Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / December 2003

I have some scheduled biz trips (1st time) to NYC starting next month in
January. Can anyone recommend a good guide to show me the nyc lounge and
nightclub scene?
They should know the latest and the greatest and be willing to show a newbie

Can anyone suggest things to do or places to stay in Vancouver over
New Years? I'm wondering if there are any fireworks displays at
midnight? If so where are they taking place? I am interested getting a
room with a view of this...

We'd like to go to Florida in the beginning of February for about 10
days.
We travel with our 18 months boy.
I'd like to know how is the weather in Florida in this period of the

Hi!
I'll be in Las Vegas in April 2004 and would like to spend 2 or 3 days
in San Jose. Mapquest.com says the drive is 530 miles and should take
8.5 hours - this seems highly unlikely to me. (I'm not sure why)

Do you have to be 18 or 21 to get into a Strip Club in NY or FL?????
Cheers.

Is the bus easier to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Times Square then
the subway?  What about from Union Square?  And if it is, what bus would I
take and can you use the metro card on the bus?
Thanks for help to basic questions.

I shall be visiting New York in February with my ten age son.
I was wondering which sights or walks people would recommend?
Robert

i have one question, what is the best tiome to go to times square on
december the 31st? we want to have a good view on everything that happens
and on the ball!
Thx for any info and a merry christmas!

News media in the USA now admit that a case of MAD COW/BSE, in a
Holstein cow on a farm near Yakima Washiington has been detected.
In fact it was first detected 2 weeks ago, on 9th December.
It is not clear, whether this case of mad cow disease is in any way

Douglas
   I missed your original post but did catch the hatchet job on Baltimore.
Depending on what you are looking for Baltimore has a lot to offer History,
Entertainment, Museums, Dinning and Accommodations from Downtown B&B's to

I'm hoping that someone here might be able to provide advice for a panicked
traveler...  This last Saturday (Dec 13), I flew to Kentucky from California
in order to spend the holidays with my family.  Today, while out shopping
with my sister, I realized that my driver's license--my ...

We'll be visiting New York this week. We plan to use the subway. I
want to know if the subway is open 24 hours? What are the timings for
the subway trains? Sorry couldn't find it on the web...
Also, is it atall possible to get some hotel in NY city under 70$ ???

If we attempt this it would be in April.  The total mileage would be
about 7500, or 300 a day.  Of course, about 5 days would be taken up
with visiting relatives, and we'd want to do some sightseeing as well.
Any suggestions?

Hi Group,  after visiting Alcatraz, I walked away very disappointed.
For a place that has hundreds of thousands of visitor each year, I had
ideas that the place would be in top notch condition with access to
each and every part of the island.  How wrong was I. You are forwarded

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of Hawaii) which stretch almost 1,200 miles northwest of the 8 main Hawaiian
islands. To learn more about them, you are invited to visit my Northwestern
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