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JOHNNY JET'S Q & A
With Travel Journalist ~ Susan Breslow

PROFILE

Susan Breslow is a journalist whose travels have carried her from Alaska to Zimbabwe. She is the “Getaway Guru” monthly travel columnist for Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine and writes the publication’s annual “Goldstar Travel Awards,” which designate the best travel sites on the Web.

She also serves as Honeymoons/Romantic Getaways Guide for About.com (http://honeymoons.about.com), where since 1997 she has covered luxury travel destinations likely to appeal to couples.

In addition, she writes special sections for The New Yorker and Travel Holiday that are sponsored by travel advertisers. Most recently she contributed to The New Yorker’s “First-Class Travel” section, wrote “Alpine Summer” and the CLIA-sponsored “Cruising Your Way” for Travel Holiday, and created an eight-page brochure for a new Tuscany property that ran in The New York Times’ Invitation to Europe section.

She and her photographer husband have done several 15-minute travel spots on WAMC northeast public radio.

SUSAN'S ANSWERS

HOW OFTEN DO YOU FLY?
As little as possible these days. I’m leaning toward domestic driving trips and cruises from my home port for the foreseeable future.
IN A YEAR HOW MANY MILES/POINTS DO YOU EARN?
Under 50,000.
WHAT CLASS OF SERVICE DO YOU MOSTLY FLY IN?
Business.
FAVORITE AIRLINE?
Lufthansa.
FAVORITE AIRCRAFT?
They haven’t built it yet. Least favorite: 737 because it forces one to become far too intimate with one’s fellow passengers.
FAVORITE HOTEL?
Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. They once sent up a complimentary silver platter with home-baked dog biscuits for my cocker spaniel — plus a note from the assistant-assistant manager welcoming him to the property.
FAVORITE HOTEL AMENITY?
Bulgari bath products. Just like drugs, the first taste’s always free — and then (sigh) they hook you.
FAVORITE AIRPORT?
Keflavik International Airport, Iceland. The shopping is outstanding. Even if you’re not a Björk fan, you can find great merchandise that’s not available anywhere else.
FAVORITE AIRPORT TO PASS TIME IN?
same as above
FAVORITE CITY?
New York — because it continually re-invents itself.
FAVORITE RESTAURANT?
Lespinasse, in New York’s St. Regis Hotel. You haven’t lived until you’ve dined on the lobster in black-truffle sauce.
AISLE OR WINDOW?
Aisle. Unless the rest of the row is empty. Then window.
ETICKET OR PAPER?
Paper. A traveler is at enough of a disadvantage when she has to deal with gate attendants.
TRAVEL AGENT OR ONLINE?
Online.
FAVORITE TRAVEL WEBSITE?
Honeymoons from About.com, of course (http://honeymoons.about.com). I’ve been writing it for five years now.
FAVORITE TRAVEL COMPANION?
My husband. Hardly anyone else I know is willing to carry my bags.
IF YOU WERE STRANDED ON A TROPICAL ISLAND, WHAT THREE ITEMS WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU?
1. Satellite phone.
2. Complete set of Henckels knives.
3. Large purse containing:
a. Unlimited supply of matches.
b. Calamine lotion.
c. SPF 50 sunblock/moisturizer.
d. Shortwave radio.

BEST TRAVEL TIP:
Travel against the crowds for the best rates and service: Visit Europe in the early spring, the southern Caribbean (outside the hurricane belt) and ski resorts in the summer, Canada in the winter, Las Vegas at Christmas.