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My hiisband and I decided

years ago that we would not.
_ bother linking up with other:

couples from home ‘for

_ vacations. The main reason -

is that when you go. with
. friends; you aren't ‘as apt to

“meet “new people, which for
us is” half the fun of
travelling. ae

Lately, Tve been getting a
lot of questions about
choosing -travel companions

_ for both singles and couples |

‘as well as a lot of remarks
from both on some of their
experiences.

Another couple ‘we ‘met

found themselves in similar
circumstances. They. never
did straighten out the hotel
problem to their satisfaction
and to make matters worse,
one of the men snoréd so

ferociously that the other, -

three didn’t sleep much. -

His wife -had a delightful
habit of placing her false
teeth in a glass of water on
the bathroom sink. She spent
one full. hour in the
bathroom three times a day.
And, she left her underwear

‘soaking in the KITCHEN
SINK!

The other problem they
discovered was the reason

- his.cabin mates turned out to

the: other girl sat in the lobby
- of the hotel until she got | the
“all clear” .

One young man I met
shared a cabin on a ship with
three strangers. He couldn’t

-believe his eyes when one of

be “female”. Well, atmost!
He was beautiful, with long
blond. hair and exquisite -
‘makeup. He’ shaved his
whiskers with “Neet!”

& .
Actually, he turned out to

be quite a pleasant cabin

companion—his belongings

were néatly stored and he

smelled a lot better than the

' other two! Besides, he was
rarely around, Rumor had it

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One couple told me that
they planned a vacation with
another couple whom they
had known for years. They
rented what they thought
“was a two-bedroom con-
dominium in Hawaii.
Because both men are ex-
tremely tall, they specified
queen-sized beds. From the
“beginning of their holiday
EVERYTHING went wrong!

Their flight was delayed
six hours and then, after two
hours in the air they had to
return to Vancouver for
repairs to the plane. By the
time they arrived in
Honolulu, it was the middle
of the night. Something got
gibbied-up with their hotel
reservations and instead of
two bedrooms, ctc., they
found themselves flipping a
coin for who got the one
bedroom with the ordinary
double bed while the losers
got the hide-a-beds in the
living room.

They managed to sort that
out the next day but not
without a lot of phone-calls
to their Canadian agent and
running around on their
own. With two days of their
vacation already shot, they
decided to head for the
beach on the third day.

Carefully locking all their
belongings in the trunk of
the car they raced for the
surf. It didn't take long for a
thief to jimmy open the

trunk and steal the whole °

works. Luckily, their wallets
and purses only contained a
small amount of cash but
even their underwear was
taken.

After a week of variable
cloudiness in Honolulu, they
headed for Maui. And were
fit to be tied when their
reservations were again
mixed-up, but this time they
didn't have beds at all.
Another day went by while
they scarched for some place
to stay. It was fortunate that
their friendship survived the
strain!

_ husband,

the guy snored. He had quite
a drinking problem. In fact,
by noon each day he was
fairly well corked. His wife
did her share in that
department, too, but instead
of just going rigid, like her
she went by
regular progression, from
the giggles to the weeps and
ended up feeling ‘romantic’.

Since her husband was
zonked by this time, any
available male would do.
She picked up strays in bars,
often disappearing for a
while.
appeared later at the hotel,
banging loudly on the door
to be let in. Luckily,
husband was well into the
snoring by this time or they
would have gotten to know
the homicide department.

; After the first week, the
couples went their separate
ways and haven’t seen each
other since! . °

Singles, too, have their
share of bad experiences in
the world of travel. Money
can be a real problem. One
gal told me that she had
done a European junket with
a woman she thought she
knew fairly well.

Her companion was a
compulsive shopper and
bought everything she could
lay her hands on. But, when
it came time to split the meal
check or the liquor bill, she
was always acouple of dollars
short. Cabs got the same
treatment, as did tips. The
woman was good company
and they had a lot of fun but
they never travelled together
again.

One girl, in her early 20's,
told me that she travelled for
a month with a girlfriend.
This turned into a disaster
when she learned that the
friend had very liberated
ideas about sex. In fact, she
liberated ai different guy
every night—using their
hotel room. This meant that

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