Return-Path: Received: from gs48.sp.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01671; 2 May 91 21:47:21 EDT Received: from gs48.sp.cs.cmu.edu by GS48.SP.CS.CMU.EDU id ab01734; 2 May 91 21:47:08 EDT To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: travel agent recommendations (12) Date: Thu, 02 May 91 21:46:52 EDT Message-ID: <1732.673235212@GS48.SP.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Jonathan Hardwick Here's a list of travel agent recommendations I got after posting on the general bboard. :::::::::::::: travel-agents/1 :::::::::::::: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 91 22:54:22 EDT From: Antonio Leal Subject: Recommended travel agents? > Can anyone recommend a good local travel agent, especially for > international flights? "Good" is defined to be some combination of > cheap and knowledgeable. I will forward all results to Bovik. Check out Forum Travel - it's on a side street off of North Craig, on the right side when going a couple of short blocks up from the Forbes and Craig intersection. (Found the address: 4608 Winthrop St, tel: 681-4099). Main atraction - they know how to deal with the discounts you can get with an International Student I.D. card. You can get one of those from the CMU Office of International Education (x7595, Smith Hall 221 [this is the building partly surrounded by Hamburg Hall]). Good luck, -Tony :::::::::::::: travel-agents/2 :::::::::::::: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 00:58:49 EDT From: Sanjiv.Singh@CIVE.RI.CMU.EDU Subject: travel agents try world wise travel. I have been using them for 4 years. Ask for Doris. She is very helpful. Dave is not. Sanjiv :::::::::::::: travel-agents/3 :::::::::::::: Subject: Good local travel agent Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 11:22:49 EDT From: Jim.Blythe@GS13.SP.CS.CMU.EDU I recommend Irene Strintzis at Tikka Tours, downtown. She seems very knowledgeable and has always helped me get the cheapest flights within my constraints, often spectacularly cheaper than other places. She teaches Greek at Pitt, so she's often in Oakland and will come into CMU if need be to collect money, deliver tickets and stuff. I used her to plan my flight to England at Christmas and my trip to Czechoslovakia last month. She was recommended to me by Bryan Loyall, and now all my officemates use her as well. The phone number for Tikka Tours is 391-0413. Happy travelling, Jim :::::::::::::: travel-agents/4 :::::::::::::: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1991 12:30-EDT From: Thomas.Gross@IUS3.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? World Wise Travel is a good agency and I've dealt with them a lot over the last couple years. I don't fly shaky airlines, so there may be cheaper flights, but given my constraints, they have served me well in the past. tg :::::::::::::: travel-agents/5 :::::::::::::: Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1991 16:46:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? Pittsburgh Travel Service, Station Square. 412 471 7417 The got me a paris -rt fare for half the best price american express envoy could find. michael :::::::::::::: travel-agents/6 :::::::::::::: Subject: Recommended Travel Agent Date: Sun, 28 Apr 91 17:15:52 EDT From: Dimitris.Varotsis@GREEK.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU I have used Tika's Tours and had very good experiences. The agency is owned by two very nice ladies who know what's going on and always find me the best deal (I know because I always ask more than one places). Dimitris :::::::::::::: travel-agents/8 :::::::::::::: Subject: travel agent Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 11:00:53 EDT From: Jean.Harpley@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU I've always used World-Wise. I've found their prices to be the most competitive, and the service is fantastic. They deliver your ticket right to your office (where most agents deliver it to the department). For international flights I always use Doris, she is the most knowledgable on International of all I've spoke to. Jean :::::::::::::: travel-agents/9 :::::::::::::: Subject: phone number for World-Wise Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 11:01:24 EDT From: Jean.Harpley@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Sorry, I forgot the phone number, easy one too. 531-5555 Jean :::::::::::::: travel-agents/10 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 12:09-EDT From: Mike.Blackwell@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? I've had very good results with American Express - they have an office over in the SEI building. Last summer they arranged a vacation trip to England and Norway for me, and got a fabulous rate through some sort of ticket broker (unchartered charter, I think it was called). -m- :::::::::::::: travel-agents/11 :::::::::::::: Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 9:27:50 EDT From: knabe@ARCTIC.FOX.CS.CMU.EDU Irene Strintzis, 391-0413. Absolutely incredible! :::::::::::::: travel-agents/12 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 17:40-EDT From: Yolanda.Gil@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? The very best I have ever seen: Forun Travel, in 4608 Winthrop St. (just off Craig, the second to last street to the right as you walk from Forbes up to Fifth). 681-4099. Yolanda.. :::::::::::::: travel-agents/13 :::::::::::::: Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 10:58-EDT From: Robert.Frederking@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? I've found Anne Egan to be reliable, and reasonably cheap. I don't think they participate in the super-cheap, risky stuff like gray market tickets, though. Bob :::::::::::::: travel-agents/14 :::::::::::::: Date: Thu, 2 May 1991 17:23:30 -0400 (EDT) From: David Anderson Subject: Re: Recommended travel agents? Call for Travel on Murray in Sq. Hill. --david