werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (03/15/84)
X ... will the responsible party please stand up for the applause - or the rotten egg - your guess is as good as mine. source: INTERNATIONAL LIVING, Vol 3 # 11, March 84, PAGE 14 RELAX WITH "Assist-Card" - Even the best planned vacations may run into setbacks, so be preprared with Assist-Card. As the world's largest travel assistance network, Assist-Card serves 633 cities in 56 countries. When problems strike, one collect-call will get you medical service or legal or financial aid. Lost documents can be retrieved or replaced, tickets replaced and luggage traced. Individual rates start at $30 for a five-day trip and go up to $180 for a 90-day trip. Contact: Assist-Card Corp. of America, 745 Fifth Av., New York, NY 10022; (800)221-4564; in NY (212)752-2788. [ I could tell horror-stories of how the famous "green-card" people just add to the aggrevation, when you finally want to take them up on their promises - not in the middle of the jungle - but in capitals like Caracas, Bogota, Rio (well, not the capital), etc. So, I wonder what these people want THAT much money for, and if they deliver. Anyone use them before? PS: their 800-number just promised me more info by mail ]