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Itinerary  compatible with June, 1975 OAG:

   DATE		WHERE		WHAT TIME		PRICE	    Hotel Rate

Mon	1	SF→Moscow				$611/2	   Season Moscow

Tue/Wed	2/3	Mosc→Tbilisi				R31	   

Wed-Mon	3-8	Tbilisi (IJCAI)					   Indep. with Car

Sun	7	Tbilis→Ashkhabad 1744-2019          	R24	   Season non-Mosc

Tue     9       Ashk→Samarkand   215-335 (Mon. nite)   ~R16	  	"


Fri	12	Sam.→Bukhara	 540- 630 (Thu. nite)	R 7		
                Bukhara→Moscow	1535-2215 (Fri. eve.)	R56	   Season Moscow

Tue	16	Mos→Adler/Sochi 1708-1918		R26	   Resort rate

Thu	18	Ad/Soc→Kiev     1703-1858		R24	   Season non-Mosc

Fri	19	Kiev→Leningrad	1650-1840		R22	   Season Moscow

Mon	22	Len.→Tallinn	2045-2145		R 9	   Season non-Mosc

Tue	23	Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing: Cook's table 1227) ~$20

Thu	25	Helsinki→London	  (SOFA flight)		$112

		Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex)

Mon	29	London→Phl	(APEX flight)		+$30 onto next fare:

Thu  Oct 2	Phl→San Francisco 			$459/2


Total travel costs: $550 + $112 + $20 + R221   =   $682 + $266   =   $948
	Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
		$116    for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
		(R175)	for the other intra-Soviet flights.	($210)
		($20)	for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
		($1000)	actual total transportation cost

Approximate living expenses:
	Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
		($23 is probably a closer estimate  (e.g., the "with-car"
		rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
	In Finland and London: $25/day
	Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0

Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
		       = $630 + $150    =    $780
	(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)

Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel  +  $780 living    =    $1780
	(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
	(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)

	<all rates are per person>

Itinerary  compatible with June, 1975 OAG: staying past end of IJCAI

   DATE		WHERE		WHAT TIME		PRICE	    Hotel Rate

Mon	1	SF→Moscow				$611/2	   Season Moscow
		  SF→Chicago 1000-1552 American 182
		  Chic→Frank 1830- 855 Pan Am 58
		  Frank→Mosc 1125-1420 Aeroflot 577


Tue/Wed	2/3	Mosc→Tbilisi				R31	   
		Probably: spend 9/2 evening and nite
		in Moscow, fly to Tb. 640-1005 9/3. SU 923

Wed-Tue	3-9	Tbilisi (IJCAI)					   Indep. with Car
		7 days in Tbilisi
		Iveria Hotel
		Reservations for: Georgian State Philharmonica

Tue    	9	Fly Tb→Ashkhabad 1744-2019         	R24        Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1.5 nights in Ashkhabad
		Turkmenistan  Hotel
		Reserve: Turkmenian theatre

Wed/Thu	11/12	Ashk→Samarkand   215-335 (Thu. am)     ~R16	  	"
		2 days and 2 nights in Samarkand
		Samarkand Hotel

Fri/Sat	13/14	Sam.→Bukhara	 540- 630 (Sat. am)  	R 7		
		9 hours (morn and afternoon) to tour Bukhara
                Bukhara→Moscow	1535-2215 (Sat. eve.)	R56	   Season Moscow
		3 days and 3 nights in Moscow
		Intourist, else Ukraine
		Reserve: Bolshoi Opera, 
			Stanislavsky and Nevirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
			Moiseyev's Folk Dance Ensemble

Tue	16	Mos→Adler/Sochi 1708-1918		R26	   Resort rate
		2 days and 2 nights in Sochi
		Camelia, else Magnolia, else Intourist

Thu	18	Ad/Soc→Kiev     1703-1858		R24	   Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1 night in Kiev
		Dnieper Hotel, else Ukraine Hotel
		Reserve: Shevchenko Theatre or Philharmonic

Fri	19	Kiev→Leningrad	1650-1850 SU 8642	R22	   Season Moscow
		3 days and 3 nights in Leningrad
		Astoria, else Leningrad
		Reserve: Academic Kirov Opera, Philharmonic

Mon	22	Len.→Tallinn	2045-2145		R 9	   Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1 night in Tallinn
		Hotel Viru

Tue	23	Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing: Cook's table 1227) ~$20
		1 day and 2 nights in Helsinki
		a room for about $10 per person per night
	
