Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!aluxe!2141smh From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: travel tip Message-ID: <607@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 10:53:38 EST Article-I.D.: aluxe.607 Posted: Tue Jan 8 10:53:38 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 03:55:39 EST References: <139@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 23 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > Good luck! I tried this with Canada and Great Britain. No such thing! In Canada you have to deal with the individual provinces. Believe it or not Labrador & Newfoundland has some of the most complete literature and some of the most interesting scenery and areas. For Great Britain you almost have to visit their Tourist Office in NYC which has 2 rooms chuck full of really good information. Most of the information costs about 40% more than if you wait until you get to GB. On our recent trip to Scotland, we did get a government listing of all B&B's which was invaluable since in northwestern Scotland there aren't very many and in southcentral they tend to fill up fast. By the way, we made a point to hit the NYC Tourist Office 2 hours before our flight out of JFK. The clerk had told me which books to look at and it worked out fine. > But I've always found it necessary to supplement it > heavily with commercial material. I agree that tour books are good, but some of the best ones are written in the country you intend to visit for their own people and are sold through Tourist Offices such as the ones for Great Britain and Scandinavia.