Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / January 2004

Any opinions and/or preferences for these two properties?

Thanks for the ideas, especially New Hope, PA. That's what we did and first
time for the both of us - it was real relaxing and casually enjoyable.
Perhaps with chill in the air and the bundled up look of the stores and
people made the place look real nice! And anytime you add water ...

  I want to go over to Windsor for a few hours and show a friend my
metal detector. He may even want to buy it.
Canadian Customs offices are closed weekends, so I can't find out any
information today about what's involved in bringing it over.

I have booked 3 nights at this hotel due to its very good location and
price (midtown east for $125/night).  I've never stayed at this hotel
before.  I would appreciate any comments from folks who have stayed at
this hotel previously as i am trying to avoid unpleasant surprises

I just wanted to know because when I visit America I want to know how to
order my hamburgers without prions, and if I say the word incorrectly I
still may get them anyways.  In my country we have no Mad Cow Disease, so we
don't get to say the word "prions" very often.

Hi Guys and Gals,
I am thinking of visiting the Hawaii big island for a 4 day trip. (I
initially thought its too little a time, but since I've been to Kauai
and Maui for 2 weeks just an year back, I would probably not need to

     That New York City, Madison, Wisconsin, Chicago, Santa Monica, Calif.,
San Francisco, CA, and all cities in Europe, Asia, Africa especially Cairo,
Egypt and Johannesburg, South Africa, plus Shanghai, China, and South
American cities such as Bogota, Colombia are going car-free ...

    All European cities including Erlingen, Germany, Freiburg, Germany, and
Rome, Italy are going car-free. Berkeley, California, Vancouver, British
Columbia (according to city planner Ian Smith), all Chinese cities, a city
in Belarus, all Latin American cities, Seattle, Washington ...

I'm travelling from London to Fiji, and have six hours in LAX airport
between flights.  Can anyone make any recommendations about what I can
do in this time?

wife and i need a nice Getaway this long weekend (tomorrow or Friday
departure) for a 2 day stay in some driveable distance. we live in the NY/NJ
metro area.
here's what we *have* done already and so out:

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I'm trying to find out whether anyone has had any problems entering the USA
on a tourist visa, particularly under the 'visa waiver program', due to any
stupid youthful indiscretions committed many years ago.
I have heard from travel agents and others a few 'horror stories' about

We are planning a trip to Zion during the last week in March.  We would like
to spend 4 nights in the park.  We are thinking of the Zion Lodge for
convenience.  We liked the El Tovar at the Grand Canyon.  We don't need a 4
star resort but do like historic lodges with atmosphere.  ...

How realistic is it to take Airtrain JFK when you have
luggage like a medium to small sized suitcase?
Airtrain Newark was reasonably ok because the connecting
train from the airport station to NY Penn station had

I am looking for some advice on places to eat lunch and dinner.  I am
not looking for high-end dining.  It needs to be family friendly and
modest prices ($12 to $15 for dinner).
I was hoping to find a place for lunch in the Clearwater Beach area,