Thu	25	Helsinki→London	  (SOFA flight)		$112
		5 days and 4 nights in Britain: London,
		   A double room anywhere in the Dolphin square complex
		   for (at least) the nights of Sept. 25 and 28.
		Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex)
		   perhaps arrange an overnight somewhere else in Britain

Mon	29	London→Phl	(APEX flight)		+$30 onto next fare:
		TWA 755		1100-1405
		4 days and 3 nights in Phila

Thu  Oct 2	Phl→San Francisco  (Night Coach)		$459/2
		  American 397 	  2230-257

Total travel costs: $550 + $112 + $20 + R221   =   $682 + $266   =   $948
	Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
		$116    for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
		(R175)	for the other intra-Soviet flights.	($210)
		($20)	for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
		($1000)	actual total transportation cost

Approximate living expenses:
	Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
		($23 is probably a closer estimate  (e.g., the "with-car"
		rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
	In Finland and London: $25/day
	Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0

Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
		       = $630 + $150    =    $780
	(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)

Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel  +  $780 living    =    $1780
	(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
	(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)

	<all rates are per person>

Itinerary  compatible with June, 1975 OAG: leaving before end of IJCAI

   DATE		WHERE		WHAT TIME		PRICE	    Hotel Rate

Mon	1	SF→Moscow				$611/2	   Season Moscow
		  SF→Chicago 1000-1552 American 182
		  Chic→Frank 1830- 855 Pan Am 58
		  Frank→Mosc 1125-1420 Aeroflot 577


Tue/Wed	2/3	Mosc→Tbilisi				R31	   
		Probably: spend 9/2 evening and nite
		in Moscow, fly to Tb. 640-1005 9/3. SU 923

Wed-Tue	3-7	Tbilisi (IJCAI)					   Indep. with Car
		7 days in Tbilisi
		Iveria Hotel
		Reservations for: Georgian State Philharmonica

Sun	7	Fly Tb→Ashkhabad 1744-2019         	R24        Season non-Mosc
		Local time: 
		1 day and 1.5 nights in Ashkhabad
		Turkmenistan  Hotel
		Reserve: Turkmenian theatre

Mon/Tue  8/9    Ashk→Samarkand   215-335 (Tue. am)     ~R16	  	"
		Local time: 415-535
		2 days and 2 nights in Samarkand
		Samarkand Hotel

Wed/Thu	10/11	Sam.→Bukhara	 540- 630 (Thu. am)  	R 7		
		Local time: 740-830 (Thu a.m.)
		9 hours (morn and afternoon) to tour Bukhara
Thu     11      Bukhara→Moscow	1535-2230 (Thu. eve.)	R56	   Season Moscow
		Local time: leave 1735 local Bukhara time
		4 days and 4 nights in Moscow
		A full day trip to Zagorsk is included here
		Intourist, else Ukraine
		Reserve: Bolshoi Opera, 
			Stanislavsky and Nevirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
			Moiseyev's Folk Dance Ensemble

Mon	15	Mos→Sukhumi     1659-1859 		R28	    Resort rate
		Local time: arrive 1959
		2 days and 2 nights in Sukhumi
		Sinop

Wed	17	Sukhumi→Kiev    1648-1853	R26	   Season non-Mosc
		Local time: leave 1748
		1 day and 1 night in Kiev
		Dnieper Hotel, else Ukraine Hotel
		Reserve: Shevchenko Opera, or Philharmonic

Thu	18	Kiev→Leningrad	2119-2309		R22	   Season Moscow
		4 days and 4 nights in Leningrad
		Astoria, else Leningrad
		Reserve: Academic Kirov Opera, Philharmonic

Mon	22	Len.→Tallinn	2045-2145		R 9	   Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1 night in Tallinn
		Hotel Viru

Tue	23	Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing: Cook's table 1227) ~$20
		1 day and 2 nights in Helsinki
		a room for about $10 per person per night
	
Thu	25	Helsinki→London	  (SOFA flight)		$112
		5 days and 4 nights in Britain: London,
		   A double room anywhere in the Dolphin square complex
		   for (at least) the nights of Sept. 25 and 28.
		Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex)
		   perhaps arrange an overnight somewhere else in Britain

Mon	29	London→Phl	(APEX flight)		+$30 onto next fare:
		TWA 755		1100-1405
		4 days and 3 nights in Phila

Thu  Oct 2	Phl→San Francisco  (Night Coach)		$459/2
		  American 397 	  2230-257

Total travel costs: $550 + $112 + $20 + R221   =   $682 + $266   =   $948
	Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
		$116    for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
		(R175)	for the other intra-Soviet flights.	($210)
		($20)	for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
		($1000)	actual total transportation cost

