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Penn Travel

Travel Services & Procurement Cards is pleased to announce the new Penn Travel Portal, the most convenient resource for all Penn travelers. No matter where you are heading, how you plan to get there and where you want to stay, all the information you need to organize your trip can now be found in one location.

The Penn Travel Portal features:

* Suppliers that provide Penn with special cost savings opportunities and value added services;
* Reservation assistance and on-line booking tools;
* Information about Penn policies and procedures;
* Travel advisories, insurance, currency exchange and other information for international travel; and
* Much, much more....

18th National Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation Conference

The 18th National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation will be held October 19-22, 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska.

COMINGS AND GOINGS; Budget Bus Fares As Low as $1

Now you can travel comfortably between New York City and Toronto without spending your entire budget en route. Neon, a new low-fare bus service from Greyhound Canada and Adirondack Trailways, offers two daily departures from both cities for as little as $1 (there is at least one $1 seat on every bus) -- although a $25-to-$75 price range is more likely -- one way. Buses have video screens, Wi-Fi service and power outlets. Customers board in New York outside Penn Station and in Toronto at the Royal York Hotel. Walk-up tickets cost $85 (one way), and the better deals (the earlier the reservation, the lower the price) are available at www.greyhound.com.

2008 Extra Mile Awards - Budget Travel

Megabus: Taking buses to the next level Call it prescient: In the past year, Megabus has expanded its operations to 25 cities in the United States and Canada as fuel costs have risen, giving travelers a cheap alternative to driving and flying when they need it most. The bus line keeps its fares extremely low—starting from $1 for the first few people who book seats on each bus—by selling tickets online and doing pickups and drop-offs in the centers of cities rather than at terminals. At the same time, Megabus hasn't skimped on quality—its double-decker fleet is equipped with free Wi-Fi, video screens, headsets, and seat belts. Plus, many buses run on biodiesel fuel. "We're conscious of what the traveling public wants," says Dale Moser, president and chief operating officer. "We're saving people money but still giving them a coach outfitted with the latest technology." Now even the 94-year-old grande dame of bus companies, Greyhound, is rethinking its business model. Greyhound joined with competitors this year to launch two bus lines, BoltBus and NeOn, with similar low fares and high-tech amenities. Megabus didn't start a trend, it reinvented bus travel for a new generation. —Jean Tang

Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch - NYTimes.com

September 26, 2008
Jet Set, Meet the Bus Bunch
By TRACIE ROZHON

KENNY BASCOM stood near the steering wheel of his BoltBus, just about to leave from West 33rd Street in Manhattan, bound for Washington. He called his passengers to attention.

"Can I put a rule in?" he asked. "This bus doesn't move unless you smile. And here's another thing: You got cellphones? Use 'em."

There was a buzz of disbelief.

Use the cellphones? Plug in the laptops! Chat with your fellow passengers and laugh - guilt-free - with a friendly driver at the helm and very comfortable seats all around you.

All for $25 or less, sometimes much less, depending on when you reserve. B.Y.O.F. (bring your own food).

Starting about a dozen years ago with the so-called Chinatown buses, which were the first to offer a minimum of frills (and schedules), Route I-95 between Boston and Washington has become jammed with cheap express buses with jazzy names and the design and Web sites to match: BoltBus (online, tap a key and watch lightning strike!), Megabus (a huge, cherubic driver is emblazoned on the side of the bus), DC2NY, Washington Deluxe and others.

Capitalizing on the success of those first Chinatown buses, the big boys got into the business - BoltBus is owned by Greyhound, and Megabus by a large Scottish transportation company, Stagecoach Group, through its subsidiary Coach USA. As the companies refine their service, the cheap express bus experience just keeps changing, competing to offer amenities: BoltBus now offers plugs for electrical appliances; Washington Deluxe has just added Dupont Circle to its list of Washington stops.

Judging by a recent round trip from New York to Washington - down on BoltBus, back on Megabus - the changes are being seen and, for the most part, appreciated by the passengers, a surprisingly diverse group.

IngentaConnect TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND MIGRANT CULTURES: THE VIETNAMESE IN AUSTRALIA

TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND MIGRANT CULTURES: THE VIETNAMESE IN AUSTRALIA

Authors: NGUYEN T-H.; KING B.; TURNER L.

