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6 - Sunday, January 21, 1990 - North Shore News

packing!

LUGGAGE NEEDPI'T DRAG YOU DOWN

SOME PEOPLE regard packing

their suitcase as ex-

citement-filled, magical prelude to an adventure. Others
regard it dourly as a gloom-ridden onerous chore.

Both kinds of travellers will find
their packing experience made
(even) more enjoyable by learning
a few tips from Fraser Mac-
Donald, owner of Gulliver’s Trav-
els in Park Royal.

innovations
&
indulgences

Peggy Trendell-Whittaker

Tomorrow, MacDonatd is once
again offering his ‘‘Packing
Magic”? one-evening demonstra-
tion through North Shore Conti-
nuing Education. It will be held at
Carson Graham School, 2145
Jones Ave., from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m., for a cost of $10 per person.
To register, call 986-8888 and
reserve for course #MW26.

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11:30-3pm

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RESTAURANT

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Even if you're not planniny a
trip at the moment, the evening
promises to be interesting. Don’t
believe me? Consider: MacDonald
promises to show participants how
to pack 69 combinations of
clothing, a smoke detector, burglar
alarm, rain jacket or two,
toiletries, hair dryer, shoes, folding
golf clubs and a varicty of other
items into one carry-on bag!

“People Jearn things they never
thought were possible,’ says
MacDonald. ‘If I can’t get people
down to one carry-on, PI at least
get them down to one suitcase.””

Also discussed will be types of
guidebooks, garment bags, luggage
and different electrical currents in
other countries.

Hf you can’t make the class, you
may be lucky and nab MacDonald
for some advice while shopping at
Gulliver’s, which carries travel
items that range from the practical
to the frivolous.

If you are in the market for
some new travel accessories, Mac-
Donald recommends the following
useful items, which he says are
proving very popular.

The Oxford Organizer, selling
for $29.95 is the store’s ‘tcontinu-
ing best-seller’? and hoids ‘‘all the
small things you normally tear
apart a suitcase to find.’’ The six-
compartment pocket can carry
socks, underwear and a variety of
other small items and packs into
any size suitcase.

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An inflatable collar pillow is
also invaluable when doing any
long-distance bus or airplane trav-
el, says MacDonald. Because it fits
around your neck, your head
won’t fall off the pillow and pro-
vides you with relief from struggl-
ing with the sometimes-
unaccommodating square airline
pillows. Inflatable collars are pric-

J. Collins is

furniture sale,

685-8414

1080 Mainland Street
at Helmcken
Downtown
Vancouver, B.C.

having a January

ed between $7.95 and $15.95.

If you're inspired by Mac-
Donald’s ‘‘packing magic’’
lessons, a good first step along the
road to one-bag travel is the
Gulliver's Bag, a carry-on that
comes in four colors with a price
tag of $94. One of the major at-
tractions of the three-pocket bag,
MacDonald says, is that it will

but then so
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NEWS photo Gin ly Goodman
LISA OVENS of Gulliver's Travels displays the Gulliver’s Bag, into which store owner Fraser MacDonald can
show you how to pack an amazing assortment of travel necessities. MacDonald is giving a class on *‘Packing
Magic’ at Carson Graham School tomorrow evening.

convert to a backpack — a very
useful feature if you plan to do
any walking on your trip.

He also recommends the Sam-
sonite UltraValet ($250) which he
calls ‘‘very quick and easy to travel
with.” It opens like a book, and
contains an organizer which can be
pulled out and packed with
dresses, shirts, socks, etc.

. but they
aren't selling
the good stuff.

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435-5566

4240 Manor Street
Burnaby, B.C.

(Half a block west of
Sheraton Villa Hotel)