Telephone

• Once you have arrived safely you may want to call home.

• Hotels make a lot of money on telephone calls.
  • Economic alternatives include:
    • Prepaid telephone cards
    • Using your mobile telephone
    • Using a toll free number
      • In the United States they start with:
        • 800
        • 888
        • 877
        • 866
    • Using the Internet
      • Most first class business hotels offer high speed Internet access for a fix fee.

• Some hotels may offer free local telephone calls.
  • But charge if you are on too long.

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© 2004 John Michael Pierobon

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