TRAVELLING IN THE
USA

Travelling in the US of A
is a vast subject and
merits volumes.However the
main areas of interest to the
traveller can be
summarised as:

East coast:
New York City
New England
The Atlantic seaboard
Washington DC
Florida

West coast:
California incl Los
Angeles and San
Francisco

Western States
Nevada for Los
Vegas, plus
many national
parks

Southern States:
New Orleans
Texas


Pacific seaboard:
For Seattle

There are so many diverse
ways to see the States
and so much to see
that we plan a future
USA disk in the Little
Traveller series
featuring a state by
state rundown of this
exciting country.

Gateway airports served
from
the UK:

New York(JFK)
New York(Newark)
Washington
Dallas-Ft.Worth
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Miami
Orlando
Tampa
Atlanta
Chicago
Baltimore
Detroit
Minneapolis/St.Paul
St.Louis
Kansa City
Philadelphia
Houston
Seattle

US Served direct from UK
from:
Manchester
Heathrow
Gatwick
Glasgow
Birmingham


HOLIDAY TYPES:
Fly/Drive.This is very
popular with the UK
visitor and allows great
flexibility and freedom
of action on holiday.
Price includes car hire
and flight but no
accomodation.

Vouchers:Hotel and
motel vouchers can be
pre-bought in the UK
for many US chains.
These average about $30
to $40 a night ROOM RATE
and for families are
great value.Hotel
chains featuring these
vouchers include -
Howard Johnson,Days Inn,
Holiday Inn and others.

Centre holidays:
Normal centre holidays
are available and the
obviously most popular
spot is Orlando,Florida
followed by the Tampa
Bay area and Miami.
California is also a
favoured centred holiday
destination. Package
holidays unlike their
European counterparts
are always based on room
only and self-catering
arrangements because they
are usually based on
luxury villa or apartment
accomodation are normally
more expensive than hotels.


Drive/Tours
These self-drive tours
usually cover three or four
states and include car hire
flights,pre-planned
itinerary and pre-booked
multi-centre accomodation.

Coach Tours:
Companies such as Cosmos
America and Jetsave offer
very comprehensive USA
coach tours covering
east to west coast with many
variations.

Charter flights:
Apart from normal scheduled
flights, there are also many
charter flights to the USA
(especially Florida) -
Thomsons Brittania airline
for instance operates a
very frequent service to
Florida. Quite often
very good late deals are
available on these charters
(ie Orlando for £199 reurn)

City Breaks:
New York is an ever popular
city break and two,three
or four night breaks are
reasonably priced based on
return flight from UK and
room only with transfers
from the airport.


USA TRAVEL FACTS:

Capital:Washington DC

Pop:237,000,000

National Airlines:
American Airlines
Delta
US Air
Continental Airlines
and others.....

Passports/Visas
For the purposes of
holiday visits of
less than six months
a visa waiver form
is now the only thing
required in addition
to a UK ten-year
passport.These are
normally completed
during the course of travel
to the States.

Electricity:110/120 volts

Time zones:
Eastern standard time:GMT-5
Central standard time:GMT-6
Mountain standard time:GMt-7
Pacific standard time:GMT-8

UK holiday operators
featuring the USA:
Thomsons
Falcon
Sunworld
Airtours
Jetsave
Virgin
Kuoni
Cosmos
Getaway USA
Trek America
BA Holidays
and numerous
smaller operators...