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Dear Barbarai Can you settle
: aR argument for us? My
‘husband and -I are going to
. ‘take a: late fall. visit to
Europe. This is the first time
‘since we've been married
that. we've been able to
afford a long holiday. Pm

sure. that_I_read one_of your
that = advised.

columns
- couples to split-ap the
money, travellers’ cheques
and credit cards. My
husband says he thinks that
advice is “bloody silly” and
that he will look after.
everything. It’s not as if J am
some kind. of scatterbrain

but he just has this macho .

thing about controlling all
our fands.

Answer: If anyone is “bloody

_ silly”, it’s your husband!
When Briati~and I travel
together, we split
everything. If anyone carries

’ the whole wad — it’s ME.
Very simply, a purse, firmly
strapped to a shoulder and
wedged under an arm is a lot
more reliable than a pocket.

CP Air is offering five
attractive new holiday
packages to sun-soaked Fiji
this winter as the govern-
ment of that South Pacific
island nation gears up for an
anticipated 50° per cent

increase in tourism from
North America by 1982.

CP Air is one of Fiji's
avaition pioneers as_ the
country
destination on the airline’s
first international service 30
years ago. It is linked to
Canada with twice-weekly
flights via Honolulu.
Southbound, the = service
extends to Sydney,
Australia.

The five holiday packages,
organized by the airline's
wholly-owned — subsidiary.
Elan Holidays Inc. and
marketed by travel agents,
cover 17 days and start at
$1,119 from Vancouver.

Vacationers have a choice
of:

The Robinson Crusoe
Holiday, which includes a
12-day stay at the Regent of
Fiji, an international luxury
‘resort. There is a four-day
visit to Mana Island Resort,
reached after a two-hour
cruise.

The Pacific Paradise
Holiday, which includes a
shorter stay at the Regent,
with visits to Mana Island,
the Naviti Resort on the
Coral Coast and the capital
«of Suva.

The Beachcomber
Holiday, which highlights
twice Beachcomber Island
Mesort and the Naviti Resort
Hotel on the Coral Coast.

The Blue Lagoon Holiday,
\ hich includes a three-day
yacht cruise through the
Yasawa Islands and stays at
the Regent and Mana Island.

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Although no-one likes to

think of emergencies such as - a

robberies, illness or . even
death, these. things ‘happen.
A friend. of. mine: was
travelling with his wife in
Europe. He was hit. by a
runaway car and had_his leg

broken... Wouldn't. his -wife -
have been in a mess if all .

their ° monéy was in

‘travellers’ cheques in. HIS
name? He could ‘hardly get
out of a hospital ‘bed to sign
them.

If your husband persists in
this folly, be sure to take a
few hundred dollars of your
own, for emergencies — if
you have to scrounge it out
of the grocery money. Also,
get your own Visa card.
Even if you never use it, it
will give you a_ sense. of

' security.

Everyone ‘Should’ carry

their money and documents:

‘with them at. all times —
even. in the shower. Never
leave your stuff unattended

The Island Combination
Holiday, which includes”
visits to. both Fiji and the
Hawaiian Islands.

Departures for each
package begin early in
January and run_ through
April 26, except for the
Island Combination Holiday
which starts Dec. 13 and

_ runs through: April 24.-
became a -

Last year the Fiji islands
had 184,000 visitors and
tourism is now second to
sugar as a source of foreign
currency. The government's
tourist promotion budget has
been increasing annually,
and is now running close to
$1 million annually.

Fiji enjoys a near-perfect
climate with a temperature
of 22-23 degrees year-round.
High seasons for tourism are
the summer months and the
December-January holiday
period. About 2,600 hotel
rooms are available.

There are fine beach
resorts with first class
facilities. An unwritten rule
of “no building higher than
the palm trees” helps
preserve the natural beauty
of the islands.

Visitors have a choice of

golf, tennis, lively floor
shows, mysterious fire-
walking ceremonies,
scrumptious beach _bar-

WAIKIKI $369

8 Daya, 7 Nights, Al & Hotel

WAIKIKI $439

16 Days, 14 Nights, Ar & Hotel
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LAS VEGAS $189

& Daya, 4 Nighta, Ai & Hotel

RENO $209

6 Days, 7 Nighta, Aw & Hotel

RENO $179

8 Daya, 4 Nights, Al & Hotel

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10507 K. Geo. Hwy. Surrey

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Rog. Travel AGent Na t4?-a

by Barbara
McCreadie

in a hotel room while - you

lock yourself in the

bathroom.

At night, Brian piles his

wallet and other valuables

into his pillowcase. I take my
purse to bed!

-becues, crystal clear waters,

sailing and snorkelling and |
” cruises. Fiji’s duty-freeshops
are. packed with bargains -

from all over the world.

The discoverer of Fiji was
Abel Tasman in 1643.

Captain Cook landed on one-
of the 300 islands in 1774 and -
100 years later they became
.part of the British Empire. ~
Jin- 5

The country became -
dependent in 1970.

_ areas -

Dear Barbara: i read that it
Is a good idea:to buy your
.maps here in Canada, before.

you leave for Europe. Is this -
‘really necessary?

Answer: I've had no dif-
ficulty getting
anywhere in. Europe.
Whenever we'’ve- rented a
car, the agency has given us
any we've needed and also
pencilled-in the best routes.
— often avoiding congested
and pointing out
shortcuts. The only. ad-
vantage I can see in buying
them here would be for
planning purposes — _ and
daydreaming! |

One thing to remember —
We Canadians think nothing
of hopping in a car and
covering 600 miles in a day.
This is virtually impossible in
Europe due -to the
congestion of traffic and the
numerous small towns along
the way. Besides, there’s so
much to see, you'd . be
wasting your time by trying
to cover too much at high
speed. Gear-down on the

- planning.

~ maps .

“my arithmetic is.
- unreliable,
-afrive in countries where I’m

Dear. Baibarai Tm + anything

but accurate in arithmetic. .
rm “concerned - “about: con- .

5 verting.. foreign money into

~ dollars so I know what prices

are. Do you have any. little
formula ta help you out?

Answer: I can'‘sympathise —

-too. When I.

unused to the currency. I
write down a

converter on a bit of paper
and keep it handy. Some

countries are easier ‘than.

_the British pound was worth...
‘ $2, you could multiply by

two easily. The Italian lira
are more difficult because it
takes between seven and
eight hundred of .them to
make a dollar so you get into
some pretty big numbers.
After you’ve been there a

‘while, you get to thinking in

lira, but the. new visitor can
get boggled.

Check out currency ex-
change rates before you
leave home. Work with them
a while, If you find it just too

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and take it with you. » pirat

Never buy. things i in a rush.
This is when: -most mistakes

‘are made. This is just one:of

the reasons why:I hate tour
buses! The leader, generally, - ;
allows the group to 9 Stop. fora.
half-hour - to shop in some.
bazaar (previously chosen. by
someone getting a-rake-off).

Forty. people barrel into: the~

place ‘and start: trying’ “to
throw their money ‘around.
Help! The staff is...over-
whelmed — and. often’ make
a lot of ‘errors themselves.

‘Sometimes I’ve had a feeling .
. that the errors are carefully —

calculated. ‘because the poor
old “groupies” haven't’ a-
chance of returning to
complain.

_On the rare occasion that
this scene has happened’ to.
me, I got mad — and took —
my own sweet time “in —
calculating prices, adding up °
totals and checking “my |
change. Perhaps if more
people. did. this, the tour
companies would smarten-
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