Jolly good news from England to Jamaica.

[Nanoose]

Last night on the news I heard that travel agencies in England are seeing increased numbers of people booking trips to foreign Countries during the time the Royal wedding will be going on. There not sure why the numbers are up from the same time period last year but figure it could be because people have all ready had enough of the media coverage and they what to get away from it – or its because there will be a 4 day public holiday during the Royal wedding. (people will have extra time off)
Not sure if a public holiday in England is the same thing as a Stat. holiday in Canada and workers will get paid for the days off but if so that wedding is going to cost England a fortune. (All the bookings weren’t to Jamaica but Jamaica will see an increase in revenue during the wedding) Cheers!

[ECO]

Sort of funny that people don't have an interest in the event. I guess England will benefit from the taxes they charge when everyone flies away

[jellybean]

Just glad fo the day off - it is going to be a bank holiday.

Who cares about the wedding - I don't

[Nanoose]

Just glad fo the day off - it is going to be a bank holiday.

Who cares about the wedding - I don't

I did a little research and figure that the wedding will generate a lot of money for England so that’s good. Enjoy your day off cheers!

[Wahoo]

In the summer of 1976, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the USA to commemorate the nation's Bicentennial, with official stops on their tour at the campus of UVa and at Monticello in my hometown in Charlottesville, Va. In the weeks prior to the royal visit, the town undertook a massive and outrageously expensive "beautification project"--landscaping, tearing down billboards along the royal motorcade route, etc. That was the summer I worked and resided in Charlottesville (just off campus at UVa) between my sophomore and junior years of college. Now, I had no personal enmity toward Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, but with the "Royal Fever" that had taken over the town and the expected traffic congestion that weekend, I just had to get my young ass out of town, so I threw my tent and sleeping bag and some gear in my car and went camping that weekend out in the boonies of Albemarle County. As I recall, it was a pretty miserable camping trip, but at least it got me out of town and away from all that insanity that weekend.

Postscript: the billboards and other eyesores have returned since the royal visit.