Departure Lounge

It’s hard to believe that another year has rolled around. It’s time for a roll of the drums and a blare of the trumpets to announce this year’s “Where Were You?” game. With prizes.

First, you speed-readers, Slow Down! To be eligible, you must include your ZIP code. That’s so we can find you when it’s time to mail out the prizes.

We also check to see that each entrant is a subscriber, because we don’t want (for example) the...

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An ITN subscriber e-mailed, “I subscribe to other travel magazines. Yours is, easily, the most useful.”

Thank You. We work hard for it to be so. Of course, it’s also due to the efforts of all of our great readers who send in their travel experiences, describing the good and the bad.

We’re looking for some more input. Sports! When you are overseas, do you enjoy sports, either as a participant or an observer? Golfing in Scotland? Fishing? Watching the...

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by Armond Noble, Publisher

Dr. Tim Wall, Oroville, CA, suggested a few questions for me to ask our readers. Here’s what he wants you to write in about. Gentlemen, on any overseas trips recently, did you get a haircut? Where and when did you get it? Were you pleased? How much did it cost? And, ladies, did you use the services of a beauty salon while outside of the US? Where, when and how much was it? Were you satisfied? Delighted?

Now for the results of your voting on an...

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Publisher's log

It’s time to SHARE! Today’s question is “How have your overseas travels affected your day-to-day living?”

For example, are you a tea drinker? There are people who order tea made in China, India, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka or Taiwan from Upton Tea Imports of Holliston, MA; 800/234-8327. Upton has 420 varieties of tea. (That’s just a mention, not a plug. I don’t know anyone there.)

There are those who order their smoked salmon from Iceland. And...

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Here’s another game with prizes… and a bit of fame for those fortunate to have their entries picked (at random) out of the big box.

Which country is your absolute, all-time favorite? We’ll tabulate and print here the entries, which may have some readers going off to a country you particularly enjoyed.

Since the most recent trip is often the freshest in one’s mind, you’ll have to search your experiences to be objective. I’ve heard people, just back, say, “Oh, the people in XXXX...

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by Armond Noble, Publisher

Contribute to the conversation! This magazine, quite different than others, is not a monologue. It is a dialogue. It’s a two-way chat. What has that resulted in? In mid May an ITN reader from Grand Rapids, MI, wrote, “It is the most genuine magazine, on any subject.” Naturally, I was quite thrilled by that. As you should be, too. Because it is your reports that have made it what it is.

Now I’d like to address all those folks who have never sent...

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In the year 2010, did you travel to any of the following countries: Guyana, Suriname, St. Vincent, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYR), Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo DR, Congo R., Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia or Sudan? If so, please be so kind as to e-mail me at armond@intltravelnews.com and let me know. Thanks!

Announcing a brand-new ITN travel certificate! It’s the Oceania XV Award. It can be yours if...

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