Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / December 2004

We are students from the University of Central Florida. The Campus
Peace Action group will be bringing 28 students up for the inauguration
and are looking for a place to stay from the 18th - 21st.
We can afford a small fee and free would be better. We have our own

Anyone know of a cheap place to stay in Coronado, CA?  Hostels, State
Park cabins, anything cheaper than all the hotels on the island?
Or does anyone know anything about Imperial Beach, which is just a few
miles south of Coronado?  Is it a decent area to stay in?

Heading to Honolulu from Toronto next week, with a change of planes in
Vancouver.
Planning the packing of the carry-on bag, knowing security issues, of
course, what advice do people have for taking with you  I am most

Any tips regarding availability of discount tickets?

This should be easy.  We're looking at a week in Los Angeles, and
specifically to see the Getty museum.  What's a convenient hotel in the
under 100 dollar range?  What else is right in the area?
Also, we'd like to see the new Disney auditorium.  Are there tours, or must

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my 80-year old mother-in-law was 5
hours late on the Coast Starlight arriving in Tacoma on the 22nd.  This
morning she called to let us know she had been sitting in an unheated,
unlit train car for more than 7 hours since the southbound train ...

My niece, a fourth-year veterinary medicine student, will be going to
Boca Raton, for a 2-week training course in February.
Her seach for accommodation has not been successful (hotels at $150 per
night).

My wife and I would like to travel this April with our son who will be
2 years old at that time.
We live in Florida, so we would like to travel OUT of the State (not to
Orlando).

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Freinds In Kiev.
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Anyone here get caught up in the messes with US Airways (cancelled flights and
mishandled luggage due to employee sickouts) or Comair (1,100 grounded flights
due to a computer problem) over the holiday weekend?
I wonder if the US Air employees realize how resentful the passengers ...

I reserved 2 campsites in June 2005 at Pfieffer Big Sur SP.  I found out
that each campsite can fit only 2 vehicles, but each campsite accommodates
up to 8 people. Is it expected that 8 people with their camping gear are
to fit in 2 cars or in my case 16 people in 4 cars?  Does ...

came across www.cashsaver.net. Can you tell me the pros and cons of this
outfit?

Hi, I´m travelling from germany to the States. Can I use my mobile phone
in USA? Or how can I generally use mobile phones there?
thanks, mila

I am visiting Berkeley, CA from Wednesday, January 5th to Saturday,
January 8th. Does anyone know a good place to stay? I am concerned
primarily with the place being a)QUIET b)clean c)private bathroom d)as
close to the UC Berkeley campus as possible. I can afford to pay a

So if we had an adres from.... someone in california we know prety
well, who would sell us (him) a wreck that would hopefully keep on
rollin'  for 4  weeks?