Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / June 2004

I'll be traveling to Helena, Montana at the end of September. The air
routings to get there from Philadelphia don't really work for me, so
I'm planning to either fly into Great Falls or Missoula and drive to
Helena. Mileage-wise, it seems to be about the same from both to

Is there any MLB sides that FedEx Express tickets to International
ticket buyers or does every club have International Will Call, where
you need the original credit card of purchase and a valid photo ID
with a signature?.

We'll be going on a 2 week drive in Canada starting in Vancouver.
Is it possible to do a detour to Calgary? where are we closest to Calgary on
the route below? we would like to visit
family for an evening before we continue the trip.

I am booking an airline flight for my mother online, and she requested it be
'open end'.  Where she would fly back within 30 days .. apparently on
stand-by for the return trip.  Do any of the online reservation systems
(orbitz, travelocity, etc) offer this option?  So far, I've  ...

We'll be staying in Victoria, BC about a week from now and have two full
days to tour.  I've not been able to find a good tourist website listing
things to do in Victoria and would like to get some ideas of what's worth
doing.

Who is probably the best and cheapest at direct flights from any
London airport to New York City, and Chicago back to any London
airport. I have been told Air India?. Can anybody reccomend anything?.
Many Thanks,

Any hotel recommendations for the region that includes Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara and San Luis Obispo?  Looking for Clean, possibly newer hotel
(because they tend to have nicer and cleaner bathrooms), and with a
coastal/ocean view and/or access?

First, does anyone have experience with a motel called the Best
Western Posada located between Nimitz Blvd and Shelter Island?  It
seems to be very reasonably priced -- and I can't believe a Best
Western would be a "dump," but you never know.

Stay with me on this one.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can find a good
downloadable map of Houston, showing the different districts (Downtown,
Galleria etc...) as I have no idea where our hotel should be situated ready

I want to live somewhere where the daily high temperaturer ranges from
80-90F year round. The only option I can see in the continental US is
southern Florida. That's ok but are snakes a problem there? I mean can
I set out on the lawn(in a yard or park) at night and look at the

Part 2 of a trip made 28th May -- 11th June 2004
Who: Me, the wife and our 2 sons aged 11 and 8.
Day 8: Friday 4th June. Death Valley. Left Furnace Creek and drove up
to Zabriskie Pt for a quick photo and then went back down to the

Anyone been on one of these? Recomend it, or have anything to say about
them? They sound interesting...
http://www.greentortoise.com/

Hope that is how it is spelled
My wife 2 young kids(5&6) and myself are
wanting to go to disney on boxing day and then to family on hogmany(new
years eve), who live in Monterey.

We will be visiting NYC for 3 days next July. Staying in Manhattan at
Confort Inn, 442 W36th street near 9th ave. Any information about the area
would be appreciated.
Are those expensive hop-on hop-off touristic bus city tours a recommended

Is the public transport in L.A. good?.
Regards,
Ben Smith