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Prices are estimates only and are given in US Dollars. RESERVE YOUR CAR NOW AND SAVE Pick-up location: Pick-up: (MM/DD/YY) 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 noon 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM Car class: Drop-off: (MM/DD/YY) No Preference Economy Compact Midsize Standard Full Size Premium Luxury Convertible Mini-van Sport Utility Vehicle 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 noon 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM Packages Hotels Flights Cars Obey all international traffic signs and local laws, and remember to drive on the left on the following islands: Anguilla, Antigua, The Bahamas, Barbados, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. John, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Thomas. Anguilla -- Antigua & Barbuda Aruba The Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Curaçao Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Guadeloupe Haiti Jamaica Martinique Puerto Rico St. Barts St. Croix St. John St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarten & St. Martin St. Thomas Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Antigua & Barbuda: The roads are bumpy and the prices are in the high range, starting around US $300 a week with unlimited miles. The major car rental agencies are AVIS (800-331-1084) and Hertz (800-654-3131). Both offer pick-up service at the Antigua airport. Two local outfits are Titi Car Rental (809 460-1452) and Jonas Rent-A-Car (809 462-3760). You will need to purchase a drivers license (US $20), and will need to show a valid one from your home country to get it. Keep in mind that you must drive on the left . The area code for all numbers is 268. Budget Rent-A-Car...462-3009 Dollar Rent-A-Car...462-0362 Gomez Enterprises Ltd./Avis...462-2840 Gregory Car Rental/Hertz...462-4114 Holiday Car Rental...462-0256 Jacob's Rent-A-Car...462-0576 Jonas Rent-A-Car...462-3760 Lion Car Rental...460-1400 Oakland Rent-A-Car...462-3021 St. John's Car Rental...462-0594 Aruba: An International driving license or any valid license held for two years is necessary. The big three car rental agencies are located at the airport: Budget Rent-A-Car (800-472-3325 or 297-8-28600), Hertz (800-654-3001 or 297-8-24886) and AVIS (800-331-1084 or 297-8-24800). Other Aruban agencies are Hedwina Car Rental (297-8-26442), and Optima (297-8-36263). Bahamas: Rental cars and motor scooters are available in most areas in the Bahamas. Remember that you must drive on the left , and look right when crossing streets on foot. You may use your driver's license for up to three months, after which you must obtain a Bahamian one. A protective helmet is mandatory if you are travelling by motor scooter. The usual large North American companies, Budget Rent-A-Car (800-472-3325 or 297-8-28600), Hertz (800-654-3001 or 297-8-24886) and AVIS (800-331-1084 or 297-8-24800) are represented on Grand Bahama and New Providence Island. Small independent agents can be found on the out islands. Barbados: If you don't have an International Driver's License you will need a valid license to obtain a temporary permit ($5) to drive in Barbados (the permits are available from the car rental agencies). CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on Barbados. TheBarbados Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for3Barbados Car Rental Agencies with links to CJH Enterprise LTD , Elite Rent-A-Car and Regency Rent-A-Car . Other car rental agencies are National Car Rentals Ltd (246 426-0603, FAX 809 429-8147), Sunny Isle Motors (246 435-7979, FAX 809 435-9277), P & S Car Rentals (246 424-2052), Courtesy Rent.A.Car (246 431-4160, FAX 246 429-6387), Corbins Car Rentals (246 427-9531, FAX 246 426-8336), and Stoutes Car Rental (246 435-4456). The best bet is to take a taxi to your hotel and have your rental car delivered there (since delivery to the airport is often slow). Also keep in mind that you must drive on the left . British Virgin Islands: The BVI can be an expensive place to rent a car. You will need a BVI license ($10), obtainable with your valid driver's license. Some major car rental agencies are AVIS (284-494-3322), Budget (284-494-2639), Hertz (284-495-4405) and National (284-494-3197). On Virgin Gorda, try Mahogany Rentals (284-495-5469). Curaçao: The main car rental agencies are Budget (599-683420, 800 527-0700), AVIS (599-681163, 800 331-2112), National Car Rental (599-683489), Hertz (599-681182, 800 654-3001) and Dollar (599-690262). Prices at all the big agencies tend to start at around $250 a week with unlimited miles. Cayman Islands: Since the islands are relatively flat and small, renting a car is a good