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Subject: Re: travel tip
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 10:53:38 EST
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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.