New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
PLAN SOUTHERN TOURS
Automobile Club of America Busy
with Many Requests.
LOCAL ROUTES SURVEYED
Foreign Department IS Well
Equipped with Information
for Intending Tourists.

Americas available touring ground has
become so extensive that Il Is almost i'm
possible for a tourist 10 accomplish any
thing satisfactory without expert direction
and advice.
Ii Is easy enough to follow the trail OF
motor dust which arises along the beaten
paths from May 10 October, but this is not
touring. IL is merely a daily dash for 4
hotel a game Of follow the leader" II
your car will stand the racket and you 10
not care for your tires or your wife's COM
pleXion. then a certain amount OF amuse-
ment can be found in looping il over the
most frequented highways 10 the best
known hotels.
When a car owner tires or this and he
generally does after a bries experience, he
begins 10 wonder II there IS not better
way 70 tour II he seeks information in
the Bureau OF Tours Of the Automobile
Club OF America. he soon finds there is
He realizes then how many thousands OF
miles OF fine roads await him, and he de-
serts the caravan OF dust chasers" for
the cool and shady unfamiliar roads,
whereon he can take his time and even
stop occasionally to get his breath At some
pleasant spot without fear OF being
beaten 20 his bed AZ the end Of the days
run.
An eiement Of exploration is added 20
such journey. and when the traveller has
returned 10 his home after a motoring
vacation he finds he has seen something
and been somewhere out Of the ordinary.
The story Of his trip is not the same as
I al 49, IF- nd ba n
preciates the help he received before lie
started.
/ While the tourist and the touring car are
/ waiting through the long winter months for
/ the coming or spring, the Bureau Of Tours
IS experiencing its busiest time. The
/ club cars which signpost the roads and
collect information regarding new roads
ara out plouEhing through the snow and
mud
| Tn. A. C. A Tour Book for 1911. iust is
! sued under the direction ~ the bureau ot
/ tours committee. composed ~ Robert Lee
/ Morrell. Dave r. Morris. Colgate Hoyt and
/ George 2. Chamberin. will be the most
| complete guide for motorists.
, Practically every route within one hun
dred miles OF New York has been resur-
| veved By the club cars, and all directions
and mileages have been brought up 10 date
| All the maps In the book will be larger and
! more complete than those used In 1910 par
/ tlcularly those OF the metropolitan section
! Since the closing Of the 1910 touring sea-
/ son In the North there has been a steady
migration toward the Southland. and the
/ Bureau Of Tours has been called upon to
| plan tours in Florida and Cuba. A special
| Florida tour. taking in A score ~ popular
coast and inland hotels, has been outlined
and a map prepared.
| While touring is not good IN all parts or
! Florida the traveller can easily make a.
| circuit Of 60 miles and consume. IL he de-
1 sires 70 lolter about in this winter dream
/ land. a month or more
The foreign department is well equipped
/ with information requisite for comforta bic
| travel abroad.
| Preparations for motoring IN foreign
| lands may be greatly facilitated by secur-
( ing triptyques FOR the different countries.
! Upon calling az the Office. detailed informa-
/ tion relative 20 the shipment OF the car,
| customs fornslities (Which have changed
I considerably during the last year. and in
formation as to road conditions abroad
may be had. Itineraries will also be- fur
nished 70 members upon request. covering
all parts OF the world where automobiles
may be used.