option. But keep in mind that you must drive on the left . Andy's Car Rentals in the Cayman Islands is conveniently located in front of the airport on Grand Cayman Island. Offering friendly service and cheap rates on rental cars & jeep rentals. Visit their Web site for more information and to book your car or jeep today! CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on Grand Cayman. The Grand Cayman Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for6 Grand Cayman Car Rental Agencies with links to Andy's Car Rental , Budget Car Rental , CB Rent-A-Car , Coconut Car Rentals and Economy Car Rental . Dominica: Three hundred miles of paved roads make it easy to explore Dominica by car at your own pace. Remember to drive on the left . Budget Rent-A-Car ...44-92080/1908 (800-472-3325) Canefield Industrial Estate, Canefield Cecil Thomas Rent A Car ...44-82349 Goodwill, Roseau SAG Car Rental ...44-91093/4 Canefield Springfield Rent-A-Car ...44-82340/4525 Goodwill Road, Roseau Valley Rent A Car ...44-83233 Goodwill Road, Roseau Walsh Car Renta l...44-83354 Kingshill, Roseau Wide Range Car Rentals ...44-82198/4099 Bath Road, Roseau. Dominican Republic: Renting a car seems to be the best way to get around the Dominican Republic, but it can be an adventure. Many secondary roads are in poor shape and badly lit. Drive carefully and avoid the use of alcohol. The main car rental agencies are AVIS (800-331-1084), Budget (800-527-0700) and Hertz (800-654-3001). Guadeloupe: Hertz (590-590-39-33-83) Haiti: Hertz (509-250-0700) Jamaica: CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on Jamaica. TheJamaica Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for2Jamaica Car Rental Agencies with links to Prospective Car Rentals and Island Car Rental . Island Car Rental is Jamaica's largest car rental agency. You can call them toll-free from the US at 800-892-4581. Dhana Car Rental is an independent agency located in Montego Bay at the Holiday Village Shopping Center. (809 953-9555) The main multinational car rental agencies are Avis (800-331-1212), Dollar (800-800-4000), National (800-227-3876), Hertz (800-654-3131) and Budget (876-952-3838). Keep in mind that you must drive on the left . Martinique: Hertz (590-590-65-10-101) Puerto Rico: CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for 3 Puerto Rico Car Rental Agencies with links to Charlie Car Rental , Target Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental Hertz is also available in Puerto Rico (787-791-0808 or 1-800-654-3030)Trinidad & Tobago St. Barts: CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on St. Barths. The St. Barths Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for St. Barths Car Rental Agencies with alink to Turbe Car Rental . St. Croix: The main car rental agancies on St. Croix are AVIS (340-778-9365 or 800-331-1084), Budget (340-778-9636) and Hertz (340-778-1402). They all have offices at the airport. You also might try Olympic (340-773-2208) or Thrifty (340-773-7200). Rates are reasonable but insurance rates are higher than usual because of the high accident rate. Also keep in mind that you must drive on the left . St. John: Conrad Sutton Car & Jeep Rental 30 years of friendly reliable service. Secure online reservations . Conrad Sutton Car & Jeep Rental P. O. Box 285, Cruz Bay, St. JohnU.S. Virgin Islands 00831(340) 776-6479.Visit their Web site for more information. Courtesy Car Rental Prompt, affordable, professional service. Courtesy Car & Jeep Rental P.O. Box 1316,St. John, USVI 00831(340) 776-6650.Visit their Web site for more complete information and reservations. O'Connor Car Rental is proud to be one of St. John's first car rentals, established in 1975 by Robert O'Connor Sr. With two locations on St. John at the Westin Resort and in the heart of Cruz Bay town (at the Texaco station), O'Connor Car Rental is happy to provide customers with a wide variety of reliable, clean vehicles. Visit their Web site for complete information. O'Connor Car Rental PO Box 368, St. John, USVI 00831 Phone (340) 776-6343 Fax (340) 779-4440 St. John Car Rental, Inc. Let the experts at the St. John Car Rental, Inc. , in business for over 27 years, show you how to get around the beautiful island of St. John. Rent a Suzuki Sidekick or Vitara, Jeep Wrangler or Cherokee, or the larger Montero and we'll give you the "map rap" and show you all the best sights and beaches. Visit their Web site for details and complete information. Cruz BayTel/fax (340) 776-6103 Bougainvillea Leasing Ltd. offers special discounts for on-line booking. Check out their site for details. Bougainvillea Leasing Ltd. P.O. Box 349, St. John, VI 00831 Keep in mind that you must drive on the left . St. Kitts & Nevis: On St. Kitts