Mother Nature Sets Carmel Rates
Through the end of January, Mother Nature is setting the midweek room rates at Inns by the Sea properties in Carmel and Monterey, Calif.
At participating Carmel properties (Candle Light Inn, Dolphin Inn, Svendsgaards Inn, Wayside Inn and Horizon Inn/ Oceanview), room rates are being based on the previous day’s high temperature. In Monterey, rates at the Cypress Gardens Inn and El Adobe Inn are based on the low temperature of the day.
These rates are subject to availability. For reservations at any of the inns, call (800) 433-4732.
Discount seats: For theater lovers, new gift certificates available from Theatre Direct International, a New York-based ticket agency, let you give orchestra or front mezzanine seats to any show on Broadway, redeemable up to a year from the date of purchase.
Certificates are $75 each, redeemed by phone or mail and based on availability. Information: (800) 334-8457.
English wanted: No matter how you translate it, fractured English - on signs abroad - can be hilarious. And “Innocents Abroad,” a California-based travel show heard on public radio stations (mainly in the Midwest and West Coast), is looking for examples of twisted translations seen on your travels.
Like the sign outside a tailor shop in India that read “Measurements for Men Downstairs, Women Have Fits Upstairs,” or a pilot’s pre-landing announcement to his Mexico City passengers to “prepare for a let-down.”
Send examples with your name and address to Innocents Abroad Productions, P.O. Box 673, Mendocino, Calif. 95460, or fax to (707) 964-4181. If they’re accepted, you’ll get on-air credit and a free cassette of the show containing your entry.
Diabetic aid: The Diabetic Traveler newsletter has compiled a list of 84 diabetes organizations in countries from Albania to Zambia, to help travelers with diabetes with emergencies or local referrals.
Send a business-size, self-addressed, stamped envelope to the newsletter at P.O. Box 8223-RW, Stamford, Conn. 06905.
National survey: Disabled travelers can take part in a national survey on compliance with the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986, a law designed to ensure that people with disabilities get nondiscriminatory treatment when traveling by air.
Results of the survey, sponsored by the Paralysis Society of America, will go to the Department of Transportation in the hope they will influence airline practices and future regulation.
Comments and suggestions can be made through January by calling (800) 643-8245. The Paralyzed Veterans of America also offers a brochure about the law, available by calling (800) 424-8200 or, for TDD users, (800) 795-4327.