28 - Sunday, September 6, 1947 - North Shore News

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travelling public can be responsible
for more headaches than New
Year's Eve, every day of the year.

Doctors can bury their mistakes
— travel agents strand theirs on
the dock in Bongo Bongo or in the
Bedbug Arms in East
Moosepasture,

Now that I have knocked some
of the stardust from the profes-
sion, there are several schools of-
fering courses aimed at preparing
“junior travel agents’. Same, like
the Open Learning Institute (660-
2224) offer strictly correspondence
courses,

Here on the North Shore, the
Travel Training Centre (986-2221)
offers classroom instruction
although correspondence courses
can be made available.

I talked with one of the direc-
tors, Lynn Dawson, who explained
that they don't recommend cor-
respondence simply because com-
puters play a major role in every
travel agency and ‘‘without one.
you're dead"’.

Excess medical
makes sense

THIS TIME of year, many people
are planning their fall vacations,
all set for a first-rate holiday away
from the daily grind.

Whether it's Hawaii, Europe,
the Mediterranean or Australia, a
long stay or short, the possibility
of needing medical attention
should not be overlooked.

The Medical Services Plan of
B.C. pays a maximum of only $75
per day (Canadian) for ordinary
hospital room and board outside
Canada. One day in a U.S. hospi-
tal can cost hundreds or even
thousands of dollars.

it’s not unheard of for a healthy
traveller to suffer a heart attack
while on vacation. The extra $20
for Excess Medical may seem an
unnecessary expense while plann-
ing for a trip, but U.S. hospital
bills for a heart victim often exceed
$60,000.

It’s an expensive way to learn
the value of Excess Medical.

According to Mike Miles, B.C.
Automobile Association claims
manager, you should find out ex-
actly what your present extended
medical insurance covers. Excess
Medical coverage should provide
emergency protection for hospital
and medical-related expenses in-
curred on an out-of-province trip,
and should extend to air am-
bulance, emergency dental treat-
ment, subsistence allowance, fami-
ly transportation, return of vehicle
and repatriation expenses,

Make sure your travel agent ful-
ly explains the benefits of your
Excess Medical before you leave.
The memories you bring back
from a vacation should include
some great pictures and good
stories. Not a collection of medical
bills and an empty bank account.

So before you pack your suit-
case, purchase your insurance.
Then relax and enjoy.

Careers in Travel
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holiday

Lynn explained that jobs in the
industry are difficult to find, how-
ever the TTC has a 73 per cent
placement rate which sounds pretty
good to me.

was

The “Snowbirds” will soon be
flying south for the winter and if
any of you happen to be heading
for Yuma you'll probably cross the
border into the little Mexican town
of San Luis.

The economy of San Luis de-
pends a great deal on the shopping
done by Canadian visitors and to

show their gratitude, the local
people present costumed dances on
a regular basis. Up until last
winter, they performed on a small,
uneven dance floor.

This year, thanks to a group of
Canadians, they']] be dancing on a
brand-new wooden platform en-
tirely financed and constructed by
visiting Canadians. Ken and Peggy
Dale of North Vancouver par-
ticipated in the project and sent me
a clipping about it from the Yuma
paper.

Nice touch for multi-national
relations.

invites you 10 our

TRAVEL SHOWCASE '87

DATE: SEPTEMBER 18th, 1987
PLACE: International Plaza Hotel
1999 Marine Dr.. N. Vancouver
TIME: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
COST: $2.00 (redeemable towards travel)
Non-refundable

Plan your Fall/Winter vacation by meeting the following travel supoliers:

SITMAR CRUISES

HOLLAND AMERICA LINE WESTOURS
ROYAL VIKING LINE

PRINCESS CRUISES

AIR CANADA TOURAM

TREK HOLIDAYS

VANCOUVER - VANCOUVER ISLAND
Horseshoe Bay - Nanaimo

Effective: Wednesday, September 9th through Tuesday,
October 13th, 1987.

Lv. Horseshoe Bay Lv. Nanaimo
7:00 am 3:00 pm 7:00 am 3:00 pm
9:00 5:00 8:00 4:00
10:00 6:00 9:00 5:00
11:00 7:00 41:00 7:00
1:00 pm 9:00 12:00 Noon 9:00
2:00 1:00 pm

VANCOUVER - VANCOUVER ISLAND

Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay

Effective: Wednesday, September 9th through Tuesday,
October 13th, 1987.

Ferries will sail every hour on the hour from 7 am to 7 pm
plus the last departure at 9 pm, in both directions.

Welcome Aboard!

BC FERRICS

Early Fail/ Winter
Schedule

Effective: Wednesday, September 9th
through Saturday, January 2, 1988.

VANCOUVER - SUNSHINE COAST
Horseshoe Bay - Langdale

tv. Horseshoe Bay Lv. Langdale
7:30 am 3:30 pm 6:20 am
9:30 . §:30 8:30
11:30° 7:25 10:30°
1:15 pm 9:15 12:25 pm

JERVIS INLET
Saltery Bay - Earls Cove

Lv. Saltery Bay Lv. Earls Cove
5:45 am 3:30 pm 6:40 am 4:30 pm
7:35° 5:30 8:20° 6:30
9:25 7:30 10:30 8:30

41:30 $:30 12:25 pm 10:20

1:30 pm* . 2:30°

*Scheduled September 9 through October 13 and on

December 24, 26, 27, 28.

Welcome Aboard!

BC FERRIES

WARDAIR
FIESTA HOLIDAYS
WESTERN VACATIONS
CLUB MED
INTERNATIONAL COACH TOURS
THRIFTY CAR RENTAL
CATHAY PACIFIC - DISCOVERY TOURS
PACIFIC BESTQUA
Light Refreshments — Door Prizes

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9 FEATURE-LENGTH TRAVEL FILMS
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SEASON
1987—88

THREE LOCATIONS - FIVE SHOWS TO CHOOSE FROM
VANCOUVER -- ORPHEUM THEATRE 6:00 PM
RICHMOND -- GATEWAY THEATRE 5:45 PM 8:30 PM (2 Shows)
NORTH VAN. CENTENNIAL THEATRE 6:00 PM 8:30 PM (2 Shows)
* MEXICO Sept. 17-19-23

* DENMARK Oct. 7-8-9

*& NOVA SCOTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND
and LABRADOR Nov. 4-5-6

* CHINA Nov. 25-26
x VOYAGE of COLUMBUS ...Jan. 13-14-15
+ RUSSIA Jon. 27-28-29
* GERMANY Feb. 17-18-23
x AUSTRALIA

 e SWITZERLAND

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NORTH VAN. CENT. THEATRE (9 shows) $54.50 Stu. 37.50
RICHMOND GATEWAY THEATRE (6 shows) $36.50 Stu. 25.00

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