Category: travelling

What If This Travel Chaos Is Deliberate?

July 10, 2023
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Commentary Well, it happened again. A friend was coming to visit with a layover flight covering three major airports. It should have taken a few hours. Instead, it took 12 hours, and only with the assistance of Amtrak on the last leg. The rebooked flight would have meant another 36-hour delay, so that was out…

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Why I Still Send Picture Postcards—Traveling or Not

March 13, 2023
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By George Hobica From Tribune News Service Trust me on this, traveler: Sending picture postcards to friends and family spreads joy back home and in the process reveals aspects of your destination you’d otherwise miss. I know this because I am an obsessive picture postcard sender, as you’ll see. You’ve already guessed, from your own…

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A Guide to Gentlemanly Manners While Travelling Based On an Etiquette Manual From the 1880s

December 11, 2022
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THERE is nothing that tests the natural politeness of men and women so thoroughly as traveling. We all desire as much comfort as possible and as a rule are selfish. In these days of railroad travel, when every railway is equipped with elegant coaches for the comfort, convenience and sometimes luxury of its passengers, and provided…

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Ontario, Quebec Lay out Pandemic Plans for Students to Return to Schools in Fall

June 2, 2021
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Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID−19 should be able to experience a “normal” return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked to loosen pandemic−related travel restrictions. Ontario and Quebec laid out their plans for schools Wednesday as they stressed the importance of vaccinations to keep…

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