Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / June 2004

Excerpts from "Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air
Travel," by Patrick Smith  
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The preoccupation with Weapons of Mass Distraction gets back to a

I'm going to New York city for a few days later this month, landing
and departing from New York JFK airport, and wondering what would be a
good location to stay?
By "good" I mean: reasonably priced, clean (more or less at least),

We'll (me, Ms bulkhead and 20 month bulkhead jr.) all be in New York in 12
days time. Travelling on BA Club World, and staying at the Hudson Hotel. I
plan on writing a trip report, majoring on travelling with an infant, so:
a) what do you wamt to know?

I need a one way ticket. However, this ticket is a $100 more expensive
than the round trip fare. The airline (Continental) representative
tells me that if I buy the 2 way ticket and not use the 2nd portion of
it, they may charge me money for this. Besides, now that she knows I

I'm planning for the vacation in this Summer. Originally, I'd like to
go to San Francisco for 7 days with my wife and my 3 year-old
daughter. I have never been there, but I have been recently warned
that San Francisco may not be very attractive choice for my daughter.

Has anyone been to Millbrook Village in New Jersey?  Is it a nice place to
go on a day trip for this weekend?
thanks,

    Are the cities and towns in the Great Plains emptying out? What will
happen to the cities in the Great Plains? Won't the Great Plains stay
populated? The reason I'm asking is I read about the Great Plains in
National Geographic today.

I'll be in Tampa in July and would like to take my wife to a nice
restaurant for our anniversary. Anyone have any good choices to
recommend? TIA

More focused on our upcoming trip to the Seattle area.  We are looking to
visit Olympic NP for about 3 days.  Where is the best place to stay for the
visit?  Are there motels within the park (we are not camping)?  And would
they be booked already for last week of July?  If not in ...

I want some suggestions on nice places to retire, here are a few of my
wishes for this place:
In the mountains
Lots and Lots of Pine Trees

I plan with my girlfriend a trip around Labrador / New FoundLand for 3 weeks
at August/September.
Any good advices what to see, and where to stay ?  Best accomondations,
hotels or motels ?

    Count on the suburbs emptying out as everybody moves back to the
cities, single-family home neighborhoods are demolished, roads are torn up,
suburban business are demolished, and the suburbs revert to farmland. This
is already starting in the NYC metropolitan area and in Canada ...

Does anyone know how to pronounce Dalhousie as in the Halifax university?
Thanks

I know this is a recreational and travel group but I wondered if there is
anyone here who could help with a question.
Recently I've been getting itchy feet and thinking about moving to the US so
I

Due to health problems I will have to take several prescription medicines
with me while on vacation this year. I am concerned about leaving these
medication in the hotel room while out for the day. Does anyone have any
suggestions about protecting the medications from tampering or ...