Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / October 2005

A brilliant city and a great place to visit but....
1. Why can't the marked prices on things include the NYC sales tax? It's
annoying when you
   see something for sale for, say, 9.99 only to find you have to pay an

Can anyone recommend a 1-week course or class offered during the week
between Christmas and New Year's Day? Although my major interests are
music and science, I'm open to a very large range of topics--a language
course, art class, furniture making, sculpture, body work, etc.

After having spent a week in Montreal this past summer, we would like to drive up to Quebec City in the Fall.  It would be our first visit there and would like to stay in Old Quebec.  Can anyone suggest a hotel in that part of the city that would also have parking facilities?  We ...

My wife & I are going to the USA in a weeks time and whilst in NYC, we want
to see the Williamsburg Bridge from the same angle as it's seen in "Once
Upon A
Time in America" (when the boys are running away and one gets shot).

It is hostel-like, but I cannot find ratings either in hard copy or on
the Web. Does anybody know if it is a good cheap place?

TORONTO (Reuters) - Air Canada will charge passengers for pillows and
blankets on its short-haul flights in an effort to offset the
spiraling cost of fuel, the airline said on Thursday.
Air Canada, part of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, described the move as a

Going hut skiing/touring (2 of us) on Thompson Pass end of February
'06. Never been there before.  Staying (at undecided location)in Valdez
prior to and afterwards. Also want to ice climb in the area along with
anything else interesting.  Any info would be most sincerely

LF : Florida - Looking for space to stay, close to ocean, South Florida for
10 days, from 26-27 December 2005 up to 5-6 January 2006 for 2 adults
(professionals) and 2 kids from Ottawa, ON.

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At the Further Education College where I teach in the UK, it has just
been decided to offer the Travel and Tourism students a trip to NYC
for around 10 days in late March 2006.
The students are mostly aged 17 - 19, and seem to be interested (as

My wife and son have it in their heads to take a family vacation to Atlantis
Resort in The Bahamas.  It's not in the budget!
I'm thinking that the Florida Keys might be a suitable alternative for a
beach vacation that's a little off the beaten track for a California family;

On Oct 21 Friday evening or Oct 22 early Saturday morning, from Seattle
(Bellevue) to Vancouver mainland .
And would be back on Oct 23 Sunday afternoon or evening from Vancouver
to Seattle.

Hi all I've been carefully planing our itinery for our 3 days in LA and my
hard drive died :o
So, we've lost all the links and places we had considered doing/going to. So
could I ask for some suggestions? Ideally, we want to do the tourist stuff,

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