Evening star., 1951-03-04
The Travellers Notebook
Flower Garden Bermuda Crowds Up-Agoin

It now being the month when
spring is scheduled to come to
all the northern world. it can be
said again-as has been said from
time to time since March of last
year-that Bermuda really is get
ting crowded. The Easter season
always has been high point for
the sunny mid-Atlantic colony,
and 1851 is no exception.
A check with local travel agen-
cies, hotel representatives and
transportation Offices Friday re-
vealed what the tourist business
describes as a tight space situa-
ton" shaping up. Especially is
that true of the March 15-April 5
period. Would-be Bermuda vis-
itors, seized now with a sudden
desire to go Immediately, can't be
too choosy about dates of de-
parture or their favorite hotel or
gueSthouse. .s2s.e ...
AS for transportation and,
consequently, hotel accommoda-
tions, the most intensive period
will come March 1926. In those
four days, Colonial Air,ines will
operate 18 extra sections between
La Guardia and Kindley Fields.
These are in addition to one-a-
day regular flights. This source
alone will pour nearly 1000 vaca-
TONERS on the water-encircled
flower garden of lilies and roses.
Pan American Airways also has
arranged extra sections and the
islands favorite. ship, the Queen
of Bermuda, will do some quick
turn-arounds to crowd in addi-
tional sailings.
Most yacationers now on the
waiting list for hotel or trans
portation space are doomed to
disappointment. Others may
profit from their misfortune.
Bermuda will be getting more
pleasant as it's early spring merges
into summer and by all signs the
tight space situation" will be the
rule into July. It is wisest to plan
a Bermuda vacation weeks in ad-
vance.
Time to Decide-Apropos of va
cation travel "sellouts'' those
tourists who are playing with the
idea of going to Europe in the
coming high season months should
be warned to make up their minds.
Americans were somewhat taken
aback last summer by the Korean
development and the following eff
forts to gear the United States up
against the possibility of World
War III. It scared the travel
plans out of them. Not that
specific plans were torpedoed, but
the situation made vacation buy
ers timid on long-range commit
mentS.
AS prospective vacationers ad-
justed themselves after a state of
uncertainty, two main trends Of
thinking seem to have developed
One was short-range, last-minute
vacation planning. This included
the "it may be our last fling" type
Of travel. The other was to hug
close to American shores. The ap-
peal of foreign lands. at least those
nearby, would not be denied.
Mexico. for instance. is enjoying
it's most jam-packed season. It's
difficult to get hotel space south
of the border. Traffic to the Car
ibbean doomed as the travel urge
overcame fears. Cruises to south
ern waters-admittedly risky ven-
lures by steamship lines when
they were announced late last
summer and in the early fall
reached the sellout stage.
With the European season COM
ing up, travel planning is entering
a bolder state of thinking. People
are beginning to want to go
abroad. and indications as of the
moment are that they will go.
Local travel agencies are recogniz-
ing it as trend.
The change is noted in a COM
ment by Bill Lacy, manager of Eu-
ropean Escorted Tours for Thomas
Cook & Son. in New York. Boiled
down, his observation of last week
was: Demand. for travel reser-
vations to Europe has increased
steadily in the last few weeks, and
may equal that of last year."
Going to Europe this year is an
individual decision, but apparently
enough individuals have subscribed
to the idea to the extent of estab-
fishing a trend. A trend often is
a prelude to rush, and rush
could make choice arrangements