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It's Important to Type the Name of Your Desintation Correctly
I recently came across this story about three Norwegian tourists who planned a trip to Rhodes in Greece, only to end up in the French town of Rodez instead. They booked their trip through the Internet, you see, and made a mistake when typing the destination. Despite efforts of Rodez locals to make their stay pleasant, the confused tourists promptly returned to Norway. But while Rodez probably doesn't have beaches, at least it's still in Europe -- I think the mistake could have been much more profound. They could've ended up in Rhode Island, or maybe even Greece, New York. Imagine the shock if they had booked a trip to Paris, France and ended up in Paris, Ontario? I'm sure the Canadian town is lovely but it's not exactly a bustling metropolis. Or say you wanted to visit family in Memphis, TN, and ended up in Memphis, Egypt?
The point it, there are wayyyy to many similarly-named places in the world. Consider this fair warning an be careful the next time you book a trip online.
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Leif Sep 15th 2007 1:11AM
A couple years ago, during a particularly hectic and sleepless trip, I was about five seconds from hitting the 'purchase' button for my airline ticket from Athens, Greece to New York City, marveling at the astonishing low price I had found, when I suddenly realized, yes, I was one finger twitch away from buying a ticket from Athens, Georgia.
Catherine Sep 15th 2007 1:56PM
Alaskan legend speaks of man who bewilderingly wandered the streets of Petersburg, looking for an ancestral home or something.... Turns out he was supposed to be in St. Petersburg, Russia. Whoops.