the only major agent is AVIS (869 465-6507, 800-331-1084). A & T Car Rentals offers affordable four door vehicles. They are on Parkrange Street in Basetterre (869 465-4030). A local agent that offers cars and jeeps is Delisle Walwyn & Co. (869 465-8449). On Nevis you can try Skeetes Car Rental (869 469-9458). You will need a permit from the Traffic Department ($11) and remember to drive on the left . St. Lucia: West Coast Jeeps & Taxi Service West Coast Jeeps pride themselves on the safety of their vehicles and their friendly, family-like service. Visit their Web site for pictures of their cars and jeeps, rates, and contact info. There are a lot of agencies on St. Lucia. You will need a St. Lucia driver's license which is obtainable with your valid license and $16. Rentals from the major agencies start around $300 a week and up plus insurance. Remember you must drive on the left . AVIS Rent-A-Car (Vide Bouteille, Castries)...758-452-2700 or 800-331-1084 Budget (through Oasis Marigot , St. Lucia)... USA& Canada 800-263-4202, UK 0-800-96-5015. Car and Truck Leasing (Rodney Bay Marina)...758-452-0732 Charley's Car Rental (Vieux Fort)...758-454-6448 Cool Breeze Jeep Rental (Soufriere)...758-459-7729 Courtesy Car Rental (Bois d'Orange)...758-452-8140 Drive-A-Matics (Reduit Park)...758-450-0300 Economy Car Rental (Massade, Gros Islet)...758-451-7997 Guy's Car Rental (Victoria Street, Castries)...758-451-7147 Hertz Rent-A-Car (Rodney Bay)...758-452-0679 or 800-654-3001 National Car Rental (Gros Islet Highway)...758-450-8721 West Coast Jeeps & Taxi Service ...459-5457 St. Maarten & St. Martin: St. Martin Online is your Online Leader for Car Rental and Hotel Reservation on St. Martin/St.Maarten. The St Maarten Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for 10 St. Martin/St.Maarten Car Rental Agencies with links to AAA Car Rental , Alpha CarRental , Avis , Best Deal Car Rental , Budget , Dollar Car Rental , Sidro United Car Rental , St. Louis Car Rental and Thrifty Car Rental . Book any of the above agencies with St. Martin online and recieve a CaribbeanCard (a $34.95 Value) Free . Hertz is also available in St. Martin and St. Maarten (5590-690-660066) St. Thomas: Budget Rent A Car is the island's largest car rental with the best selection of vehicles and low prices. Over $1,800 in free attractions when you rent for 2 days or more and free pick-up anywhere from one of our four locations within minutes. Visit their Web site for details or call them at 1 800 626-4516. Dependable Car Rental - Friendly, Courteous, Convenient Dependable Car Rental , located 5 minutes from the airport, offers everything from compact vehicles to full size SUVs for your vacation needs. With rates starting as low as $235.00 per week they can offer you the friendliest and most reliable service on the island. Call to reserve your vacation car and recieve 12% off. Just say you found them on the net! PO Box 307788, St. Thomas, V.I. 00803 Toll Free: (800) 522-3076 CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on St. Thomas. The St. Thomas Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for St. ThomasCar Rental Agencies with a link to Budget Car Rental . Because of the competition on St. Thomas prices are usually a bit lower then most other islands. You should be able to get a weekly rental with unlimited miles starting at about $250. Keep in mind that you must drive on the left . Trinidad & Tobago: CaribbeanCars.com is your Online Leader for Car Rental Reservations on Trinidad.The Trinidad Car Rental Guide offers direct car rental reservations for2Trinidad Car Rental Agencies with links to Econo-Car Rentals and Kalloos Auto Rentals . Hertz is also available in Trinidad & Tobago (868-669-4332 or 1-800-654-3131) Turks & Caicos: Hertz (649-941-3910 or 1-800-654-3030) travel deal$ Departing from: Going to: Pull down to pick... 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Urban Legends Reference Page: Lost Legends (Goin' Mobile) Goin' Mobile Claim: Mobile homes are so named because they can be moved from place to place. Status: False. Origins: Ourlanguage is full of terms that misleadingly suggest geographic origins for common products. Panama hats weren't made in Panama, French fries didn't originate in France, India ink didn't come from India, and German chocolate cake was named after a person, not the country. Far rarer is the reverse case, when a product's name does indeed reflect a geographic origin but over time has mistakenly become associated with a completely different meaning. The subject of today's article is one of the more prominent examples of this phenomenon: the mobile home. [Before we begin, let's define our terms to avoid confusion. In this discussion, the term "mobile