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_ agents-and airlines, just like |. -

anyone else. Experience. has

taught me a_ lot about the

best and most economical

ways to get around the world
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offering to give-them a.
private report on how the
thing is shaping up. They pgét
a full, PRIVATE report
from a lady who pokes her
~ Ose into kitchens, rooms,

“tours 2 and the whole scheme. -

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travellers and. you wouldn't
at some.of the
. storiés I hear. Of course, if I
find -something good, Ill
write about it in my column.

But, Til also tell you where
the warts are located on the
body of the frog. Anyone

* . who knows. me will tell you:

that I've got a_ healthy
respect for truth. Besides, if
I could be bought and sold, I
_wouldn’t be making small

bucks writing a travel
column!
I love to write, and

nothing pleases. me more

than someone who says, “F

‘get a kick out of your
columns, even if I can’t
travel.” The world is just a
lot of geography - it's the
people whomatter!

Maybe I've said this all
wrong. What I wanted to say
is that I can't be bought. I
pay my own way. I write
because it’s fun. The papers
pay me, just as they would
any other wr iter.

readers. have asked .

I'm still .

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:by Barbara
McCreadie

I wish all a those salesmen
‘with their: \time-share”
_ programs would quit sending
me.the junk. I haven’t.seen

one. yet that I'd. ‘buy.’ ;
“Suckers” Delights”
make me mad.

In travel, _ just “like

anything else, you get what
you pay for. In a way, it’s
like buying a cemetery plot -
if you feel the need for
“Cradle-to-grave” care,
there’s always someone who
will be. happy to sell you a
package.

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too much to pay for two
weeks in England? I don’t

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