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My wife, Barbara, and I booked a trip to Buenos Aires for March ’07 with Escapes Unlimited (2012 Lerner Lane, Santa Ana, CA 92705; 800/243-7227, www.escapesltd.com). We would be flying COPA airlines, which uses Panama City as its hub. Since it was necessary to change planes there anyway, we chose to take a layover in Panama City on the way down. (We had good service on COPA, by the way.)
My wife, Pat, and I have been fans of the Entertainment Book® (Entertainment Publications Operating Co., 1414 E. Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083; 888/231-7283, www.entertainment.com), with dated coupons, for years. Usually sold by local fundraising groups, such as libraries, clubs and youth organizations, it offers opportunities to save up to 50% on dining, shopping and travel in major cities and geographic areas of the U.S. When planning our November ’06 trip to Australia, we found that the publishers offered versions of the book for major cities in that country as well.
My wife and I took a cruise out of San Pedro, California, on the Celebrity Summit, March 31-April 14, 2007, visiting the Mexican Riviera, Costa Rica, Panama and Aruba and disembarking in Ft. Lauderdale. Based on our experience, we suggest that if you are flying to Los Angeles to pick up a cruise, consider using the Long Beach airport (LGB) rather than Los Angeles International (LAX).
by Julie Skurdenis, Contributing Editor, photos by Katie Skurdenis-Lalli
Dear Globetrotter:
