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Travel Agencies/Vendors - L.A. Business Travel - The New Reality - Brief Article
We who travel for extended periods on tight budgets generally pride ourselves on having a richer experience of the countries we visit than those who rush through on a package tour. Implicit in our rich experience is meeting and getting to know a wide range of people.

Lonesome traveler: how can individuals and small firms save on travel costs? Los Angeles Business Journal, Sept 14, 1992 by Sally Starr
Travel can quickly add up to a major expense. Most companies are neither large enough nor coordinated enough to have in-house travel planners. So the burden of work -- and the responsibility for cost-saving -- falls to travel agents.

Does anyone know where all the money is going? - travel industry
Over the past few years, I have watched, with interest and growing concern, as travel and travel-related organizations have adopted, adapted and adjusted their marketing activities to seemingly mirror ever more closely those of major consumer product companies.

Reduce those corporate travel costs - Brief Article
When it comes to company expenses, travel is one of the most controllable: it ranks third after payroll and automation. It's also one of the easiest to overlook when cutting costs. Many companies believe they have exhausted their money-saving options once they've selected the lowest airfares, the cheapest hotels and the most economical rental cars.

Home for the holidays - travel tips
When you flash back on a favorite aunt unveiling still-warm sweet-potato pies, or Dad putting lights on the Christmas tree, you realize there's no "next-best thing" to being home for the holidays. But maybe this reality is dawning on you late. Maybe you're not sure how you can afford a trip home without requiring wallet surgery later. So we've done some comparison shopping for you. Whether you plan to fly, take a train or bus, or drive, read on for some budget-sensitive travel tips - our holiday gift to you.

U.S. travel and tourism satellite accounts - Statistical Data Included
The U.S. travel and tourism satellite accounts show a detailed picture of the travel and tourism industries and their role in the U.S. economy (see table 1). These accounts were developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, with the support of the Tourism Industries Office of the International Trade Administration, in order to more accurately measure the contribution of travel and tourism to the economy

I'd rather be traveling - Travel Views - Brief Article
If you are like me, you can't afford the time or money to take all the trips you would like. To placate my wanderlust, I incorporate aspects of travel into my everyday life in a variety of ways. Try out some of these ideas for calming your own travel longings:

Travel tops plans for summer
A strong economy and a minimum increase in the cost of travel have led to a bullish outlook on consumer travel spending this summer. Vacation travel in the United States is expected to jump by 4% over June, July and August to a record 271 million person-trips (a person-trip represents each person traveling more than 100 miles from home), according to the Travel Industry Association of America.

Tips for safer travel overseas
Today's headlines highlight terrorist acts, street crime and civil unrest. You, the exporter, need to travel overseas to build your business. Yet the reality of danger abroad may make you rethink your plans to visit your foreign business partners. Your problem: how to build your export business while assuring your personal safety.

Island bargains - Caribbean Travel Guide
From the 365 shimmering beaches of Antigua to the black sands of Martinique, the beauty of the Caribbean islands lures millions of vacationers back to its shores year after year. In 1990, to 11.8 million people visited the Caribbean--6.5 million of them from the United States. It is the islands' proximity to the United States, the wide variety of travel packages and the Caribbean's cultural diversity that make it a travel bargain in today's economy.

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