Source: Tourism Culture & Communication, Volume 4, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 95-107(13)

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

Abstract: This article examines the influence of cultural factors on the travel behavior of Vietnamese migrants (Viet kieu) resident in Australia, with particular reference to return visits to Vietnam. A conceptual framework of cultural influence on migrant travel behavior is proposed to explain the relationships between migrant adapted culture and travel behavior. The findings suggest that the Viet kieu maintain certain traditional Vietnamese cultural values and Confucian ideals, while actively adopting behavioral characteristics from mainstream culture during their gradual integration into the adopted society. Significant differences in cultural and travel behavioral characteristics are evident between the Viet kieu, their relatives in Vietnam, and mainstream Australians. Such differences appear to have some connection with the individualism of the West and the collectivism of the East. Issues of identity, rootlessness, belonging, and the relationship between past and present are associated with the decision to travel and subsequent experience of travel to the homeland. The article concludes by discussing implications for future studies.

Environment and Planning A - Rowley G, Wilson S, 1975, "The analysis of housing and travel preferences: a gaming approach"

Cite as:Rowley G, Wilson S, 1975, "The analysis of housing and travel preferences: a gaming approach" Environment and Planning A 7(2) 171 - 177

The analysis of housing and travel preferences: a gaming approach

G Rowley, Susan Wilson

Received 20 November 1974

Abstract. This paper represents a report on the study of housing and travel preferences both of coloured immigrants and of native British within the city of Sheffield, England. The investigation uses gaming procedures to facilitate the recording of raw data which reflects the preference patterns of the respondents. Certain hypotheses are proposed and the statistical analysis of the gaming procedures is developed. Simple chi2 goodness-of-fit tests are used to assess the allocation of preferences over the various elements for the two populations considered. The general approach can be quite readily extended to more complex situations. With hindsight, improvements to the initial game format are suggested.

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Narrow Gauge Inn (Home)

Cabins in Yosemite :: Visit the Homestead for luxury cabin accommodations!

Las Vegas to Yosemite, directions with Tioga pass open or closed

Death Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park Tourist Information

Heads Up: Poverty Tours - Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? - Travel - New York Times

Heads Up | Poverty Tours
Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?

MICHAEL CRONIN's job as a college admissions officer took him to India two or three times a year, so he had already seen the usual sites - temples, monuments, markets - when one day he happened across a flier advertising "slum tours."

"It just resonated with me immediately," said Mr. Cronin, who was staying at a posh Taj Hotel in Mumbai where, he noted, a bottle of Champagne cost the equivalent of two years' salary for many Indians. "But I didn't know what to expect."

Soon, Mr. Cronin, 41, found himself skirting open sewers and ducking to avoid exposed electrical wires as he toured the sprawling Dharavi slum, home to more than a million. He joined a cricket game and saw the small-scale industry, from embroidery to tannery, that quietly thrives in the slum. "Nothing is considered garbage there," he said. "Everything is used again."

Mr. Cronin was briefly shaken when a man, "obviously drunk," rifled through his pockets, but the two-and-a-half-hour tour changed his image of India. "Everybody in the slum wants to work, and everybody wants to make themselves better," he said.

Slum tourism, or "poorism," as some call it, is catching on. From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the townships of Johannesburg to the garbage dumps of Mexico, tourists are forsaking, at least for a while, beaches and museums for crowded, dirty - and in many ways surprising - slums. When a British man named Chris Way founded Reality Tours and Travel in Mumbai two years ago, he could barely muster enough customers for one tour a day. Now, he's running two or three a day and recently expanded to rural areas.

GotoBus - Philadelphia (Chinatown Bus)

Cheap but not so reliable transportation New York City, Washington DC, and various other locations.

Philadelphia Gas Prices - Find Cheap Gas Prices in Pennsylvania

User-reported gas prices and gas station locations in the Greater Philadelphia area.

University of Washington Libraries Staff Travel Policies

Travel funding guidelines.

Rutgers University Libraries' Staff Resources: Administration: Policies: Library Policy on Travel Funds

Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains -- New York Magazine

Drink Like Dickens: 15 Historic London Pubs You'll Love | Frommers.com

WeFi

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Italy : the enduring culture / Jonathan White.