Approximate living expenses:
	Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
		($23 is probably a closer estimate  (e.g., the "with-car"
		rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
	In Finland and London: $25/day
	Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0

Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
		       = $630 + $150    =    $780
	(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)

Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel  +  $780 living    =    $1780
	(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
	(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)

	<all rates are per person>

Itinerary  compatible with June, 1975 OAG: leaving before end of IJCAI

   DATE		WHERE		WHAT TIME		PRICE	    Hotel Rate

Mon	1	SF→Moscow				$611/2	   Season Moscow
		  SF→Chicago 1000-1552 American 182
		  Chic→Frank 1830- 855 Pan Am 58
		  Frank→Mosc 1125-1420 Aeroflot 577


Tue/Wed	2/3	Mosc→Tbilisi				R31	   
		Probably: spend 9/2 evening and nite
		in Moscow, fly to Tb. 640-1005 9/3. SU 923

Wed-Tue	3-7	Tbilisi (IJCAI)					   Indep. with Car
		7 days in Tbilisi
		Iveria Hotel
		Reservations for: Georgian State Philharmonica

Sun	7	Fly Tb→Ashkhabad 1744-2019         	R24        Season non-Mosc
		Local time: 
		1 day and 1.5 nights in Ashkhabad
		Turkmenistan  Hotel
		Reserve: Turkmenian theatre

Mon/Tue  8/9    Ashk→Samarkand   215-335 (Tue. am)     ~R16	  	"
		Samarkand→Bukhara 540-630 		R 7
		Local time: 415-535, 740-830
		1 day and 1 night in Bukhara
		Buk. Intourist Hotel

Wed	10 	Buk→Samarkand	1535-1630            	R 7		
		Local time: 1735-1830
		3 days and 3 nights in Samarkand
		Samarkand Hotel

Sat	13	Sam→Mineralnye Vody 1453-1903		R40
		Local time: 1553-2003
		2 days and 2 nights in spa area
		Mashuk Hotel in Pyatigorsk

Mon	15	Min→Sochi	1909-2009		R11
		Local time: 2009-2109
		1 day and 2 nights in Sochi
		Camelia, else Magnolia, else Intourist

Wed	17	Sochi→Moscow	1135-1340		R26
		3 days and 2 nights in Moscow
		Intourist, else Ukraine
		Reserve: Bolshoi Opera, 
			Stanislavsky and Nevirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
			Moiseyev's Folk Dance Ensemble

Fri	19	Mosc→Leningrad	2219-2339         	R13	   Season Moscow
		3 days and 3 nights in Leningrad
		Astoria, else Leningrad
		Reserve: Academic Kirov Opera, Philharmonic

Mon	22	Len.→Tallinn	2045-2145		R 9	   Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1 night in Tallinn
		Hotel Viru

Tue	23	Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing: Cook's table 1227) ~$20
		1 day and 2 nights in Helsinki
		a room for about $10 per person per night
	
Thu	25	Helsinki→London	  (SOFA flight)		$112
		5 days and 4 nights in Britain: London,
		   A double room anywhere in the Dolphin square complex
		   for (at least) the nights of Sept. 25 and 28.
		Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex)
		   perhaps arrange an overnight somewhere else in Britain

Mon	29	London→Phl	(APEX flight)		+$30 onto next fare:
		TWA 755		1100-1405
		4 days and 3 nights in Phila

Thu  Oct 2	Phl→San Francisco  (Night Coach)		$459/2
		  American 397 	  2230-257

Total travel costs: $550 + $112 + $20 + R221   =   $682 + $266   =   $948
	Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
		$116    for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
		(R175)	for the other intra-Soviet flights.	($210)
		($20)	for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
		($1000)	actual total transportation cost

Approximate living expenses:
	Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
		($23 is probably a closer estimate  (e.g., the "with-car"
		rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
	In Finland and London: $25/day
	Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0

Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
		       = $630 + $150    =    $780
	(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)

Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel  +  $780 living    =    $1780
	(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
	(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)

	<all rates are per person>

Itinerary  compatible with June, 1975 OAG: leaving before end of IJCAI

   DATE		WHERE		WHAT TIME		PRICE	    Hotel Rate

Mon	1	SF→Moscow				$611/2	   Season Moscow
		  SF→Chicago 1000-1552 American 182
		  Chic→Frank 1830- 855 Pan Am 58
		  Frank→Mosc 1125-1420 Aeroflot 577


Tue/Wed	2/3	Mosc→Tbilisi				R31	   
		Probably: spend 9/2 evening and nite
		in Moscow, fly to Tb. 640-1005 9/3. SU 923

