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Brother Fan, I beg to differ. There is nothing that you want from an airline that you can't get by paying for it. Or bringing it on if it is a food matter.The problem we have -- especially those of us who traveled in the days before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 -- is that we have a romanticized notion of what air travel is. We oldsters remember the days when flight attendants waited on a cabin of 100 people head-to-toe in 1.5 hours between Chicago and New York. Hell, United used to have a Sud Aviation Caravelle (an early French plane similar to a DC9-10) that was all first class and all male. The flight attendants absolutely hated that flight. You can guess why!Back in the mid-1970s, Douglas Souter, who was then an aide to Senator Kennedy, got roundly berated for spending time on airline matters. "Well never be able to afford to fly," a woman said. "That's the problem we're trying to fix," said Souter.Before 1978, air travel was highly regulated and extremely expensive. Relatively few people could afford it and too often, it was a once in a lifetime experience. The airlines had both the revenue and the desire to make it special which, for the most part, they did.Today, the airlines are giving people what they want. The cheap fares we cherish come with a very high price -- customer discomfort, expensive amenities (i.e., baggage fees and snack boxes) and lack of ground support due to automation. Planes are fuller because to get profit margins, airlines have to jam every possible ounce of passenger and freight on to a plane. That's what we said we wanted and the geniuses at the airlines business are giving it to us. It's how markets work!As a side not, one of my favorite stories was a 1960s United Airlines "take me along" promotion, in which the airline did a reduced fare (with CAB approval) for husbands to take their wives on business trips. It was so rare for wives to fly that this was thought to be critical to building awareness. As a side benefit, "take me along" cut down on customer misbehavior with flight attendants on the planes.After the trip, United sent roses to the "take me along" wives, thanking them for flying United. Not long afterward, there was a surge in divorces among United Airlines "take me along" men. True story.. want to guess why... LOL!!@!
Going to Puerto Viarta in a couple weeks for a wedding, have a couple days to kill and would like to do something other than standard resort stuff. Anybody been before and have suggestions?
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Portland (OR)/Vancouver (WA)Anyone?
Anybody have Bronx Little Italy suggestions? Looking for a sunday brunch / great lunch for this weekend.
Thats an awesome route, unfortunately you're ending in Bangalore instead of Seoul or Singapore.Uber in India is a game changer. Extremely inexpensive, cuts through a lot of the BS. As someone who has traveled to India a dozen times, Id caution against the Metro. Just unpleasant, uncomfortably crowded and unhygienic, and will add nothing to your visit. You can use Ubers all day for practically nothing. Ill take 2-3 Ubers a day in Mumbai, stuck in traffic on 45-1 hour long trips...and still combine multiple days into a single expense line item under $25.Singapore is incredible. Make sure you go up to the Marina Bay Sands, get a drink at either Spago or Lavo. Views are absolutely stunning and surreal. Also walk around the Marina Bay mall. Gorgeous and upscale. Speaking of malls, the Jewel I can't recommend highly enough. Beautiful from the outside, inside its a combination upscale mall and botanical garden. Absolutely stunning interior with tons of amazing vegetation. Felt like the best zoo exhibit I'd see...without the animals.KL is supposed to be great too. Enjoy!
I bode no ill will towards the airlines. They are (almost all) horrible companies, run by idiots, staffed by drones and they don't care at all about customers. ONE MUST ACCEPT THIS and find a way to get what one wants regardless of loyalty and points and miles and all of that. Anyone who thinks that airline "status" will get you anything in 5-10 years is kidding themselves.Hotels - some chains at least - are headed the same way, but you can still play it while there's a game to play. Probably 10-15 more years before the same scenario exists as exists now with air travel. By then I'll be done traveling and won't care anymore anyway.
Anyone been around Butler in Indianapolis? Going to the game this weekend and looking for breweries, localfavorite food.
The Broad Ripple neighborhood has brew pubs, restaurants. About five miles from Hinkle. There are some good spots in Broad Ripple, Or follow College Avenue 10 blocks south to South Broad Ripple. Places all along that road. OR there is a new bar/restaurant that just opened that is a 30 second walk to Hinkle called Chatham Tap. Locally owned. 3rd one they've opened in Indy. Get there early. Solid beer selection, breaded tenderloin and fish and chips.
Looking for a long weekend with the wife, probably June-ish. Preferably within 6 hours of Kenosha.House rental preferred, but not necessary. Stuff to do is a positive, winery, breweries, light hiking. Possibly golf, but might be frowned upon playing a solo round.What ya got?
Have you ever been to Galena? Has everything you mention above (plus a really cool distillery) and a lot of historical stuff . It was in the house rental business decades before AirBnB was a thing.
I've stayed at Eagle Ridge before, but that's a good idea. Thank you.I've actually never done Door County either, we've always been Michigan people. Continue to not to Door County?