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"Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc When do you plan to make the visit ? This is quite important as the US has rather more extremes of climate than Shropshire. Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Tom,
If you send me an email directly I will send you a link to a website I put together on our recent trip to the USA. It's not quite finished, so I don't want to put it out there on the newsgroup as yet, but I think it may have some useful info for you. Anyway, if you write to me I will send you the link. Kind regards, Dominic "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc We might want to hire a carif our UK drivers licence would cover us. We would hope to keep out of hurricane areas, and criminally unsafe areas. Tom, From Shropshire UK |
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Tom,
If you send me an email directly I will send you a link to a website I put together on our recent trip to the USA. It's not quite finished, so I don't want to put it out there on the newsgroup as yet, but I think it may have some useful info for you. Anyway, if you write to me I will send you the link. Kind regards, Dominic "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc We might want to hire a carif our UK drivers licence would cover us. We would hope to keep out of hurricane areas, and criminally unsafe areas. Tom, From Shropshire UK |
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Tom,
If you send me an email directly I will send you a link to a website I put together on our recent trip to the USA. It's not quite finished, so I don't want to put it out there on the newsgroup as yet, but I think it may have some useful info for you. Anyway, if you write to me I will send you the link. Kind regards, Dominic "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi, We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e Space exploration Museums, etc We might want to hire a carif our UK drivers licence would cover us. We would hope to keep out of hurricane areas, and criminally unsafe areas. Tom, From Shropshire UK |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:25:06 GMT, Pan wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:55:42 +0100, "Tom" wrote: Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also documentation required? eg Visas? Tom For flights, check the usual suspects (travelocity.com, expedia.com, orbitz.com, lowestfare.com, not in any particular order) and check airline websites for special deals (rare, but can happen). UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure. This is true if the subjects have the new type of machine-readable passport. If not, beginning at some date in the not-too-distant future, a visa will be required. It would probably be easier and cheaper to get a new passport than to get a visa. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:25:06 GMT, Pan wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:55:42 +0100, "Tom" wrote: Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also documentation required? eg Visas? Tom For flights, check the usual suspects (travelocity.com, expedia.com, orbitz.com, lowestfare.com, not in any particular order) and check airline websites for special deals (rare, but can happen). UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure. This is true if the subjects have the new type of machine-readable passport. If not, beginning at some date in the not-too-distant future, a visa will be required. It would probably be easier and cheaper to get a new passport than to get a visa. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:25:06 GMT, Pan wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:55:42 +0100, "Tom" wrote: Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also documentation required? eg Visas? Tom For flights, check the usual suspects (travelocity.com, expedia.com, orbitz.com, lowestfare.com, not in any particular order) and check airline websites for special deals (rare, but can happen). UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure. This is true if the subjects have the new type of machine-readable passport. If not, beginning at some date in the not-too-distant future, a visa will be required. It would probably be easier and cheaper to get a new passport than to get a visa. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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"B Vaughan" wrote in message UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure. This is true if the subjects have the new type of machine-readable passport. If not, beginning at some date in the not-too-distant future, a visa will be required. It would probably be easier and cheaper to get a new passport than to get a visa. -------- Barbara Vaughan The only non machine-readable UK passports still extant are the small number issued by overseas embassies and consulates. My passport is due for renewal in April and is machine readable. Keith |
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"B Vaughan" wrote in message UK subjects do not need visas to go to the U.S. for pleasure. This is true if the subjects have the new type of machine-readable passport. If not, beginning at some date in the not-too-distant future, a visa will be required. It would probably be easier and cheaper to get a new passport than to get a visa. -------- Barbara Vaughan The only non machine-readable UK passports still extant are the small number issued by overseas embassies and consulates. My passport is due for renewal in April and is machine readable. Keith |
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Pan wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:55:42 +0100, "Tom" wrote: Washington DC it is then. Any reccomendations as to flights from UK and also documentation required? eg Visas? Tom For flights, check the usual suspects (travelocity.com, expedia.com, orbitz.com, lowestfare.com, not in any particular order) and check airline websites for special deals (rare, but can happen). Flights.com is another that I have used in travelling to Europe from DC. Virgin ATlantic is often but not always the cheapest across the pond. I have lived in the DC area for 25 years or so, and am a travel afficionado, and I would be glad to make any recommendations I can. Visit the Air and Space Museum on a weekday, it is the most popular museum in DC and maybe in the world. I believe there is a bus you can take from the museum on the mall to the Dulles Facility, which I have not yet been to. There are many other sites in washington, but I'd need to know more about your likes and dislikes. If Parks are an attraction, you could do worse than Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive. DO this also on a weekday. You will need to rent a car. An inexpensive way to do this is to take the metro out to Vienna, and to rent from Enterprise, which has a location in the Pan Am Shopping Center. It's a bit of a walk on a busy highway to Pan Am, but Enterprise will generally bring the car to you. They also have good rates. I'm glad to help with anything else. Julie -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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