Letters to the Travel Editor
A prizewinner writes
Thank you so much, my girls loved the new suitcases (pictured). They started to pack their toys, etc. I will have to repack when they are asleep.
Roger Snelgar
The Travel Editor replies: No worries! Hope the IT Luggage (which is available exclusively at Briscoes) serves you well in your travels. Whenever I bring a new suitcase or bag home, my kids test it out to see whether or not they can fit inside it.
Selfish pleasures
I have just returned from Hong Kong. It was a night flight, so I looked forward to sleeping after the meal. It was not to be, thanks to a passenger across the way who watched movies all night and dug noisily, non-stop into a packet of goodies packed in cellophane. He obviously could not hear the dreadful racket that affected all other passengers in his vicinity. Selfish, it’s-all-about-me syndrome!
Lou Fenton
We are not amused
I want to say that I, as a fan of your weekly magazine, was upset by the mean-spirited, snotty tone of the heading for your article “3 spots for avoiding the royals” — ie, “With two members of Britain's most renowned family of state beneficiaries in the country, Jane Jurgens looks at the best places to avoid them.”
As the magazine is staffed by people who get to travel to places most of us only dream of, often flying First or Business Class, stay at luxurious hotels/lodges/palaces, often dining sumptuously — all free, I think it might be appropriate for a little insight to be applied. Obviously the irony of the situation would be lost on Jane Jurgens!
The fact that every bed in Rotorua [was] taken when Prince Harry and Meghan [visited] says quite a lot to me.
Kind regards,
Sylvia Phillips, Rotorua
I used to enjoy Winston Aldworth's weekly contribution to the Travel liftout, but he's become increasingly annoying. He's become far too big for his boots which results in smart comments, at times rather nasty ones. His personal opinions on subjects that have nothing to do with travel have run their course. The latest rant on Meghan and Harry's tour of New Zealand was completely nuts. Did he not see how thousands of Kiwis were very happy that they were here?
Winston's attitude needs to change. He's been travelling free around the world to such an extent he's become a smarty pants. Get someone else to do his job, someone fresh who greatly appreciates the amazing opportunities afforded the job. Suzanne Mexted-Dykes, Rotorua