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| MUST apologize to the reader who wrote to
ask me to reprint the column on ways to save

up money for travel.

travel-

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“| put. the ietter. on ‘file and

" “promptly: forgot about it. |

‘can’t even find where I filed

‘itt wouldn't, have thought

‘about. it except , that, I. got a.

‘call from another. reader

: asking for the same reprint
0; better than ‘‘

chere:i is. a. belated reprint.

“Most! of us will agree that

-planning: ‘for,-that big
overseas’ ‘vacation: ‘can be as
“vmuch fun‘as. the trip itself.
oT -; People’ who find ‘it difficult,

‘if nat, impossible, to. save.

.-money”.for necessities find
athemselves‘. relishing . small
“-economies to hoard. cash
- “for our trip.’? Kids who
.,normaliy have a distaste for
--Jabor- volunteer for paper

. routes. and: odd jobs’ when ©

the. goal is: Sun. Valley or.
Waikiki.

{ asked. a tiumber, of peo- ©

: “ple how they manage to af-

‘i their incomes -are’ far’ from
: the luxury, level. Some of the
. ‘Feplies: :
We: Keep a coin. collector.
“Eve. a night we dump all our

'- sJoose ‘change in’ the bottle’

“and “every month’ we empty
“it, roll it'and deposit it in‘a
‘special account...
:- Coupons. We save every
“cents off’? coupon and the
savings go directly into a
special account.
”. Moonlighting. Many peo-
“ple take on an extra-job such
as selling cosmetics or plastic
‘housewares in the evenings. _
- Cutting down on luxuries.
‘Many people ration wine,
‘liquor, cigarettes, dining
‘gut, theatres and new clothes
,to fatten the travel fund.
“Meal stretching. It’s one
‘thing to omit expensive

_tain columns.

foods from your budget if
you have to. It’s not nearly
so painful if you’re doing it
because you want to. Pre-
packaged and junk foods are
fast, convenient and expen-
Siva,

Bare-bones budgeting.
Some people review their en-
tire budget, vowing to cut all
Spending by a certain per-
centage. Thermostats are
lowered, gas consumption is
rationed, lights\are turned
off. Long distance telephone
calis are forbidden and Visa
cards are locked up for the
duration. Lunches are pack-
ed not. bought. Feet were
made for walking.

I. know that many people
are doing all this stuff just:to

/ Stay: alive and for them,

travel is something that will
have to wait until the
economy improves. When it
does, they'll know all the
best ways to save for that
dream vacation.

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DEAR BARBARA: |
~ Thank you for your Bri-
“Pve clipped
them all and they’re going
along on our upcoming trip
to Britain.
* ['m .taking my son to

England this spring .as a

bonus for getting ‘straight
**As”’ this year - he got them
first. semester and he'd better
keep.up ‘the good work or
else - have you ever heard an
emptier threat?...

Anyway, my son will be
18 by the time we go and I'd
like-to know if there is any

‘special’ thing I should try

and include in this - our first
- overseas trip?

ANSWER: First-time
tYavellers almost always try
to.see and do too much.
Naturally, “you'll want to

. spend some time in London.
‘ford to travel: even‘:though

There, it's not WHAT you

do but HOW you sce it,

Get yourself .a map of
downtown and*-a good
guidebook. Circle the .sights
you want to see on the map
and group your visits. The
book should tel! you approx-
imately how much time is
required to see the place
properly.

For example, a visit to the
Tower of London can't be

“done in Jess than half a day

(start early and give yourself
till about mid-afternoon).
dust across Tower Bridge is a
tourist attraction called the
“London Dungeon’? and
young people usually enjoy a
visit to it. It doesn't take
long - maybe an hour - and
fits nicely with your day at
the Tower.

Sometirnes the most ordi-
nary things make the biggest
impression on kids - fish and
chips. in newspaper,
double-decker buses, the
‘tube’? and classic old pubs
like the Cheshire Cheese.
That’s a good choice for
lunch on a day you go to a
matinee as it’s closé to the
‘theatres in the Strand.

Look for a’magazine call-
ed ‘*What’s On In London’,
published weekly, for a cur-
rent guide. Sign up for a
walking tour - I'd recom-
mend the one that involves
ghosts and mysteries. Brian
and I did that one in
September and it was great.

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rest of England although 1
missed out places like Strat-
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district, Oxford and so on -
since we couldn’t do
“everything’’ I picked places
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