Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / August 2005

We are a Danish family of six - to adults and four children (10, 8, 8 & 5) -
planning to go to the northeastern USA in April 2006. Can anyone recommend
motels or hotels where we can all stay in a single room?

Due to a bizarre scheduling on the part of my travel agent (he said
this way the ticket was "far cheaper"), I find myself having to spend
practically a whole day (approx from 6 am to 9 pm) at Newark
International Airport (EWR). I'll be on my (indirect) way back from

Which are the best public transportation areas or cities in the
southern US that non-drivers might want to live in? By south I mean
warm weather USA with little or no winter, not the historical South.

My wife and I are visiting the Southern States in a couple of weeks on a
motor tour starting from Atlanta, taking in Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis,
Jackson, Natchez, Lafayette, New Orleans (2 nights), Birmingham and back to
Atlanta.

OK, I'm not from Edmonton, have never been there, and don't have a clue
about the place. But I have an old friend who lives there. He said the
following when I asked him if any of these anti-Edmonton messages on
this NG made sense.

at canadian airport headed to US [US citizen with passport]:
what do I do for a living?
where do I live, while looking at my i.d.
what is point of these questions?  innappropriate?

Arriving by train from Toronto to Vancouver, I need a transfer to
Bellingham, WA, where I have to get the ferry to Alaska.
I am planning to use Greyhound for this transfer, but I am travelling in
company with my father (in the age of 78) and so I am a bit nervous about

I am Canadian and would like to extend my visiting time to the USA pass
the allowed 183 days. How can I go for 8 months. I do own a park
model
residence in Arizona. Have my passport. We drive down and back.

Over the last three years I spent my vacations visiting some of the American
National Parks. In 2003 I spent 4 amazing weeks on the road through
California, Utah and Arizona. In 2004 I visited part of the Pacific North
West. Finally, in 2005, I was again on the road for 16 days ...

I asked in an earlier post about how hot it is in Arizona. I'm now
posting to anyone else who thinks they want to "feel the heat" in
Arizona or anyone other places that experience temperatures over 100F.
I recently spent time in 95 degree heat and later that day I literally

Next summer my wife and I plan to rent an RV for a month and tour the
rockies in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. We are going to rent a 22' RV but I
read that I can not expect to take that size vehicle on the Going to The Sun
Road. I know there are tour buses but we want the ...

My mum wants to see the Grand Canyon. We'll ( Mum my wife and I) will be
flying from Chicago and would like to spend about 5 days there. I would like
any help you kind folks can offer but here are the main questions:
1        Is there a package holiday that anyone can recommend ?

Hello all,  I'm starting to plan a west-coast roadtrip for next spring.
Wife and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary by flying into Seattle (from
RI) and taking 2 weeks to drive down to San Diego for return flight.
Getting a bit overwhelmed with travel choices and wish I had 2 ...

I'll be staying in NY for a week next september.
I already visited its major spots  (Statue of liberty, Empire state,
central park, etc)
so I am now looking for "minor" things to do but i see so many of them

Can anyone share experience about visiting point pelee, Ontario,
Canada?
Is it worth a 4 hr. drive (from Toronto)?
Some of the pictures on their website look nice, but is it really worth