (none)
Date: 28 Sep 1992 16:01:21 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
X-Unparseable-Date: 28 Sep 1992 15:48:21 -0400 (EDT)

My e-mail address has changed.  Old address is halpinae@dayton.bitnet.  New
address is halpin@dayton.bitnet.  Please make the appropriate changes.
Thank you.
Ann Halpin, University of Dayton
From: pruett@CS.ColoState.EDU (J. L. Pruett)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Rental Swaps?
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:50:50 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department


Is there a newsgroup for people who would like to try to swap rental
sites?  I'd like to swap a ski condo rental for one in Cancun. 
(one week swap) 

Any ideas on how we should go about this? 

Thanks, Jenny
From: hrvoje@castle.ed.ac.uk (H Hecimovic)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Salt Lake City
Date: 1 Oct 92 08:31:55 GMT
Distribution: rec.travel
Organization: Edinburgh University


Any suggestions what to see in SLC. I'll be on a short trip from Europe,
and decided to see that city. Any good student accommodation for 2 days?
Thanks very much, Hrvoje
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik)
Subject: Goin' to Seattle
Organization: UMCC
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:28:25 GMT

I'm planning on being in Seattle the weekend of 10/24 and 10/25.
Anything interesting happening that weekend?  

Restaurant recommendations also appreciated.

Thanks, Dan
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: faa@athena.cs.wayne.edu (Felicitas A. Atabong)
Subject: Information about Hawaii
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:51:15 GMT

I have wanted to visit the island of Hawaii for quite a while, and I was
just wondering what the highlights of the island are. Which parts are
more exciting to visit i.e. where do all the tourists not go.
E-mail would be preferable.
Thanks.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: duck@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Lauriston)
Subject: Re: Salt Lake City
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: rec.travel
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:30:48 GMT


Perhaps the Disneyland-style tourist attraction is across the street
from the Tabernacle.  In any case it's underground, and I've been there.
One exhibit featured an Audioanimatronic(TM)-style robot boy in a swing
talking about his family.  Another had a big diorama of one of the
colorful lost-tribe stories from the Book of Mormon.  I found the whole
thing quite bizarre, but fun and informative all the same.

I don't know anything about skiing, but in the month I spent in Salt
Lake City it seemed to be by far the most popular tourist attraction.
People flew in from all over the world and some of those I talked with
said it was the best skiing anywhere.

At that time, there was a fairly lively nightlife scene in the downtown
area.  I was in SLC for a few days last year and was sad to find that
extensive redevelopment had replaced most of the clubs and restaurants
with office buildings.
From: dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank)
Subject: Re: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
Reply-To: dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:22:45 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.144010.528@menudo.uh.edu>, erikstad@sdl.egr.uh.edu (  Erikstad. Stein Ove) writes:
|> Heiiiiii
|> 
|> We are four norwegians who are going to travel in the nothern part in  
|> South America for four weeks this christmas.
|> 
|> And we know that four weeks is not to much.  Hence, it is important to see  
|> the best parts.  We would like to see a bit of everything - the rain  
|> forests, the mountains, and the coast.  And of course try to get an  
|> impression of the people and the culture.
|> 
|> Anyone out there which have something to recommend?

Quito is a nice city and is worth visiting.  Don't miss the 
Galapagos.  It may not be cheap to get out to the islands, but
they are worth it.  If you have a chance, venture out into the 
rainforest for a couple of days.  I can't help you with regard
to bus travel though, we flew everywhere.

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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: wwhitman@nevada.edu (MICHAEL WISE)
Subject: Re: Wanted: Inexpensive room in Las Vegas for COMDEX
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 09:04:49 GMT

In article <1a3c42INNrm5@agate.berkeley.edu> andywang@crown.berkeley.edu (Andrew Wang) writes:
>Hi!  I am planning to go to the COMDEX computer convention in Las
>Vegas.  However, unfortunately, one zillion other people are planning
>to go at the same time.  Therefore, all the hotels are either booked
>or are charging at least $150 a night (which is kinda out of my reach)
>This is true whether booked directly or through the convention planning
>committee.  I have already called the Hilton, Excalibur, Circus Circus
>and Mirage.  Does anyone know of a more reasonable accomodations for
>the week of Nov 15th?  
>
>Thanks for your help!!!  
>
>Andrew
>

No chance. There is no way of finding a room here then. The entire town's
booked. We have a visiting lecturer that weekend and he's sleeping on
the chairman's sofa. If you are desperate, try looking up some of the
smaller hotels in the Las Vegas phonebook (local libraries have copies
on microfiche) and start calling. Otherwise bring your sleeping bag 
(it won't snow, but the nights will be cold).
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
Michael Wise
UNLV English Dept



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