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• 'Call for travel cash control (Stuff)
A victim of defunct travel agent World Discovery Tours has called for stricter controls on the travel industry after losing a dream holiday to China.
• 'Millions Expected To Travel Over Holiday Weekend (KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
About 5 million people across California are expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association.
• '37 million expected to travel this weekend (AP via Yahoo! News)
The number of Americans driving and flying over the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to rise only slightly this year as consumers respond to the rising cost of airfares, hotel rooms and motor fuel, according to travel agency AAA.
• 'SAN FRANCISCO / Proposal tightens officials' travel rules (San Francisco Chronicle)
Legislation that would require city elected officials to report who funds their travel out of the state was approved Thursday by the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee. Under the proposed ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, elected...
• 'Japan Travel Bureau Delegates In Brunei (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam is set to woo many more tourists from Japan with the setting up of a new local travel agency just to cater for the Japanese market.
• '37 Million Expected to Travel This Weekend (ABC News)
37 Million Are Expected to Travel This Weekend Despite Gas Prices Hovering Around $2.85 a Gallon
• 'Holiday Weekend Travel (WXOW-TV La Crosse)
AAA expects the weekend travel to be higher than last year, despite the price at the pump hovering around three dollars a gallon. The motor club says gas prices nationwide average two-dollars and 90-cents for a gallon of self-serve unleaded.
• 'Travel to East Timor banned (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Filipinos not to travel to Timor-Leste, or East Timor, following Timorese rebels? fresh wave of attacks against civilians and government troops.
• 'Travel & Literature (Times Online)
After 25 years running The Travel Bookshop in London, Sarah Anderson sold up and went travelling with books for company. Read her logs, left, and continuing travels below
• 'Web site gives Coastside travel times (Half Moon Bay Review)
The Bay Area traffic Web site 511.org has added a feature that could aid Coastsiders struggling through traffic from the Midcoast to Highway 280. The popular site now includes current travel times from the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 92 to the Highway 280 onramp.

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