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To Rick G
To Rick G
Read your commentary in the Washington Post Travel section this morning. I knew it was you before I even read the signature!!! I don't know how you do it but will definitely try it on our next trip-- and live by your motto-take half the clothes and twice the money!
Just another trouble maker!! We were skiing this weekend with a big group of friends and the new fees were a big topic of discussion. Two friends of ours are big skiers and mountaineers. They have trouble staying within the old bag and weight limits when they go to Telluride/Ouray. The conversation was spirited!
Cheers, RickG
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes - Coral Bay - St. John, VI
....and his fame continues......
February 19, 2008 (News of St. John)
One bag, one bag
Almost 20 years ago, we rented Las Trementinas, a three-bedroom villa near Chocolate Hole. The owner, Steve Clayton, lived in Seattle, where he owned a company which provided tropical fish and aquariums to businesses. He gave us one piece of advice when we decided to build our own house at Reef Bay: "One Roof! One Roof!"
You see, Steve's house had a main building, and then several little guest houses. The more roofs you have, the more expensive it is to build (because you have multiple structures) and maintenance costs are higher than with just one roof.
On Sunday, the Washington Post published a letter from Rick Garvin in Mclean, Virginia in which he applied this "one roof thinking" to travel. With United Airlines limiting people to one bag at no cost, isn't' it likely other airlines will begin charging for a second bag, too? Rick said he is "delighted" by the policy.
First, he thinks too many people bring too many bags and slow the check-in process. One free bag, he hopes, will result in fewer people packing for a safari when in fact they're just going to the beach.
Rick, personally, is determined to travel light between Dulles and St. Thomas. "My family, with two kids can easily travel with one checked bag for all of us," he wrote the Post's Travel editors. "It's a vacation, not a migration," he adds.
And, he points out, with one bag, he doesn't have to que up in those awful lines at he St. Thomas airport airline counters to check luggage. "We will print our boarding passes on St. John and go directly to immigration/customs when we arrive at the airport." Brilliant! If you have ever survived the wait to check a bag, and then been told go to Immigration/Customs, where the lines are long and anxiety levels off the chart, you can appreciate how valuable Rick's tip is.
Here's Rick's letter to the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 8021502318
February 19, 2008 (News of St. John)
One bag, one bag
Almost 20 years ago, we rented Las Trementinas, a three-bedroom villa near Chocolate Hole. The owner, Steve Clayton, lived in Seattle, where he owned a company which provided tropical fish and aquariums to businesses. He gave us one piece of advice when we decided to build our own house at Reef Bay: "One Roof! One Roof!"
You see, Steve's house had a main building, and then several little guest houses. The more roofs you have, the more expensive it is to build (because you have multiple structures) and maintenance costs are higher than with just one roof.
On Sunday, the Washington Post published a letter from Rick Garvin in Mclean, Virginia in which he applied this "one roof thinking" to travel. With United Airlines limiting people to one bag at no cost, isn't' it likely other airlines will begin charging for a second bag, too? Rick said he is "delighted" by the policy.
First, he thinks too many people bring too many bags and slow the check-in process. One free bag, he hopes, will result in fewer people packing for a safari when in fact they're just going to the beach.
Rick, personally, is determined to travel light between Dulles and St. Thomas. "My family, with two kids can easily travel with one checked bag for all of us," he wrote the Post's Travel editors. "It's a vacation, not a migration," he adds.
And, he points out, with one bag, he doesn't have to que up in those awful lines at he St. Thomas airport airline counters to check luggage. "We will print our boarding passes on St. John and go directly to immigration/customs when we arrive at the airport." Brilliant! If you have ever survived the wait to check a bag, and then been told go to Immigration/Customs, where the lines are long and anxiety levels off the chart, you can appreciate how valuable Rick's tip is.
Here's Rick's letter to the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 8021502318
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I agree with Rick completely. I have actually been doing this for a few years now. If you can print your boarding pass on STJ 24 hrs. before your time of departure, and only do carry on, it doesn't matter how busy the airport is. I even go so far as to take extra customs forms home and have that filled out before I arrive at the airport. So you have all your paperwork ready, arrive at airport, go straight through customs, and right to security. It's fun walking past all those people with steamer trunks of luggage. Like B-as-u-r said, we're only going to the beach. 
I was not able to print my boarding pass early last time because Cape Air didn't allow that, but that flight only has a handful of people on it, so the line to check in was nothing.
I was not able to print my boarding pass early last time because Cape Air didn't allow that, but that flight only has a handful of people on it, so the line to check in was nothing.
Bathing suit, one pair of shoes, no socks or underwear, no pajamas, one pair of shorts, 2 t-shirts, one nice shirt, one hat...PA Girl wrote:I am creeping away from migriation towards vacation. I evaluated the suitcase last night and removed several items. It will take me many more trips to fully come over to the light side.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes - Coral Bay - St. John, VI
