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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
The miles clock up on Obama’s trail
THE W
A
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THERE are times when some of the trip would take you 31 hours’ solid driving.
THEY WERE
press releases that reach us here at The RAC website handily calculates
TTG Towers need a little delving into. W
OULD
And so it was with this latest
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what would be your carbon footprint
on this epic journey. For a large,
offering from Alamo Rent A Car, BELIEVE
which suggested the latest must-do
IT!?
US-style petrol car, emissions would
be 830kg, or 0.83 tonnes.
road trip is the Obama trail following For the return London-US flights, the
the great man’s path to the White House. carbon footprint is only 1.21 tonnes, so the road
However, driving from Boston to Washington trip would be two-thirds that of the flight.
DC via Chicago and New York is a grand total of It’s a good job, then, Alamo doesn’t suggest
1,740 miles – and that’s without taking in Lakes you take the full “Obama trail”, which actually
Michigan and Erie as Alamo suggests. starts in Ohahu, Hawaii, and then LA before
If you stuck to the 55mph speed limit, this heading to the US’s eastern seaboard.
Michael Lane
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Look carefully
and you might just recognise this “big
beast” of the travel industry. Tui Travel’s
Dermot Blastland, who has already been
outed as a dead ringer for action film hero
Indiana Jones, aka Harrison Ford, in our
lookalike feature, obviously caught the
adventure bug early on in his career.
Find mile-high love
on Valentine’s Day
A SURVEY by
Cheapflights.co.uk has revealed
SPO
T
TED
that airlines are going to need to install a few
more lavatories on their aircraft.
Apparently, 51% of those polled said they
were hoping to join the mile-high club this year. THE RAT AND PEACOCK: While browsing in one of Dubai’s souks, a TTG reporter
A further 27% were giving it serious consider- spotted this bizarre sign above a shop. The emirate seems to have it all: seven-star
ation, leaving just 21% who categorically said hotels, zero crime rate, sandy beaches . . . and apparently even the vermin are beautiful
they did not want to have sex at 30,000 feet.
If these stats are to be believed, it means four
in five adults on flights are amenable to the idea.
Paul works flat out to promote firm
So if you are looking to find love this Valentine’s
day, forget singles parties – the sky seems like LOWCOSTTRAVEL’S Paul Evans has been out and
the best place to be. about this week in an unusual way to promote
his newly relaunched website. He was visiting
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
some of London’s best known landmarks in
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
a motorised bed for an online marketing
with the travel trade. Hilarious photos also
campaign which was featured on YouTube.
welcome. Please call Rupert Murray on 020
7921 8010 or email
rmurray@ttglive.com ■
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e5bovh6KzTA Watch Paul Evans taking in London’s sights – in a bed
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