home" refers to a prefabricated house that is hauled to a plot of land and (more or less) permanently situated there for use as a residence. We do not use the term "mobile home" to refer to a type of living quarters on wheels which is driven from place to place by vacationers, either as a self-contained unit (e.g., a Winnebago brand motor home) or as a trailer towed behind another vehicle.] The origins of the mobile home are tied to the end of World War II. The rapid downsizing of the U.S. armed forces after the surrenders of Germany and Japan in 1945 brought back millions of servicemen (and servicewomen) to the United States from overseas in the mid-1940s, many of whom were coming of age and anxious to establish their independence, attend college, get married, and raise children. This demographic bulge, coupled with America's burgeoning post-war recovery from the Great Depression and a wartime economy, created an unprecedented demand for housing — both for standard residential units and for quarters to accommodate the many servicepeople who were taking advantage of G.I. Bill benefits to complete their educations at colleges, universities, and other types of schools. The widespread use of military-style prefabricated housing eased the severe housing shortgage temporarily, and the eventual creation of suburbs such as Levittown took care of much of the long term need, but neither of these solutions addressed a potentially lucrative marketing niche — people who were dissatisfied with living in barracks-like housing but didn't want to (or couldn't) wait years for the construction of affordable suburban housing. It was James and Laura Sweet, a couple from Prichard, Alabama, (a town just outside of Mobile) who came up with the concept that fulfilled that market niche. James Sweet, a machine shop supervisor by trade, was reportedly finishing off his workday lunch one afternoon in January 1946 when a newspaper article about the post-war housing shortage caught his eye. What if, he thought, someone could manufacture a type of housing that could be put together cheaply and quickly at a central location, but was small and light enough to be transported to wherever the purchaser wished to locate it? Something like the prefabricated structures of the era, but much nicer and more home-like — a prefab housing unit divided into discrete rooms (rather than one large open space) with all the electrical and plumbing fixtures already in place. They could be built as one- or two-piece units, then loaded onto flatbed trucks and delivered wherever the purchaser desired. Sweet's wife, Laura, was a commercial artist who did illustrations for magazines, and she drew up a few simple floor plans according to her husband's directions. James Sweet built a couple of prototype units in his off-work hours to prove his concept viable, and then, satisfied with the results, used the couple's savings, mortgaged their home, and borrowed against his life insurance to establish Sweet Homes, a company dedicated to the manufacture and sale of prefabricated homes. Sweet Homes was initially neither a smashing success nor a disappointing failure. Sales were modest to good, enough to keep the company in business and provide the Sweets with a nice living, but their marketing area was primarily limited to the Alabama/Mississippi region due to the difficulties involved in hauling their product across longer distances on the system of roads that existed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Not until the passage of the Interstate Highway Act in 1956 and the resulting construction of thousands of miles of highways across the U.S. were the Sweets able to expand the reach of their business. Unfortunately for them, by the late 1950s they had plenty of competition, primarily from firms which had set up shop in the nearby Mobile area, where they could take advantage of a readily available, large, cheap (and primarily African-American) labor pool. National advertising was still something of a rarity in the 1950s, but as the new national highway system enabled the sale of prefabricated homes to spread outwards (mostly to the north and west) from the Alabama/Mississippi area, more and more consumers were exposed to the houses, liked them, and began clamoring for their own "Mobile homes." Business boomed, more manufacturers entered the fray, and factories were established all over the U.S. to better serve local customers. Eventually whole communities of these types of homes (colloquially known as "trailer parks") were created all across the country, populated by homeowners who preferred them to more expensive and more closely-quartered suburbs full of site-built housing. (So ubiquitous did these homes become that