Americans, undaunted by all the reports of spiraling fares and overcrowding on flights to Europe this summer, coupled with an unfavorable exchange rate, are setting their jaws and vowing to join the annual tourist crush anyway. How else to explain the glut of Europe-on-the-cheap coverage this weekend?
Surviving the Euro:
– Chicago Tribune: “Be prepared: How to cope with Europe”
– Chicago Tribune: “Paris, London, Rome: Budget sleeps in the Big Three”
– SF Chronicle: “Paris Lodgings for savoring romance, saving euros” (note repeat copy from the LA Times’ Susan Spano, tsk-tsk)
– NYT: “Affordable Europe”
– NYT: “A Family Vacation in London, Guided by Scrooge”
Alternate destinations:
– NYT: “Going To: Glasgow”
– LA Times: “Ancient art of idling” (Hvar, Croatia)
On the other hand, if you’re itching to spend an obscene amount of money in one of the most impoverished countries on earth, you can take a tip from USA Today’s article about a rare opportunity to visit North Korea. The government in Pyongyang is allowing a limited number of capitalist lapdogs to spend their greenbacks to attend this summer’s Mass Games.
– USA Today: “Drab North Korea is a Hot Ticket“
Posted on Apr 24, 2006 01:54 PM by kristin
