Maui Visit

It's hard to believe this is my 102nd visit to Hawaii. I can always remember my first, it was in December. As I stepped off the jet and it was summer! More later on the new zip lines and adventure tours. Aloha, Doug

Lessons Learned From I Phone Salesman

So Diane and I broke down and purchased new IPhones. Sunday we visited our local AT&T Mobility store. Walid Salloud not only helped us transfer our contacts but connected the web and our emails. WOW! Was he fast. Then I remembered he does this everyday for a living. Do your prepare your own income taxes? Change your own engine oil? Plan you own cruise or complicated travel itinerary? Something to think about.

Rose Bowl Football Packages

Visit our web site at www.osubowls.com for the latest football bowl information. Yes, even if the Oregon Ducks win, they can use our Rose Bowl package. But - Go Beavs

Kids Fly Free

Another Walker Travel exclusive is our "Kids Fly Free" program. This special applies to domestic and international air travel from Portland, Oregon or Seattle. The minor (under 19) needs to fly on the same itinerary as the full paying adult. Travel needs to be completed by June 15, 2010. Check with one of our agents for the details.

Newark Airport Lost Baggage - Welcome To America

My flight was recently delayed 4 hours at the Newark airport. With nothing better to do I hopped on the monorail and traveled from concourse to concourse. Stepping into one car I saw a small back pack with no one around. I picked up the package, stepped backward off the mono rail and gave it to an airport employee with a red blazer. He said I should not have touched the item because it could be a bomb. However, now that I removed it he could take it from me. The employee telephoned around the terminal and within 30 seconds a traveler was reporting the lost item. I waited about 1/2 hour before a couple raced up the stairs to claim the pack. The youngsters were from Milan Italy and when they opened to latch out fell Euros, credit cards and passports. They tried to pay me however I make so much money in the travel business I decline (Ha).

As the couple was exiting the platform the man in the red blazer said "Welcome to America".

Get a U. S Passport!

Often passengers are presented with opportunities to travel out of the country but are disappointed. Why? Because they didn't have a U.S. Passport. Adult passports are good for 10 years. Go to www.travel.state.gov/ to apply. You now need a passport to travel is Canada, Mexico and even Guam if flying through Tokyo.

Get a U. S Passport!