Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / June 2005

In New Jersey on business next week, and flying out on Saturday evening
from Newark.
My <i>first</i> time on the East Coast, I want to see something of New
York, and I have only one day - so what three things are not to be

St Pierre & Miquelon, where France meets North America.
Off the east coast of Canada, just south of the Canadian province of
Newfoundland, the islands of St Pierre & Miquelon remain as French as any
town from Normandy or Brittany with the added mystery of the ancient Basque

I'm bringing my father over, from England, to Montreal later this month &
would like to go on this trip. My father is 78, although active I do not
want to book the coach trip until we arrive in case he is too tired & only I
do the trip. Can anyone tell me a few things about the ...

My wife and I are travelling on vacation to Miami in early August. I know
it will be hot and humid, and we hope we don't get a hurricane!
Some questions:
1. We'd like to spend four nights, two days in the Miami area (where we've

I'm planning to spend a couple of days in Grand Canyon. My travel
itinerary should continue to Las Vegas and then to Yosemmite/SF.
Question; taking in account a couple of days, which is the best
itinerary/parks to see/stop while driving from Grand Canyon to LV ?

Thanks again, everyone for your thoughts and suggestions on the upcoming
trip.
I was going to take a shuttle from the airport to the apartment we are
staying in (I will be by myself when I arrive tomorrow night). However,

My wife and I will be in Seattle for six nights at the beginning
of October. I'm looking for a recommendation for a
centrally-located moderately-priced hotel. Luxury isn't required,
but cleanliness and reasonable comfort is. Ideally, I'd like to

I want to get to Nags Head from Elizabeth City - but not by car - can You
please help me - how to do this ?
Thank You and please help me.
Simon from Poland

Flying from Toledo to Chicago to Vancouver.  No
check-in luggage, only a carry on.  Where will
customs check be?  On the return flight, will
customs be in Vancouver?  I have only a 35-minute

I will be taking a flight from Vancouver to Houston and connecting in
Calgary.  The connect time is around 50 minutes.  I asked the flight
reservation agent if this connect time was sufficient and she said YES
because the bags are checked all the way from Vancouver to Houston, so

Route 66. The most famous highway in the Land. Some would argue in
the world. Yet sadly, since 1985, the designation has been
officially "decommissioned". The physical roadway is not
decommissioned, just the designation. By some accounts well over

Suely I am not the only one who noticed the dual troll act of the poster
and first respondent to the Passort query?  I cannot imagine taking
anything posted here as gospel;  yet these little acts usually snare a
hundred or so responses.  Scares me sometimes.

Is it possible to just buy the sim card for Tracfone in the USA, to use
in my triband, or do you have to buy phone as well ??
$$ ?
Coming from UK

We live in Europe.  We just got back from a week in Florida.  The trip was
wonderful, the food was, too, but there was just too much of it.  After a
week of eating my way through those gigantic portions, I got sick.  Colitis.
It always happens when I eat too much.

What is the quickest way to reach Banff, Alberta from NYC?  Now matter
what I look at, it seems to be an all day affair.  Flights are around 8
hours to Calgary.  I looked at flying into Great Fall, MT and then
driving.  About a 6.5 hour flight + at least 6 hours of driving.