Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / May 2006

Are there stores in the western USA (CA, AZ, NV, UT, CO) where we can load
our digital pictures from XD-Picture Cards on to CD-rom? We're not yet
certain about our itenary, so it would be easiest for us if You could say
that Wal-Mart, K-Mart or other easy-to-locate stores offers ...

Anyone have any idea how long it would take one person to drive from
Houston to Calgary? Keeping in mind that I've never done any long
distance dirving before. Thanks.

Later in June we're driving (from Missouri) to Quebec City to attend my
brother's wedding.
I noticed that Maine is only 2 or 3 hours from Quebec.
So we were wondering, would it be advantageous to maybe stay in Maine

We are looking into booking this hotel for July.  Any good bad or ugly
about this place or this location?

Drive north from Apple Valley on Hwy 77 and exit onto Old Shakopee Road
(Hwy1) thus avoiding I494/airport/major clusterleaf?
Mom wants to take Hwy 52/55 north and then west on I494?
Anyone have tips etc of Hwy 23 where it becomes Hwy 77, Hwy 77 where

A girlfriend and I are travelling by via rail from
Ottawa-Toronto-Windsor, arriving around 4pm on a Thursday.  We need to
get from the Windsor train station to Flat Rock (approx a half hour
south of downtown detroit). Can someone tell me the fastest/cheapest

We will be in the USA next month and I would like to pre-purchase a
phone card that has facility for calling long distance within the USA
and also internationally.  
It would be convenient if I could do this on the Internet so that I

I'm Paolo from Italy.
I'm planning a trip in AZ and NM in June.
I have a question: I have to decide between Carlsbad Caverns or Kartchner.
I've searched for a comparision, but I didn't find it.

I asked this before but I lost the answers in a computer crash. I want to
take my mum for a flight in a helicopter over the grand canyon, I would like
to know which service is the best. I would like the chopper to land in or
near the canyon so we can have a meal or something. Thanks ...

My daughter and I are going in August (she turned 21 last year). She
wants the Westin,  although I think MC would be better being on the
Strip. And the rate is lower, with a great pool area. Both are rated
well on Trip Advisor. We're also thinking about TI and NYNY.

From Penn Station, it seems that I could walk 1/4 mile east to Fifth
Avenue and then take a bus north along Fifth Avenue to either the
Frick Collection or the Metropolitan Museum.  Am I reading the map
correctly?  Anyone care to name the busses that run along that route?

We'll be staying overnight in downtown Raleigh on June 26. The best deals
seem to be the Red Roof, the Days Inn and the Clarion. Can anyone let me
know if the areas around these are safe and if the places are nice? We'll be
coming in and going out on Amtrak (Charlotte to ...

I am a budget traveller. I plan to visit the East cost of the USA and
Canada next July, I would like to get in touch with people involved in
tourism/travel services there. Thanks in advance. Milada, 27yo girl.
http://www.geocities.com/Dorimilada

Please help me wit this reservation.  I am looking for a large 1 bedroom
condo that sleeps 2 adults and 2 kids.  The price range is @ $100-$150 /day.
I don't know which is better north or south.  I will be coming from South
any way (Yosemite)..

If a person buys a laptop in the U.S. while on holiday and brings it
back to the UK, what percentage would they have to pay when they
declare it at customs?
Thanks,