Changes in Latitude Travel Store - November 2002 Newsletter

November 2002 Newsletter
Pamper Yourself With "Spa Themed" Products
Relieve the stress of travel by pampering yourself on the road and at home. Indulge yourself or your favorite female with our new women’s spa gifts. Choose from a selection of travel candles, foot care kits, lotions and potions, robes, and fun slippers. Do your feet get tired when you travel? How about soaking your weary feet in an inflatable footbath after a day of walking! Now that’s decadent! Speaking of spas, don’t forget the Colorado Hot Springs slide show on Nov. 20th. Register for free prizes at the show!

Have you been in the store lately and seen our new selection of travel gifts? Well, check it out! We have new picture frames, travel journals, and photo albums with a map décor – all perfect for keeping notes while you’re traveling and organizing your memories afterward.
New From Eagle Creek! – Just in time for holiday travel…
Allow us to introduce you to Point A, a modern new line of luggage from Eagle Creek. With bold styling and great color combinations, this is luggage that will function like a charm while still making heads turn. You are on the go, and whether that means going across town, across the country, or across the ocean, Point A is a statement of your boldness and individuality along the way. Point A has arrived, so be on the lookout, and the next time adventure is calling, start at Point A!
Upcoming Programs
November 6 Thailand
November 13 Around The World In A Year
November 20 Colorado’s Hot Springs
November 27 No Show – Happy Thanksgiving!

Visit our website for more detailed information.
November Deals
Closeout sale on Eagle Creek hardsided Armadillo Luggage (22”, 24”, 26”) – 20% off while it lasts! Black and desert khaki.
Porter Assistance Project
Changes In Latitude is participating in the Himalayan Explorers Club‘s Porter Assistance Project, which provides support to porters in Nepal and on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Porters carry heavy loads, often working for as little as $3/day so they can feed and clothe their families. Many don’t have warm clothing to protect them from the elements, and they often suffer from altitude sickness, hypothermia, snow blindness, and frostbite. The HEC collects clothing and gear and loans them out to Himalayan porters and those working on Mt. Kilimanjaro for a small, refundable deposit.

Changes In Latitude is acting as a drop-off point for gear and clothing. We’re also looking for people to carry donations over if they are traveling to Nepal or Tanzania. Please think about donating your used warm-weather gear (clothes, boots, sunglasses, etc.). For more information, inquire at the store.
Stricter Rules On "Refundable" Airfares (excerpted from the New York Times)
Security is not the only thing being tightened up at U.S. airports these days. Passengers traveling on low-fare tickets will find that the airlines are becoming increasingly strict – most recently adopting less forgiving rules about making changes to tickets booked with nonrefundable fares. Although the airlines’ lowest priced tickets are generally described as nonrefundable, in practice, the major carriers have long allowed passengers who missed their flight up to a year to apply the ticket’s value, minus a fee, toward a future trip. But among other belt-tightening measures the industry has undertaken in recent months, the airlines have put new time limits – and increased fees – on changing nonrefundable fares.

Under the new policy, first announced by US Airways in late August, the value of a nonrefundable ticket can still be applied toward a future trip, minus a $100 fee, as long as the new flight is booked before midnight the day of the scheduled flight. In its original announcement, US Airways said changes had to be made before the original flight's scheduled departure time, but later followed other carriers in allowing changes up until midnight.

The airline also first said it would no longer allow standby travel on nonrefundable tickets, but a week later amended that policy to allow standby on a nonrefundable ticket for a $100 fee. (To do so, passengers will now need to buy a standby coupon, available at US Airways airport or city ticket counters; by the end of the year, coupons will be available from reservations agents or the airline's Web site.)

"We heard from thousands of our customers with less than flattering comments," said David Castelveter, a US Airways spokesman, in explaining the reversal, adding that the airline also heard from customers who supported the changes. "There were some people who said, ‘I pay more — why should lower fare customers get the same flexibility?' "

To read the complete article, click here.
Travel Tip
Here’s a great way to quickly locate information in your guidebooks. Use different colored plastic Post-It tabs to identify pertinent sections of your books. Write the name of the city on the colored part of the tab. Stick the tab at the top of the appropriate page so just the colored part shows above the book. Stagger the tabs so they all show at the same time. Now when you want to turn to a specific place quickly, you can easily find it without flipping through all the pages or searching the index.

Check out the pages on packing tips and baggage regulations on our website.

E-mail your travel questions to travelquestions@cil.com and we’ll try to answer them in our subsequent newsletters.
Recommended Reading
The Road of Dreams – A Two-Year Bicycling and Hiking Adventure Around the World by Bruce B. Junek, published by Images Of The World. This wonderful book is the story of Bruce Junek and Tass Thacker’s 26-month around-the-world bicycle trip. They crossed four continents through sweltering temperatures and winter snowstorms, and had 42 flat tires. Among the anecdotes are a wild food fight at an Akha hilltribe wedding, a week-long search through swamps and bogs for the elusive and nocturnal kiwi, and a 10-day vow of silence in a Buddhist monastery. Some of you may have seen one of Bruce and Tass’s slide shows here at Changes In Latitude.
Just For Fun
One morning in a posh hotel breakfast room, a guest called over the head waiter.
"Good morning, sir! I'd like to order two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked that it's runny,
and the other so overcooked that it's tough. I also want some rubbery bacon, burnt toast, and butter
that's so cold it's impossible to spread. Finally, I'll have a pot of extra-weak coffee, served at room
temperature."
The bewildered waiter almost stuttered. "Sir! We cannot serve such an awful breakfast to you here!"
"Why not?" the guest replied. "That's what I got here yesterday!"
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"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears."
- Glenn Clark
Happy Travels!

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