Word: rome
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rome Reporters Walter Galling and Leonora Dodsworth find that the strong dollar hasn't changed their lives. Says Galling: "There's a little thing here called inflation." Munich Reporter Franz Spelman recalls the sad days of the wilting dollar. "Just eight years ago," he says, "some Germans, remembering the CARE packages that Americans sent after World War II, began giving the families of needy U.S. servicemen toys, clothing and furniture...
...other carriers, which are also raising prices about 10% on their regular fares at the end of April, maintain much higher basic rates. Sample round-trip fares from New York: London, $639; Paris, $679; Rome, $799; Frankfurt, $734; Tel Aviv, $799; Tokyo, $1,305; Peking, $1,544. But then come all the different kinds of discounting: midweek flights are cheaper; so is APEX (Advance- Purchase Excursion rate, a round-trip ticket bought at least two to three weeks in advance). And then come discounts on discounts: if, for example, you cannot buy an APEX ticket 21 days in advance...
These various deals have narrowed the price gap between scheduled airlines and charter carriers. Last year five major charters went into default, but the five survivors expect a 20% increase in business this year over 1984. Sample round-trip charter rates from New York: London, $512; Paris, $507; Rome, $607. Standby fares are $100 less...
...Greg Hubbard, a Los Angeles construction worker, and his wife Linda both converted to Catholicism recently, and they made their first trip to Italy, a two-week tour of Rome and five other cities, for $2,500. "It was nicer than we thought it would be," says Linda, "particularly when you compare it with all that neon we get at home...
Beyond such traditional attractions as London, Paris and Rome lie the superbargains. Denmark is quite cheap; Spain and Portugal are very cheap. A palatially balconied room at the onetime royal hunting lodge in Portugal's magnificent Bucaco Forest costs $35 a couple a night. The pottery shops around the noble monastery of Batalha or the Moorish stronghold of Cintra sell beautiful 18th century-style china for prices as low as $7 a plate. Greece is beyond cheap, particularly if you concentrate on the best bargain it has to offer: find yourself an out-of-the-way island in the Aegean...