Wed     3	Tbilisi (IJCAI)					   Indep. with Car
		5 days and 4 nights in Tbilisi			  (Season Non-Mosc)
		Iveria Hotel
		Reservations for: Georgian State Philharmonica

Sun	7	Fly Tb→Ashkhabad 1744-2019         	R24        Season non-Mosc
		Local time: 
		1 day and 1.5 nights in Ashkhabad
		Turkmenistan  Hotel

Tue     9       Ashk→Samarkand   215-335 (Tue. am)     ~R16	  	"
		Samarkand→Bukhara 540-630 		R 7
		Local time: 415-535, 740-830
		1 day and 1 night in Bukhara
		Buk. Intourist Hotel

Wed	10 	Buk→Samarkand	1535-1630            	R 7		"
		Local time: 1735-1830				(perhaps with car)
		3 days and 3 nights in Samarkand
		Samarkand Hotel

Sat	13	Sam→Mineralnye Vody 1453-1903		R40	   Resort rate
		Local time: 1653-2003
		2 days and 3 nights in spa area
		Mashuk Hotel in Pyatigorsk
		or Kislovadsk Motel in Kislovadsk

Tue	16	Min→Moscow	1320-1520		R26	   Season Moscow
		Local time: leave 1420				(perhaps with car)
		3.5 days and 3 nights in Moscow
		Intourist, else Ukraine
		Reserve: Bolshoi Opera, 
			Stanislavsky and Nevirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
			Moiseyev's Folk Dance Ensemble
(Thu	18)	Specific request: One daytime is taken up with a trip to Zagorsk.

Fri	19	Mosc→Leningrad	2219-2339         	R13	   Season Moscow
								(perhaps with car)
		Or: sleeping compartment on overnight train, Fri. nite, Mosc→Len
		3 days and 3 nights in Leningrad (2 nights if arrival by train)
		Astoria, else Leningrad
		Reserve: Academic Kirov Opera, Philharmonic

Mon	22	Len.→Tallinn	2045-2145		R 9	   Season non-Mosc
		1 day and 1 night in Tallinn
		Hotel Viru

Tue	23	Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing: Cook's table 1227) ~$20
		1 day and 2 nights in Helsinki
		a room for about $10 per person per night
	
Thu	25	Helsinki→London	  (SOFA flight)		$112
		5 days and 4 nights in Britain: London,
		   A double room anywhere in the Dolphin square complex
		   for (at least) the nights of Sept. 25 and 28.
		Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex)
		   perhaps arrange an overnight somewhere else in Britain

Mon	29	London→Phl	(APEX flight)		 $330/2
		TWA 755		1100-1405
		4 days and 3 nights in Phila

Thu  Oct 2	Phl→San Francisco  (Night Coach)		$160 incl. taxes
		  American 397 	  2230-257		

Total travel costs: $630 + $116 + $20 + R173   =   $766 + $216   =   $982
	Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
		$116    for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
		(R133)	for the other intra-Soviet flights.	($166)
		($20)	for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
		($50)	for intra-Russian transfers/tours (e.g., at Min.Voda)
		($1000)	actual total transportation cost

Approximate living expenses:
	Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
		($23 is probably a closer estimate  (e.g., the "with-car"
		rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
	In Finland and London: $25/day
	Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0

Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
		       = $630 + $150    =    $780
	(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)

Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel  +  $780 living    =    $1780
	(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
	(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)

Questions:


1. What happens if Aeroflot changes its chedules before our trip?

2. Book hotels in advance in Helsinki (Sept 23,24) and London (Sept 25, 28)

3. Request specific hotels in USSR.

4. Book  Tallinn→Helsinki steamer. Price?  Customs?

5. If we are on a 6-hour flight at night, do we have to pay for a hotel room?

6. What are the motels like, compared to the hotels?

7. If you rent a car in various places for a few days each, totalling 11 days,
	do you pay only the 11-day rate or do you have to pay the 1-10-day rate?
	Must you drive the car from the airport, or can you get it at your hotel?

8. How much is the fare from Ashkhabad to Samarkand (my estimate: 16 Roubles)?

9. It turns out (for 2 people or more) to be cheaper to rent a car than to not
	rent one!  Should we arrange to rent a car in each city, even if we don't
	think we'll drive too much?  Are the hotel rooms any worse, or the assignment
	of hotels any worse, to motorists than to non-motorists? Why the reduction?

10. From our home base at Tbilisi (Sept 3-7) we may want to make an outing to
	another city (e.g., train to Batumi and back that nite). Is this allowed?
	Can it be a spur of the moment decision, or must it be planned over here?

11. Request reservations for specific shows, ballets, concerts, etc. in advance.