Evening star., 1950-12-24
he 7 rave|er's Notebook


With the turn of the year prom
ising an enthusiastic pickup in
Florida vacations. the local office
of Greyhound Bus Lines has an
nounced a 13-day circle tour from
Washington. Cost Of the expense
paid package" is just under $l0C
Transportation tax additionaD
and includes the round-trip bus
fare, hotel accommodations and
sightseeing trips. Tours start daily
from the bus terminal at New
York avenue and Eleventh street
NV.
The schedule permits 10 days in
Florida. with stopovers and sight
seeing trips in Jacksonville. st
Augustine. Marineland, Silver
Springs. Ocala, Tampa. st. Peters
burg, Lake Wales and the Miam!
Beach area. Four days are ar
ranged in Miami, with tours OF
semitropical gardens. the beaches
and a trip on the 116-mile-long
seagoing highway to Key West.
Greyhound announces that the
cost will be raised slightly later ir
the season.
Similar expense-paid tours car
be worked out at the Greyhound
Travel Bureau to fit a variety OF
budgets and vacation time. One
of the feature trips being offered
is a visit to Cuba. flying from Key
West to Havana. Sightseeing and
night clubs, with hotel accommo-
dations for two nights and round
trip transportation, are wrapped
up in a package costing about $50
Husbands Fly Free-Somethine
even more economical than the
family plan, in vogue among
United States airlines, is scheduled
for test period by LAMSA, Mexi-
can subsidiary of United Air Lines
Under the family plan, long ar
inducement for husband-and-wife
travel by air, the wife-and chill
dren, too-may fly at half-fare
Under LAMSA'st innovation, the
husband will fly free.
If you're down that way between
January 5 and March Is. you
might give the novelty try. It's
simple, the only drawback being
that the route does not tap the
principal resort spots.
Under the plan, the wife buys
two one-way tickets to any point
on the line. Instead of two one
way tickets, she receives two
round trip tickets.
| LAMSA's closest terminal to the
United States is Juarez, just across
the border from Ell Paso. Tex. The
route courses southwark through
the heart of Mexico an area
of many mines and vast cattle
lands. On the route are Chihua'
hua, Parral, Durango. Mazatlar
and, finally. Mexico City.
Daily So Saving - Mention wa
made in the Notebook last sum
mer of modified American plar
| instituted by Deepdene Manor
one of Bermuda's incest places tt
stay. At a saving in the dali!
rate, guests could choose Il
eliminate luncheon at the Manor
and be free to have it elsewhere
or skip it entirely.
The plan not only has the
| twin attributes of economy ane
convenience. but gives guests q
chance to rest their tummies.
Bermuda's hotel operators know
that Americans can be cranky
about food and complain Of sparse
helpings. AS a result. the larger
hotels are inclined to feed theil
guests too much, especially those
visitors who seek a non-strenuous
restful and even a lazy life.
Making connections with the
noontime dining room hours ano
eating a luxurious meal (the
equivalent of dinner in many
American homes largely because
it already is paid for can be 8
chore. So the plan was bound te
enjoy success.
It has spread, now, to the
palatial Castle Harbour Hotel,
which introduced the modified
American plan on a trial basis in
November. It clicked, and the
management decided to continue
it indefinitely. The plan cuts
So off the daily rate.
Those who feel the need of an