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New Web Sites

THANKS FOR the article on travel-related Web sites ["Site Scene," Feb. 12]. Here's another one you should check out http://www.tellthetruthtravel.com/ . It accepts user reviews of hotels, restaurants, etc., and has travel info, tips and photos for destinations including China, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, Paris, Memphis, Palm Beach, the Keys, Budapest, Prague, St. Petersburg and more (see the Adventures tab for a full list). Plus, there's informtaion on what's hot on Broadway and the art world, and Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down pages.

Jennifer Brasher, Columbia

I ENJOYED reading your story about travel blogs. You hit a lot of the blogs that I read. I produce a niche travel blog, "Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog" ( http://www.hotelchelseablog.com/ ), that focuses on books, art and music created by former and current residents of New York's Hotel Chelsea. I write about roaches, obscure writers and artists, and superstars connected with the hotel.

Debbie Martin, New York

Farewell, Flyi

FLYi, WE MISS you too [Coming and Going, Feb. 12]! When my daughter started college at Syracuse U, we flew up there with United at a very expensive rate.

Then, after that first flight (which left three hours late), Independence Air arrived like an angel and flew our daughter back and forth many times -- always a great flight. Regretfully, it was allowed to fold (unlike larger inefficient airlines) and she had to make her most recent flight on United.

This time, it bumped her (along with many other students). The United staff was overwhelmed and the students used their laptops or called their moms, who found alternate flights. Her luggage left on United and she left from a different airport eight hours later. When she unpacked, she realized that eight articles of clothing had been stolen. We miss you terribly, Flyi!

Carolyn Madero, Great Falls

Good Deal

ON JULY 31, your What's the Deal? column highlighted a tour of Turkey by Troy Tours of L.A. The price seemed right ($1,500 per person plus taxes), and we signed up for a January tour -- which some people thought questionable because of weather conditions. Well, we went on the tour and it was great, and the low price was worth every penny. We had a fantastic guide and driver (a retired high school teacher).

As for weather, we were very lucky because snow fell in Istanbul the day after we left for the rest of the tour, and the snow elsewhere never bothered us -- our driver had chains, so we went over a 6,500-foot mountain pass with ease. In fact, the snow gave us a very different view of Turkey, which we enjoyed. And because it was January, we encountered fewer than 100 tourists in any one place, and very few tour buses. Thanks for the tip.

Inger and Gilbert Sheinbaum, Vienna