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From Away.com

Travel Light: September 2003
Travel Trends

By Alissa Mears


In the News: Mars on Display | Festivals & Events | Travel Trends: Seasons' Shift | Web Sites We Like | Eye on the Marketplace

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Shoulder Season Steals:
  • Fall travel to Ireland for under $350 roundtrip
  • Pick up some cheap fares from Boston to London


    • Back to School
    A migration of a different sort is sweeping the world: the Back to School stampede. So, the folks at Outside dusted off their thinking caps to compile the top 40 U.S. universities, ivory towers where you can hit the books AND the backcountry. Did your alma mater make it?
    Low-cost Airlines Duke It Out:
    Irish carrier Ryanair has threatened (bring it on, we say) to lower fares a further 10 to 15 percent to battle SARS and global travel woes—and to stick it to bigger carriers like British Airways and Lufthansa, perhaps?

    For more cheap European fares, sometimes for as little as $30 one-way, check out: easyJet and bmibaby.

    Gulf Air has also stepped into the low-cost fray with its summer launch of Gulf Traveller, offering cheaper fares between three Middle Eastern hubs (Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat) and India, Pakistan, Nepal, and East Africa.

    Cuba Travel Loophole Closes:
    Just when it seemed that the world (well, the U.S., more precisely) was getting ready to accept Cuba back into the fold, the U.S. State Department has clamped down on a relatively lax educational exchange policy. So, the crocodile-shaped Caribbean isle is now off-limits to (legal) U.S. travelers AND students seeking enlightenment.

    Reasons for Air Rage?:
    Another holdout from the "Can you hear me now?" invasion has fallen: AirTran, American, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, and Spirit now allow cell-phone calls to be made and received as soon as the jet lands. This comes on the heel of several carriers enabling in-flight Internet access. Soon there will be no escape from the office. Too bad.

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    In the News: Mars on Display | Festivals & Events | Travel Trends: Seasons' Shift | Web Sites We Like | Eye on the Marketplace