Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!daver From: daver@hp-pcd.UUCP (daver) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Re: travel tip Message-ID: <11500003@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 01:56:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.11500003 Posted: Wed Jan 23 01:56:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:48:04 EST References: <139@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-13900:hpcvrd:11500003:000:1607 Nf-From: hpcvrd!daver Jan 10 22:56:00 1985 Here in the Pacific Northwest the best roadmaps I've found are printed by the state government for free distribution. I picked up my maps of Oregon and Washington at the respective state capitol buildings, but I'm sure the state tourist offices would be happy to send you one (ask for the state highway map). They are much more usable than the AAA maps, and more up-to-date too. As for arranging lodging in advance, any area which appeals to tourists will have a large number of motels, most of which are not listed with any travel agency or in any brochure. For example, several years ago I attended Wescon at the Anaheim convention center across from Disneyland. I had made no reservations at all, but when I arrived there I found the whole place surrounded by motels advertising single rooms for $18 and doubles for $24 (plus tax), and got a room at that price with a full kitchenette right down the block from the convention hall. A couple of years later my company sent me down there for NCC and put me up at a motel almost a mile from the convention center. The room wasn't as nice as the one I had stayed in the last time and cost $65 per night. I checked and found that there were still vacancies at the $18/night motels, despite the largest NCC in history (the one with the infamous tents whose airconditioning failed). Last fall I visited Disney World and found it surrounded by motels advertising similar room rates. If you are willing to take a chance, or are traveling off season, it may be a good idea not to make room reservations. Good luck. Dave Rabinowitz hp-pcd!daver