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Bulgaria tours

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
A friend and I spent two weeks in Romania and Bulgaria, May 25-June 7, 2007, with Adventures Abroad Worldwide Travel (800/665-3998, www.adventuresabroad.travel). The land-only cost was $3,720. This was a great trip, with a nice survey of each country. There was an A.A. guide with us throughout, but I particularly want to recommend the travel agency ...

Buenos Aires bargain

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
I thought the Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires was way beyond my budget, but, thanks to an incredible package from WOW! Argentina (Santa Fe 882 12th floor, C1059ABP, Buenos Aires, Argentina; www.wow argentina.com), we stayed there July 18-20, 2007. For the two of us, $866 plus tax included three nights’ stay in a double room and ...

Arrangements for Ecuador

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
Arrangements for Ecuador
As my grandchildren graduate from junior high, I take each on a trip anywhere he or she chooses. In June ’07 I took my granddaughter Alli to Ecuador and the Galápagos. As with most trips I take (I’ve been to 110 countries), I checked the Internet to see what was offered and got information from tours ...

Galápagos cruise on the Mary Anne

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
Galápagos cruise on the Mary Anne
Following a visit to Peru in January-February ’07 (Nov. ’07, pg. 41), my husband, Joe, and I continued on to Quito, Ecuador, then flew TAME airlines to the Galápagos Islands. We boarded the S/S Mary Anne, a cruise ship run by Angermeyer Cruises. The cruise we took, which cost $2,800 per person (excluding international airfare), can ...

Refund from Alitalia

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
A letter of mine, regarding a lost-baggage claim, was printed under the title “Travelex Came Through Despite Alitalia’s Silence” (Aug. ’07, pg. 31). I am writing to inform you that we have received a check from Alitalia. It was dated Aug. 13, 2007, and postmarked Sept. 10. There was no letter included — nothing showing the ...

No vacation refund after missing flight

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
I purchased a 2-week extended holiday to Costa del Sol, Spain, with Sun Holidays for March ’07. The total price was $1,847, which included airfare from New York’s JFK to Málaga, Spain, with Iberia Air; hotel for 13 nights; transfers; meals; three local tours, and taxes. I separately arranged domestic air on US Airways to ...

Needed to change a connection

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
For our 50th anniversary, in August ’06 my wife and I left for Europe on a 2-month trip. We utilized a travel agency in Colorado for airline, train and hotel bookings. Our drive in a rental car through France would end at Strasbourg, after which we would take an Adriatic cruise. The ship would depart its ...

Denied Saudi Arabia visa

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
I was part of a group of eight Americans scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, Oct. 22-Nov. 2, 2006, under the auspices of Advantage Travel & Tours. I was the only member of our tour group whose visa was denied. I also was the only member of the group who was Jewish and so indicated on ...

Enjoyed meals on Continental

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
My husband and I flew on Continental Airlines July 15, 2007, from San Francisco to Newark to Copenhagen to board the Crystal Symphony for a cruise around the Baltic Sea. Much to our surprise, the food on the flight was terrific in business/first class. The dinner began with seafood, including a lovely lobster bisque demitasse with ...

Hutong tour in Beijing

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
While my husband and I were in Beijing for three days during a 2-week trip to China, April 15-29, 2007, I wanted to take a tour of the hutongs. Hutongs are the alleys that are lined with multitudes of small homes. They covered the city for centuries, but since the founding of the People’s Republic of ...