Secret of inexpensive traveling is courier
The Courier Air Travel
Handbook
★★
AUTHOR: Mark fields
PUBLISHER: Thunderbird Press
COST: $7 95
what aw you going to do
Hfeglfor Christinas vacation?
Going to just sit at homo
and watch cousin Floyd pick Ins
nose after the holiday feast.
again7 If so. you've planned
wrong. And a new hook out this
year can help show vou the error
of your ways.
For $300 and a little hit of
chutzpah, you can get from hem
to anywhere and but k by hook
ing your flight with a courier trav
el agent, says Mark Field in his
hook. The Courier Air Travel
Handbook. T he book costs $7.95
and is available through Thun
derbird I’ress.
"The ability to travel should
not be decided by one's financial
position," Fields writes in the
book.
Take IBC Pacific of Los Ange
les, for instance. The company
offers round-trip flights from LA
to Tokyo for only $250. The
"cheap" seats through regular
agencies go for $600 for the same
destination
Other travel spots include Paris
for $.100, London for $250 and
Mexico City for free
What's the catch?
Most courier flights am Ixxikisi
out of only one airfxjrt For exam
ple, if you wanted to go t° Lon
don, you would either have to
leave from New York City or Los
Angelos Verv few flights leave
Portland.
Hut you can get there from
here Added to the list of couri
er ticket agencies are companies
that give you a car if you simply
drive it to a drop off point, like
LA These companies spe< cili/e
in getting rental i ars on one way
trips hat k to their rightful own
ers and are verv helpful in get
ting you settled into one of their
cars.
In most cases, all you have to
do is hitch a ride to Portland to
reserve a car That's a lot easier
than getting to LA by thumb
Another problem with courier
travel is that you can't take lug
gage. Although some of the com
panies listed allow one small
suitcase or backpack, most lim
it you to just your carry-on bags
The company replaces vour
luggage with a package — goner
ally charts, maps and other busi
ness paraphernalia That spat e
in the luggage hold is why those
companies are paying part of
your ticket Getting dot umonts
to Asia and F.urope is their husi
ness, and they need you to Till the
seat so they can legally get the
package on hoard
Beyond getting the ticket, you
have no contact with the com
pany or the pat kage
At cording to the hook, all of
the courier companies are bond
ed and subject to search, so you
are not going to be t arrying con
traband for which offit oils in
Istanbul might jail you Always
a good thing to know
Another negative is that there
are restrictions with some tu k
ets. like a $200 tieposit that guar
antees your return If you don't
return, neither i an another pat k
age and a good chunk of a com
pany's profits That is also a good
thing to know
Hut there are enough compa
nies listed in the hook that
matching one with your money
and vacation time shouldn't lie a
problem
Other goodies include lists of
recommended youth hostels with
prices, a guide for helping you
iiook a flight with a courier com
DEPECHE
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enr.es.
Opening the tour is the British band The The,
headed by Matt Johnson. Depeche Mode found
the match slightly ironii: Although they had
been involved in several collections with
Johnson, including the .Some Biznrrv compilation
back in 1980, they had never met in person. It's
really worked well, the contrast," Fletcher said
of the tour. "It warms the crowd up for us."
Some Bizarre marked Depeche Mode's intro
duction to the music world. The band, at that
stage, was headed by Vince Clark, (.lark soon left
and went on to form Vuz Looking back, Fleti her
reflects on how the band would have Ixtun differ
ent if Vince had remained in charge "We
wouldn't have progressed as much." he said.
Since Clark's departure. Martin Gore has taken
over all creative duties for the hand, writing both
music and lyrics Alan Wilder, who has 1mm ome
extremely interested in the production side of
music. hus started his own side project ( ailed
Recoil. Fletcher said, "Alan probably won't write
for the band” any longer
After the Violator tour, the band took, its first
break, in to years "1 started a restaurant and .1
family.” said Fletcher. "My daughter is two now
It would lie too hard for her to travel The worst
part of touring is the travel.”
Fletcher has also become more involved with
the management side of the music industry,
which he finds interesting. "We're supposed to
be more artistic than other industries, but there
are a lot of parallels."'
As for fame. Fletcher takes it m stride "It only
really causes problems on tour You have to
shake people's hands, and you want to have ,1
beer and to relax,"' he said lie is thankful that
Depoche Mode is not George Michael. "We art
very fortunate that when we come home from a
tour, we i an live fairly normal personal lives,"'
he said
GERMANY
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chased . and come with a choice
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potato salad or sauerkraut, troth
delicious. The wurst menu,
which also temporarily doubles
fora lunch menu, is served from
11 a.m. to midnight The dinner
menu is offered from 5 p in to
<1 p m Snyder plans to expand
both menus and possibly start
serving breakfast
Of course, no German meal
would tie complete without a
stein of hearty beer. and at this
restaurant, beer flows like the
Rhine. Forty-eight brands of beer
are offered, as well as 32 types of
wine. Draft beers are served in
12, 16, 23 and steroid-sized 46
ounce mugs, and are very rea
sonably priced. Beer and wine
are served until 1 a m. on week
nights and 2 a m. on the week
ends Soda and fruit drinks are
available as well.
Despite the fact that there are
two bars, one upstairs and one
downstairs, and that the beer is
served in vats, Snyder does not
want people coming to get ham
mered.
"If you're drunk and rowdy,
you’re going to get kicked out."
Snvdor said
She doesn’t wont her restau
rant to turn into another campus
meat market. You will see no
dance floor, no video poker
machines, no neanderthal bounc
ers You will hear no “Woop.
there it is!” on the stereo Cus
tomers sit at tables and talk to
each other. Snyder wants The
Taste of Germany to he a plat e
where you tan bring a date, dine
with your spouse, or just hang
out with friends and not feel
overpowered. Hating should be
paramount; drinking is sec
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Thelma, the cheek pincher.
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