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Sun shirt from Magellan’s. Photo: Brodie
Comfortable, fashionable and quick dry — locating garments found to be just the fit by globetrotters (part 1)

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Someone who travels a lot develops a preference for clothing that has certain properties. We asked you to tell us about the apparel you pack and where you bought it. We wanted to know brand names, so shoppers can inquire about them in the mall or look them up online. And we asked you to give us the name of the store or company from which you purchased each item, including, if possible, its contact information (location, phone number or website).

We printed the recommendations of several travelers in last month’s issue. Here are a few more. If you have...

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Child monks learning to dance at Kuenga Rabten, the winter palace of Bhutan’s second king, south of Trongsa. Photo: Bernstein
Travelers name tour companies and guides headquartered at the destinations (Part 1)

Chuck Lynn of Overland Park, Kansas, wrote (Feb. ’14, pg. 15), “For every place my wife and I plan to visit, I always want a printed map. Most tourist bureaus offer PDF maps to download, but I find they are not of much use because my printer prints only sheets measuring 8½"x11" or 8½"x14", and I don’t want to tape a bunch of sheets together. My local FedEx print shop can print a large PDF map, but the cost (is high). Do any of my fellow readers of ITN have a suggestion?”

A few readers sent responses, which are printed below...

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R.C. with Ibrahim Morgan near Cairo. Photo by Donna Pyle

Yvonne Richter of San Diego, California, wrote (Jan. ’14, pg. 29), “My husband, Juergen, and I like to take customized private tours, and we prefer to use tour companies and guides that are local to the destinations. I would like travelers to write in about foreign tour companies and guides they have used for private tours, including as many of the following details as possible:

“The name and contact information of the foreign tour company or private guide (location, phone, email and/or URL). A rating from 1 (poor) to 10 (great) plus an explanation of the rating....

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(Part three in a series) — Someone who travels a lot develops a preference for clothing that has certain properties, so we asked you to tell us about the apparel you pack and where you bought it. We wanted to know brand names, so shoppers can inquire about them in the mall or look them up online. And we asked you to give us the name of the store or company from which you purchased each item, including, if possible, its contact information (location, phone number or website).

We printed readers’ recommendations in our April and May 2014 issues, and here are a few...

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What truly international search websites are there that provide a wider selection of flights from global lists of airlines?
Researcher Dezso and his wife, Kinga (left), with Norine Matteson.
Subscribers outline procedures for discovering distant family 
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