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The worst laid plans . . .© Diane Goldberg under the original topic name
Out of the limitless goodness of her heart, Ms Budget Travel has committed every stupid blunder a budget traveler can commit during the past week. She's done it all for you, dear reader, so that you don't have to fall into the abyss that she's wallowed in over the past week.
As I'm sure you recall, last week Ms Budget Travel reported that she was en route to the World Horror Convention in Denver, Colorado where she'd be stranded in a rather expensive hotel. Her mission was to report back nifty survival techniques for eating on the cheap while staying in an expense account environment. Ms Budget Travel knows the first rule for a sojourn in the land of the rapidly escalating Visa balance --- pack a jar of instant coffee, pack cookies, pack crackers, she even has a few containers of just add water soup lined up ever so cleverly in her kitchen pantry. Alas! Ms Budget Travel neglected to pack these items . . . But, it gets worse. I did say this was a Horror Convention, did I not? I arrived at the airport without my driver's license. I wasn't driving the plane, now was I? Ms Budget Travel does not often fly within the US, she'd forgot that little photo ID requirement. . . Please note, the nice ticket folder from http://www.travelocity.com did say one should bring a photo ID, I had ample time to read it as I flung coins into the machine to reach my long suffering husband and ask him to bring me my license. Ah but the plot thickens . . . Ms BT's packing was woefully inadequate to withstand the Denver winds --- so foraging far from the hotel was a grim prospect. She'd forgotten that expensive hotels are usually in expensive areas . . . in one dreadful moment she paid a ghastly $6.50 for a twee little salad plate at the 16th street mall. It looked lovely and had the unmistakable taste of cilantro and out-of-season dead veggies. Near the hotel was a pair of the ubiquitous golden arches, purveyors of cheap fries and hot coffee . . . However, all was still chaos. On Sunday Ms Budget Travel arose early to confer with her roommate the talented and wonderful Julie Anne Parks, author of Storytellers ---- all travelers requiring reading for the beach, train, or interminable wait in a dentist's office should buy a copy. You can find out more about it at http://members.aol.com/jparks1393/ Go To Page: 1 2
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