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COMFORT AND ECONOMY
Prefer condominiums

OR MANY travellers, staying in a hotel is
anything but ‘‘half the fun.’’ We prefer the

comfort and economy of condominium ac-
commodation where we can brew our own coffee,
have breakfast in our robes and eat our other meals
in Or out as the spirit moves us. Note the vast
numbers of condos available in Hawaii and Palm

Springs.

In Britain, this type of ac-
commodation is called ‘‘self-
catering’? and is widely
available. Trouble is, very
few travel agents book these
abodes so the tourist is oblig-
ed to do it privately.

One company that can help
you is Home From Home
International Ltd., 30a High
Street, Haselmere, Surrey,
GU27 2HJ. They’! mail you
a catalogue listing every pro-
perty they manage complete
with a full description, photo

By BARBARA McCREADIE

variety of helpful tips for
each place such as ‘‘Car
necessary’’ or ‘‘frequent
trains to Waterloo (London)
Station - 30 min.’ Other bits
of information may include a
forbidding: No telephone,
No TV, no children, no pets.

Some of the terms used
may be confusing for Cana-
dians. When we refer to a
cloakroom, we mean a place

and price list. Included is a to hang your coat. In Bnitain,

It’s the
pack-age

And this well constructed tight weight back
pack can be packaged up to become this much
smatier hip pack.

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it means an additional half-
bathroom. What they refer to
as an ‘‘annexe’’ is a self-
contained wing of an existing
house. The visitor is often
given a choice of duvets
(down comforters) or
blankets and must pay addi-
uonal for linen. Presumably,
many of the guests bring their
own - hardly practical for us.

Since many of the proper-
ties are family homes, tem-
porarily vacant while the
owners are out of the coun-
try, applicants are carefully
considered. Some of the
homes are large and sleep
eight or ten people. The com-
pany prefers to rent these to

Wootands

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family groups rather than
what might turn out to be a
group of wild youth, clubbed
together to share an interest
in wild parties.

If you’re a part of a group
wishing to rent one of these
homes you'd be wise to in-
clude something like ‘‘four
middle-aged married couples
sharing an interest in ancient
manuscripts and bird wat-
ching’’ or you may be turned
down flat.

The owner of Home From
Home, Christine Oswin,
visited here this week. She

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