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I remember travel agencies were on pretty much every corner. Getting plane tickets hotel reservations was a close held secret. You could shop around but it was exhausting
I think security checks began around 1970. It was done at the boarding gate. The stewardess would hold your Swiss army knife, and hand it back when you landed.
I traveled extensively in the 60’s internationally when in the military mostly on commercial carriers when I was on embassy duty going places where there was usually no military transportation available. There was absolutely no security at all.
On a Pan Am flight from Tan Son Nhut in Saigon to San Francisco I was permitted to board with an unloaded SKS semi auto rifle. Taking it home as a souvenir. This was a regular flight and not a charter carrying military personnel. Several times through Europe carrying a loaded handgun in baggage. Things have changed.
In the 60s in Frommers $5/day Europe, it was never a problem even in mid-summer. Just get off the train, walk across the street, check in to a hotel with bathroom down the hall. Ready to move on, walk back over to the station, check the board for the hourly train to your next destination, buy a ticket with cash from a multilingual clerk, and get on.
Did the same thing in 1969. Europe on $5 a day was our bible! We (two female recent college grads) hitchhiked all over Europe and never had any trouble. Stayed in youth hostels and cheap hotels all over Europe, usually for around $8 a night.
And, referring back to your original post, we stayed on Af Chapman, the boat in the harbor in Stockholm. Great memories.
Those hand written airline tix were great, they were essentially legal tender and could be used at any airline, something that a lot of people were not aware of. It is actually kind of too bad that electronic tickets have done away with that option.
I traveled to and worked in the Netherlands in 1988. Luckily, there were friends on similar jobs for questions, we used dialup email services and the rest was via travel guides. I had a company calling card for phone calls home and mail was fairly dependable. I remember entering the country in Amsterdam and they wanted some paperwork for my Kaypro 2000 - to insure I didn’t sell it there. Poor, naive me said, “Why would I sell it? I just purchased it.” They let me through out of pity I’m sure. Lol
I was back in the same town, Haarlem, with my wife in April. We went to Luxembourg and Brussels. Man, having a smart phone along was a real game-changer!
For the most part we did things through travel agencies. Or, for flights, there were these thick books with small writing that listed flights.
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For the most part we did things through travel agencies. Or, for flights, there were these thick books with small writing that listed flights.
The OAG- Official Airlines Guide mentioned earlier.
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Originally Posted by TwoByFour
Those hand written airline tix were great, they were essentially legal tender and could be used at any airline, something that a lot of people were not aware of. It is actually kind of too bad that electronic tickets have done away with that option.
Ah the good old days. If you missed a connection on Airline A you just walked over to the desk of Airline B and got THEIR flight if they had open seats. Now there's something called ule 120 and I THINK that's supposed to be possible if you're flying one of the legacy airlines, but I've never seen it used. They'd rather put you on one of their flights even if it's tomorrow AM.
One other memory: flight insurance. You could buy it at a counter at the airport, fill in the form and it would be mailed to the beneficiary you named. It was pretty cheap.
Lol.....I was primarily hooked by the first by the title of this particular thread. I can't just imagine what travelling and its processing that time would look like.
Travelling is gonna be very boring except if you are reading a book or engage in discussion with someone.
Travelling processing too might be tough. Not sure if there would be online platforms for registering passport details or Every things is probably gonna be done manually....lol
Special apreciations to platforms like hotels.ng/guides/categores/visa and other sites in travel/tourism niche that can not only help you with information regarding visa.
There were these massive hotel books that I used to book hotels.
For airline tickets I just called and called.
Lots of road trips.
My girlfriend tossed bags for the airlines for flight priviledges so I flew buddy pass non-rev with her.
Write to the chamber of commerce to get put on the hotels mailing lists.
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