by the 1970s Congress had enacted federal standards regulating their quality and safety.) Over the years, however, as the generation who fought World War II aged and prefabricated homes became commonplace throughout the U.S., newer consumers were unaware that the appellation "Mobile home" was a geographic reference, a term coined in acknowledgement of the area in which the industry got its start. The name was more and more frequently rendered as a common compound noun ("mobile home"), leading many to mistakenly conclude that it referred to houses that were "mobile" — that is, movable from place to place. While "mobile homes" can indeed be transported, they are of course far from mobile — in the vast majority of cases they are never moved off the sites to which they are originally trucked. (Most "mobile homes," once situated, are moved again only if their owners replace them with newer models, or if they have to be removed because the land on which they sit has been converted to other uses.) So, while we ponder the mysteries of how Panama hats, French fries, India ink, and German chocolate cake came by their misleading names, let us not forget that their poor cousin, the Mobile home, has been unfairly stripped of his home ties. Trivia: The 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama" was a reworking of a 1951 radio jingle advertising "Sweet Homes, Alabama." Additional information: More information about this page Last updated: 26 May 2004 The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/lost/mobile.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2004 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson This material may not be reproduced without permission Sources: Hart, John Fraser, et al. The Unknown World of the Mobile Home . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-801-86899-8. 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Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5 Cross Country in a Country Coach By Len Souza Last week I had an opportunity to drive a new Country Coach Intrigue motor home across the country for six days over a distance of 3,200 miles. The trip originated at the Country Coach factory in Junction City, Oregon and it ended in Perry, Georgia at the site of the FMCA National Winter Rally. Prior to this I had never driven a High Line diesel pusher more than 10 or 20 miles during various test drives. This trip would be a new experience for me and it would test of my fortitude, as the schedule required that I drive 500 miles each day and deliver the coach in 6 days. This would require me to drive 9 to 10 hours each day. I normally drive no more than 5 or 6 hours each day when I travel in my own gas powered motor home. This driving experience was a real eye opener for me; it taught me some valuable lessons. The people who have experienced a High Line diesel motor home will tell you that you are much more rested at the end of the day and they state that “getting there” is over half of the enjoyment of traveling by motor home. After this trip, I am a believer! My overall impression can be summarized with two (2) words, Confidence and Comfort. The Confidence came about because of the superb road manners that this coach exhibited; it tracked between the lines exactly where I pointed it and with no effort on my part. The road conditions didn’t seem to deter or challenge this coach; I encountered crosswinds of over 30 MPH at one point and very rough roadbeds at several points along the 3,200 miles. None of these conditions affected this motor home, it just kept moving along in the exact direction that I pointed it in. The powerful ISL 400 Cummins propelled the coach along effortlessly, even up steep grades. The Comfort associated with driving this motor home was not only enjoyable but it afforded me one very important benefit, it did not fatigue me. At the end of each day I felt great after having driven for 9 or 10 hours; I was a bit astonished, as I hadn’t expected this outcome. The chassis, with its air suspension ride and precise power steering with the great tactile feel--help this Country Coach earn the title of “High Line” motor coach. I also had the opportunity to get intimately familiar with the coach as I inspected it very closely twice each day out on the road. The quality that I saw in the chassis-joint welds, the cabling and the inside and outside hull construction was very impressive. The coach displayed a very high degree of “Fit and Finish” excellence. After this driving experience I have a much better realization and appreciation for the value that a High Line diesel motor home affords its owners. Ed Note: Len Souza is a regular contributor to our "Guest Editorial" Section. BACK MAIN MENU