White, Jonathan Charles, 1945- . Italy : the enduring culture / Jonathan White. [0826452930 ] London ; New York : Continuum, 2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library DG442 .W48 2001b

Twilight in Italy / D.H. Lawrence.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. . Twilight in Italy / D.H. Lawrence. [0517582392 : ] New York : C. Potter, c1990.
Call#: Van Pelt Library DG901 .L3 1990

Diane Johnson in Paris

Paris Travel Guide - Hotels, Restaurants, Sightseeing in Paris - New York Times Travel

Ghosts of Spain : travels through Spain and its silent past / Giles Tremlett.

Tremlett, Giles. . Ghosts of Spain : travels through Spain and its silent past / Giles Tremlett. [0802715745 ] New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck, 2007.
Call#: Van Pelt Library DP233.5 .T74 2007

In Europe : travels through the twentieth century -G. Mak

Mak,G In Europe : travels through the twentieth century. [0-375-42495-4]

Get thee to a nunnery - CNN.com

Pictures, Photos of Lost Cities

Welcome to SeatGuru! Your Guide to Airplane Seats and In-flight Amenities

More evidence that I am the zen traveler. Use this to find the best seat and find out about seating on the flight. Cool.

PortableApps Suite | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives

Nice package of portable applications. The whole magilla will fit comfortably on a 512Mb USB key. It has things like openoffice, firefox & thunderbird, Sage, Filezilla, and several others. But get this, it also has XAMPP, a portable package of Apache httpd, PERL & MySQL - all configured and ready to go...

Tell me this isn't cool.

Picasso's Paris : walking tours of the artist's life in the city

Williams, Ellen Picasso's Paris : walking tours of the artist's life in the city. [0-9641262-7-3]

Penn: Club Quarters "Book Your Own Travel"

Club Quarters are private hotels for the exclusive use of employees and guests of its member organizations in prime downtown locations offering business-oriented, user friendly, club-like facilities. Their rooms are small but their rates as well as their service are excellent. They cater to business travelers in strategic cities with very low rates.

mexico travel

Uncovering credit card costs on foreign charges

My Thumbdrive Desktop at Gomeler.com

Interesting list of portable apps that can fit on a USB key. Useful for travel and such. None of these require installation, and can be run from the key. Includes: FF, Thunderbird, chat client, ftp, ssh, PDF viewer, text editor with encryption, and on-th-fly file encryption. Get a key and get it installed.

Wikitravel

Frugal Traveler on the Road - New York Times

Frugal Traveler on the Road
This summer, the Frugal Traveler sets out to hopscotch the globe using low-cost carriers, buses, trains, ferries and your travel tips. Follow his journey here every Wednesday, until the deed is done. See the complete list of articles below the map.

Alice Munro's Vancouver - New York Times

June 11, 2006
Footsteps
Alice Munro's Vancouver
By DAVID LASKIN

IN Alice Munro's Vancouver nobody eats sushi. Nobody jogs along the seawall or browses Granville Street galleries or shops for organic herbs at the Granville Island market. Ms. Munro, the 74-year-old Canadian whom the novelist Jonathan Franzen dubbed "the best fiction writer now working in North America," set a handful of her marvelous short stories in the damp British Columbian metropolis, and the urban geography is so exact you can practically map the city off her fictions. But though the addresses match, the vibe is unrecognizable. Young but hopelessly uncool, lustful without being sexy, dowdy, white, blind to its own staggering beauty, Ms. Munro's Vancouver is an outpost where new wives blink through the rain and wonder when their real lives are going to begin.

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Europe Travel Guide

Nice overview of many places and things to do. Offers advice on why to go and what to avoid.

Europe Travel 101 - Before You Travel to Europe for the First Time

Good introduction to traveling in Europe. I like the time line especially.

BTS | Issue Brief, Number 13 - Airline Travel Since 9/11

"This November 2005 report looks at changes in airline travel since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Features data on number of domestic airline passengers, available seats, prices, and number of airline employees. Includes brief discussion of decreasing airfares in reaction to the growth of low-cost carriers. From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation." (via LII)