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places january 1 978 paqe s toronto minivacations offer escape from suburban blues theres a bit of the masochist in all of us when it comes to travel even when we know our budgets wont allow us to follow the sun or do europe this year we longingly pore over travel articles with a maybe next year resignation however if the ratrace and ontarios exhaustive winter is starting to get to you theres a mini- vacation available that is within reach of most pocketbooks more and more couples from oshawa or oakville or burlington are taking advantage of the weekend special rates offered by toronto hotels to have themselves a mini- vacation away from the- kids and the inlaws while they save for that big trip they hope to take next year or the year after a couple we know recently spent a winter weekend at the prince hotel at 900 york mills road in toronto and they found it so relaxing and inexpensive that theyre planning to do it again this year when the winter blahs get to be too much to handle the prince offers one of their oversized rooms for two nights on the weekend for 59 a couple if you want to brownbag it and just watch television for v the weekend thats all your escape from pickering or bronte or wherever will cost you except for room taxthat goes towards making ontariariario a better place in which to stand but if you won a hun dred bucks from wintario and you feel like splurging a little you can dine on superb french cuisine in le continental or try your hand at eating with chopsticks in the katsura restaurant which features some of the best japanese delicacies this side of the ginza one area in which our couple felt the prince showed a great deal of class was room service they ordered coffee and croissants for breakfast and along with a huge pot of coffee they got small individual jars of robertsons jam and marmalade instead of the usual blob of jam served on a saucer with no guarantee of how many other rooms it had visited that week however to quote the tag line from the movie some like it hot nobodys perfect there were a couple of little disadvantages at the prince but they were far outweighed by the many positive aspects of this japaneseowned hotel for instance the pop machine must have been installed by a former tax department employee because you kept feeding it money and got nothing in return however this is a common fault in hotels and one we have resigned ourselves to just like mail that takes three weeks or more to reach us the prince really should do something though about the noisy hemisphere tours ltd of toronto is offering the ultimate to the ski nuts who are constantly in search of a new ski ex perience if you take one of their winter west charters to banff or lake louise for a few dollars more 82 to be exact in cluding transpo rtation from banff you can go glacier skiing near radium bc a canadian mountain holidays helicopter takes you to the top and gives you 3000 vertical metres of pure skiing experience as a safety precaution you get an avalanche radio and your own guide cash register in its open- air coffee shop the morning our couple chose to breakfast- there the cashier spent about 15 minutes totalling up an endless number of tabs and it got quite annoying another disadvantage applies only if you overindulge in the booze department and have a hankering to see torontos nightspots the prince being located in the north end of toronto is about an eight dollar cab ride from city centre however if you drink in moderation and use your car to get downtown you get- a bonus because the prince provides free parking with a polite attendant who will take your car off your hands right at the door and fetch it for you when you want it all in all the prince offers a great way for you to break out of the winter doldrums without having to sell off the family jewels to finance your trip n out and about the canadian scene travelways tours of markham ontario have four aces up their sleeve in a game called follow the sun their 30day bus tour to florida gives you your choice of 24 days of sunshine at melbourne daytona beach st petersburg or sarasota referred to as their stayput efficiency tours these four destinations offer an economical and enjoyable way to enjoy florida sunshine without having to listen to anita bryant if you have a flair for marketing and a nodding acquaintance with chemistry your trip to british columbia this year could make you decide to stay there and run your own business one of our staff writers recently visited the premises of pym of saltair a perfume laboratory situated in a woodland setting just south of ladysmith on vancouver island owned by dave godkin the lab is located in a long low shakespearian- type building dave built himself the building also contains the godkin home a studio for daves artist wife thelma and living quarters for keith brown the chemist who has developed the for mulas for the many varieties of perfume the lab produces dave and thelma have themselves been bitten by the travel bug and wish to spend their retirement years wandering around north america stopping wherever thelma finds interesting subjects to paint the godkins have therefore decided to sell their perfume business lock stock arid barrel dave figures he has si- million worth of perfume in stock and he is willing to turn this over along with the buildings and the property to the proper buyer for something in the range of a quarter- million dollars he says the ideal situation would be for a family to run the business with mr browns assistance a flair for marketing is important because dave sees unlimited potential for his products which to date have been selling well on the island and in vancouver many of his sales have come from tour buses stopping at the lab and from repeat business from tourists who return every year from points across north america to stock up on pym fragrances anyone interested can contact dave at 9806 willow street chemainus vancouver island bc 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from 519 bridgetown barbados caracas venezuela south america willemstad curacao oranjestad aruba cartagena colombia south america montego bay jamaica one week from 519 or see it all from features include round trip jet flight free inflight meals and bar all transfers and baggage handling all meals with choice of menu airconditioned carpeted cabin with private facilities full program of on board entertainment optional shore excursions at moderate prices director and full staff on board to ensure your enjoyment departures every friday from december 16 1977 to may 12 1978 space at this price is limited may not beavit- able on all departure dales is subject to availabil ity at time of booking and is sold on a first come first served basis space at this price or lower may be available at any time through circum stance or at strands discretion unless stated otherwise all prices quoted are per person double occupancy plus taxes nobody does it better folmatenobocnuresonrytcrfepxne 4163637363