Evening star., 1948-09-05
7 raveIer>s; Notebook
Resort Interests Seek to Postpone Labor Day
By Jacques FutreIIe. Jr.
The Sfof's TfoysI EdjtoF

will start service September "a.
One-way fare on the tourist
class Clippers will be SITS, without
Including tax. No meals will pe
served on the tourist flights. Stand
ard one-way fare will continue at
sl33, plus tax, and the present
round-trip excursion fare at $3.50.
Ten years ago, New York-Puerto
Rico air trip cost $343.a5.
In announcing the tourist service
as another step to bring air trans
portation within the pocketbook OF
the average man." Willis G. Lips
comb, vice president for sales, said:
I'VE are applying a new concept to
international air transport, and we
nope to tap q whole new segment CT
the traffic potential"
There has been talk in the avi-
alton industry of establishing such
a tourist class on planes between
the East and the West Coasts of
the United States, and to some
intermediate points.
Overseas rates also are going
down, at least for the "off season"
Several of the major transatlantic
carriers will cut round-trip fares to
Europe October l.
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Miss Carol Lane, travel researcher
for one of the major oil companies
recently completed an 11,126-mile
business trip by automobile, east of
the Rockies. Among other things,
she investigated vacation costs and
objectives, accommodations and
packing. Summing up her expert
ence, she says: THE best trip is
the best-planned trip
And travel by your plan," she
emphasizes. Don't ramble and Just
hope you'll see interesting places.
Choose your goal, map your route
and decide where to spend each
night. And stop early enough to
be sure of lodging"
Costs, too, can be planned in ad-
vance, she says, with this advice:
Decide how many meals you'll
eat away from home and check
your travel plans to see how many
meals you can save money on by
picnicking. Midday picnics are fun,
do wonders for the family purse
and give the children a chance to
run of steam"
n
The Holland-American Line an
nounced plans late last week for its
greatest postwar luxury cruise pro-
gram.
Five cruises will be made by the
lines flagship, the Nieuw Amster-
dam, to South American and West
Indies ports. Voyages will range
from 12ia to 18 days, with the first
sailing scheduled December 81. One
OF the largest ships to operate on
cruises, the NieuW Amsterdam, has
aforementioned public rooms, three
tiled swimming pools, a special golf |
range and large sports decks.
The Veendams winter cruise
schedule will include 18-day voyages
to South America and the West In
dies, together with intermittent one
week trips to Bermuda. The first
Veendam sailing from New York
mas been set for December 16.
Complete itineraries and rates are
now being formulated by the COM
pany.
Not yet officially decided Is
plan by 10 transatlantic airlineS
to institute more drastic cut in
the form of excursion fares. Ac-
cord1ng to a British Overseas Air
ways Corp. announcement in Lon
don on Thursday, approval is await
ed on the plan to sell round trip
tickets, good for 80 days, at ap-
proximately one and one-third
times the normal one-way fare
The excursion rate would apply be-
tween October l and next April /,
and would be instituted by BOAC,
British South American Airlines,
Trans-Canada, Trans-W World, Amer
ican Overseas, Pan American.
kim, Scandinavian Airlines, Sa-
bena and Air France.
United Airlines recently reduced
fares 10 per cent on flights from 12
California cities to Hawaii