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NO ‘SUPPLEMENT’ AT SOME VILLAGES

Club Med offers singles a deal

THERE’S NOTHING tike a long weekend to encourage the
mail to pile up.:I’ve got a stack: in front of me that’ will
make our garbage ‘look like we’re moving out.

Some, of. course, is:interesting .
and contains valuable information
. — which I’m about to pass along.

The first has to do with an -

organization that I know fairly lit-
tle about — Club Med — meaning
that I’ve neyer.travelled:to any of
their resorts.

From what I’ve heard, the key
with Club Med is to. choose a loca-
tion (and there are many!) that
suits. the type of. lifestyle you are
comfortable with... 0 7.

One reader, anxious to savor the
history and culture of Mexico, ar-
rived at a location and found the
place full of swinging (young)
singles with limited ambition.
Other than volleyball you ‘can
probably figure out the rest.

Some Club Med destinations are
family oriented, others attract
couples. - .

For singles, the most annoying
part of travel. is a price increase
known as the ‘“‘single supple-
ment,” added-on to the prices in
resorts and on ships for the privi-
lege of having a room of your
own, en ;

The news item that caught my
eye is the removal of ‘‘single sup-
plements”. from four Club Med
villages: Caravelle on Guadeloupe;
Sonora Bay, Playa Blanca and
Huatulco, in Mexico.

I have no way of knowing what
goes on after the visitor arrives in
any of these destinations, but if
singles are being encouraged it’s
likely that you won’t be mobbed

by rug rats. The prices are in effect

until December, space available.
Ask around -among friends in
your particular age group and in-
terest level and bounce it off the
Club Med toll-free line (1-800-
268-1160). ;

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Incidentally, before you phone
any place in North America for in-
formation, particularly for travel
reservations, call 1-800-555-1212,
the information line for toll-free
numbers. .

J have been told, on occasion,
that the number they have listed
cannot be reached from Canada.
That is often true, but try it any-

way. : .
I had his happen when I checked

the toll-free for Circus-Circus in

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- Reno — don't believe everything
-you hear — it dials right smartly
from North Vancouver.

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Remember the Orient-Express?

_ A few years ago, the famous old

train was resurrected and runs be-
tween London and Venice.

' During June, if you fly British

Airways, you can save $800 per

couple on a one-way ticket (two

” travelwise
H Barbera McCreadie

days, one night, five countries,
black-tie dinner). :

It’s still not going to be EI-
Cheapo, but $800 is quite a saving.
- Here again, it’s something I
haven’t done but would like to,
despite the report from a friend
who made the trip that the old
thing rocks - ard rolls like a
demented teenager at a concert.
Info: 1-800-451-2253. ‘

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Fodor’s Guides are weli-known
textbooks for travellers. They’re in
the midst of a four-year program
to update and revise every destina-
tion and that shouldn’t be an item
where travel information is con-
cermed.

Things change so rapidly in this
business that I hesitate to recom-
mend a restaurant a week after
eating there.

However, I had always
wondered where an outfit such as
Fodor’s gleaned their information.

A few months ago, I had the
pleasure of travelling with one of
their researchers during a trip to
Scandinavia. If the rest of them
are as thorough as she was, and as

knowledgeable about the gi eC
mechanics of travel, give a thought who wanted to know if she should
to scanning one. Look for ‘89 travel with her ex-mother-in-law,

dating.

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I took a recent look at the

Alaska Ferry Terminal being built
in the Port of Bellingham
Fairhaven Terminal). It’s prom-
ised for an October completion
date with the first ferry due in the
fisst week of October.

It probably won’t be as much
use to us until next spring — TPH
happily pass on a winier visit to
Alaska but keep it in mind as an
alternative to cruising on one of
the many liners plying the coast in
summer ’90,

If you want an interesting day
trip, Fairhaven is a good choice ~
just south of Bellingham on I-5.
The advent of the ferry has seemed
to give this historic community a
shot of adrenalin.

gate

This next bit may be of limited
interest but are you a stamp collec-
tor? Canada’ Post just sent me a
bulletin that Western Canada’s
largest stamp show is being held in
Edmonton, June 23-24-25, at the
Coast Terrace Inn and that it will
include a major stamp launch,
June 23 (a Canadian photography
commemorative stamp).

Ordinarily, I'd have chucked
this in the round file but the news
release made me laugh.

Right near the top, in bold black
print, encouraging us to visit
“Sunny Edmonton ...where your
dollar goes further, gas is cheaper
and WE HAVE NO SALES
TAX!”

How about that? Fancy any-
thing related to our beloved gov-
ernment hooting about no taxes?

Be sure to double-check the
dates — if they are working on the
same schedule as our mail delivery
they might get started a week or so
late. .

eke

Most readers’ letters are an-
swered more quickly if you include
a telephone number.

This one failed to include either
phone number or address so I'll

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