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Catie: Apart from the fashions and the jewels, I thought the likeness to today's "whirl wind" tours, is actually very similar  |
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Aussie Miss: I suppose that, back in the '60's, air travel was within the reach of fewer people and still considered somewhat glamorous. Nowadays the airlines have figured out how to squeeze us into 17 inches like poultry, so even if people wanted to dress up, it would not be practical.
Come to think of it, when we did our first TT in 1999, (Best of Scotland), all the ladies and most of the men dressed up for dinner every night. I don't think I could persuade my husband to pack jackets and ties for a coach tour nowadays, and with today's luggage restrictions, it's not really possible to find space/weight for high heels and matching purses and pearls and furs. I agree that coach touring is a time-honored means of travel and probably hasn't changed essentially, except that now we have the assistance of high speed rail to allow us to cover more ground in a shorter time. They've also perfected the art of selling add-ons and local goods to a captive audience. |
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Catie, overseas travel today is definitely more accessable. Cheap air fares and a strong Australian dollar mean many Australians are expected to choose an overseas destination this year. Young Australians make up a large percentage of overseas travellers and they are not usually not ones for "dressing up", neither would most be travelling on a Trafalgar tour And yes,certainly tours today have perfected the selling of goods to captive audiences. But hopefully when you are a seasoned coach traveller you become less captive  |
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Caite,
I still like to dress up when flying. I usually dress in my two piece pink dress outfit with my matching pill box hat. I also like to wear my black 4" high heels and long white gloves. The only problem is that my wife never wants to sit next to me on the flights. Places Trafalgar have taken us: England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. |
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Happy Traveler2, that is really TOO much for the imagination  Just wondering what you are referred to as ???  |
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HT2: Gotta love the Californians!
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Are you still wearing the fishnet tights, or do you keep them for more formal occasions?  Live each day....instead of counting the years. |
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I agree with you about travel in the 60's. In the 60's I didn't even own a pair of pants (slacks) although I was never into high heels (or pillbox hats like soneone on the Board who shall remain nameless). However, I did my first TT in 1999 also. It was of England and the name escapes me but people did not dress for dinner. I was surprised at my next one which was 2002 to find that many (but by no means all) did. I also have the movie in my Netflix queue. Can't wait. |
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" If it's Tuesday this must be Belgium"
I don't think it's still available on tape, the only way of getting it is ordering it from Amazon.com or Netflix; at least that's what I have been told. I would love to see this on TV again but for now, we have to be content with some of the clips. You have to see the hilarious 'family' visit to Venice scene by one of the tourists! There's another hilarious scene where Suzanne Pleshette gets into a minor fender bender somewhere in Italy. Then there's the clip when the tour arrives on the "continent", and the TD announces to the group that they have to get up at 6.00 AM every day, luggage out the door by 7.00 AM, and on the bus at 8.00 AM 'SHARP'. " The world is my oyster" |
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Hi Bess, What date tour are you taking in March 2010 ? we doing the March 30th one ? |
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