Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / September 2003

I'd appreciate it if someone can fill me in on cell phone coverage
around Hilo on the island of Hawaii.  I have Sprint PCS and know that
there's some coverage in that area, but my information is several years
old and I'm wondering how the system is now.  I'm especially interested

     Sources tell CNN that all cities in the USA, including San Francisco
and Boston, will be car-free within the next five years. European cities
will be as well. So will Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea.

We are looking for hotel wholesalers who can connect their server to our
website, www.biztourism.com, by XML API.
Let me show you our brief proposal letter.
Dear Hotel Wholesaler,

Hello, I live in Houston and am seeking someone who can take me to
either to Albuquerque, NM or Brownsville (east of Memphis, TN) on or
before September 10 or 11th, in exchange for a share of the gas money.
I want to play in a Scrabble tournament that weekend in either of

We are planning a trip from NC (Triangle) to New Orleans. We only have
2 days for each direction, but would like to catch one or two
interesting places on the way. We travel during the Thanksgiving week.
Any suggestions?

Will be in Des Moines, IA in a few weeks.  Any suggestions for restaurants?
Thanks!

I've got a time share week banked and need to use it over the winter.  I'm
not into the warm weather resort-type vacation, rather into exploring nat'l
parks or just cool places in general.  Thinking of the Grand
Canyon/Bryce/Zion area.  Any thoughts on visiting these places in the

I'm looking at taking my wife to Vegas for our anniversary next January.
According to web sites like Expedia and Ebookers most of the hotels on the
strip seem to be full between 24-30 January.  Is that normal for that time
of year or is something going on there in that week?  Or is ...

I have a Vodafone cellphone in Australia and want to use it in USA.
I will be giving my contact numbers out to people there so they can
access me  which meaans I will if possiuble buy a prepaid sim card for
the length of my stay as long as it gives me a number.

I managed to find a reasonably priced flight to BOS this October, we
will be spending a week out there.
We plan to spend 3 nights in Boston & the other 4 in the Cape Cod
area. Downtown Boston prices are a little out of my league, so can