BRIEFING I LATE BOOKINGS. Obviouslythese are available at mosttravel agents. but there are some specialists- FRUTIN TRAVEL (23 GreatJunction St. Leith or 55 DaIry Road. Edinburgh) being one. Otherwise it can take some persistence. as late bookings are one big hassle to organise. I ACCOMMODATION. THOMSONS do two brochures torthose who wish to avoid high-rise. all-night disco. unisex- jacuzzi types 01 holiday pad. SIMPLY GREECE boasts tavernas. small hotels. apartments and village rooms all over Greece and the Greek islands. SMALL AND FRIENDLY teatures (surprisingly) small hotels and pensions in Spain. Greece. Italy. Yugoslavia. Portugal and Malta. 'Cosy and inIormaI' runs their copy. Brochures available Irom most travel agents. I SUN-BATHING AND BURNING. I always thought Iuss about sun-burn was a lot at nonsense until I dragged my poor lily~white brother into the noonday Mediterranean sun. By nighttall he was as red as a tomato. riddled with headaches. dehydrated and extremely uncomtortable. Don't do it. The 'a little to start 011 with“ old wives' tale is the best. Many Scots have pale burnable skins which require several Iactors. For the mystilied. lotions operate on a scale 01 1 to 10 -10 being the most protective. I DRIVING HOLIDAYS. International licences are required in countries such as Spain, Greece. Austria. Bulgaria and Hungary. You'll need one tor Turkey it you plan to hire a car. There are some caveats (depending on the colourot your UK licence). so ask at your local AATRAVEL OFFICE where they issue International Driving Permits tor a statutory tee. Take along a passport-type photo and your UK driving licence. Get an INTERNATIONAL GREEN CARD trom your insurance broker as evidence oI cover. Cover may not be extensive with your home country insurance. so it's worth checking it out. It anyone lurks in blisstul ignorance about which side at the road almost everyone but Britain drives on. they drive on the RIGHT HAND SIDE. HEADLIGHTS should be yellow tor France and Tunisia. Their beam should be altered tor RHS drive countries with a detlectorto avoid dazzling on-coming trattlc. It you do notdisplay standard GB NATIONALITY STICKERS you are liable to be tined.
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I mooeu EXTRAS». Atty airport taxes are generally
1 stated at time oIbooking.
As regards inclusive holidays. operators allow themselves a loop-hole tor surcharges. A levy which is generally not more than £10 (it is often much less) may be payable to cover higher
3 tueI costs etc. so do keep an
eye out tor contractual
clauses covering this.
I PACKING everything but
the kitchen sink is nevera
good idea. Write a listand ignore the itch to put in the barbecue and the eye-lash curler. Roll clothes around a towel to stopthem creasing. Do not till inthe 'home address' section on luggage labels until you are on yourway home. Orwrite a work contact-address on
: instead.Sign-postingyour
empty house‘s address might result in an unwelcome visit. You can buy an adaptor plug which will lit a variety oI non-British sockets tor about £4. This will save you trantically changing plugs whilst away. or worse still. save you trom the late at untonged hair.
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Sticklers tor tacts. the map-mad. the photographically inclined and the general knowledge butt will all be Iascinated by this epic tome. It'll lasta liletime and it's an investmenttortravellers and torthose with a curiosity about the world at large. £23.95 Ior 800.000 words. 736 pages. 158 maps, 2501ull colour illustrations and. asthey say, much much more.
I Atlas supremos BATHOLOMEW'S do many varieties-tor motorists. children and tor the curious. I There are ROUGH GUIDES to France. Spain. Portugal. Greece. Yugoslavia. Morocco. Tunisia. Mexico. Peru. Kenya and China. They reallytell you everything you need to know. (Routledge G Kegan Paul approx £4.95).
I The LET'S GO series at books Iorthe ‘budget traveller' are equally comprehensive and essential manuals. They have volumes on Europe. large chunks ot the USA. Spain. Portugal 5. Morocco
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plus others. (Harrap ‘ Columbus-travel magnates-about £10.95). I TRAVELMATES. Available in a variety oI nationalities. they are pocketsized phrase books which also contain in-built hints on how not to interpret road signs etc. For example. ‘blumenkohlsuppe' pna German restaurant menu means cream at caulitlower soup. (Richard Drew £1.50).
I INSIGHT GUIDES are compilations 01 pieces by individual contributors and travellers. Culture. language. history, tood. nothing is passed by. Colour photos embellish the texts. Places exotic plus the more Iamiliar are all accreditedtheir own volume. Germany and Greece are among endless titles. (APA Productions approx £9.95).
I The FRANCO-FILE is a recent addition to the A-Z ot countries series. It is divided into tiles on regions and activities. all a la France. Odd sketches seem to be page till-ins. (Country File Publishing £4.95).
I Others:
THE VISITORS GUIDE TO YUGOSLAVIA: THE ADRIATIC COAST (Moorland Publishing £7.95) WALKING IN AUSTRIA Brian Spencer (Moorland £5.95) ANCIENT PATHWAYS IN THE ALPS Caselli a Sugden (George Philip £7.95).
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Dundee: 124 Overgate. Edinburgh: Fanum House. 10-22 Melville St. Glasgow: 269 Arger St.
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