Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / October 2003

i have been searching for a website, with no luck, for postings of RER
fares from paris to disneyland and paris to versailles. all that i've
been able to find are ticket prices valid for travel within paris. i
believe that disneyland is in RER zone 5 and versailles in zone 4 (or

We will be spending a week in an apartment in Perugia in
April and are trying to learn all we can about the city
before we go. We have tried all the usual places to purchase
a guidebook to Perugia, with no luck. Can anyone recommend a

Does anyone know it or can say anything about the surroundings?
What's the U Bahn station?
Thanks

Hello - I am trying to make hotel reservations for May 2004 in Zurich.
Searching on the Internet almost every hotel is flagged as sold out for my
dates (May 18/19) Is there something big happening in Zurich then? Is it
that I am too early and rooms will open up later? Can the whole ...

Can anyone tell me what things would be open (if any) in London on Christmas
day & New Years day? I gather shops would be closed, but what about tourist
things and public transport?
thanks for any help,

I see on MacFixit a nasty story about Palm Desktop not working with Panther
- is that confirmed by all you lot wot have been using Panther betas, or is
it the usual MacFixit pessimism?
If it *is* a problem, is there also a problem with Synching?

Can anybody tell me is South Central's Daysave ticket valid for its
Gatwick to London Victoria service? The Daysave ticket price is £20
for a party of 4 but when you click on "tickets to gatwick airport" on
South Centrals WWW Site takes you to www.flytrain.co.uk where the

I noticed on my last visa statement that Visa are charging approx 2.5%
commission charges for transactions in France and Spain. This is fairly
recent as my August statement did not have it.
Does anyone know whether it only applies to Visa ?

The recent troll about hotel key card information got me thinking of what is
actually stored on them.
Most hotels I've been to they ask you to give the card back, but don't
bother if you don't.. I still have a key card from when I visted Chicago!

My son and I will be arriving and leaving from LGW and I  have read a lot of
the previous messages and gone to the web sites but still can't find a way
to incorporate the train trip to/from LGW to/from London with any Travel
cards. We will only need Zones 1&2 while in London. We ...

I have a friend travelling from Tel Aviv to Vancouver via London and
she's got a 20 hour overnight layover.  Can anyone suggest somewhere
"cheap and cheerful" that she can stay?  Basically just a place where
she can lay her head.  It doesn't have to be out at Heathrow - She can

I understand that smoking will be banned in Pubs in Ireland soon. Does
anyone know when that will take place?

I haven't been to Europe so I need a lot of insight.  We want
something
romantic of course.  We love water and beaches so we want to be near
the

Nice and cheap near the U Bahn??
Any suggestions?
thanks a lot

I have an immaculate, mahogany, 1 3/5" slate, 3/4 size (10'x5')
snooker table for sale.  Currently near Cahors.  Any interest?