Thanks for the clarification--I am writing a piece for National Geographic Adventure. It's a commissioned piece which will definitely run as 
part of their annual World On The Cheap special section (October 2001 issue). I would love it if you could send my a copy of the Ride Guide from Florida. Can't wait to see if it's as useful as it sounds.

Karen Catchpole NY/NY

Greetings from Adventurair, Thanks for your order Chris, it is being processed this evening and will be mailed tonight. You will have your Ride Guide the day after tomorrow. Your order will be shipped to the details below, forwarded to us by Worldpay.
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I have only one thing to say about your service INCREDIBLE! A very happy customer

Chris Parsons Dorset United Kingdom

Hi Allan
Damn, I'm really impressed how good You are organized and how quick my order was processed! I hope to receive it soon and that I will be as impressed by the content of the guide. Thank You!

Peat


Hi there,
I received my copy of the ride guide which you were kind enough to send promptly... thanks. I love it. It smells of adventure, and the thought of travelling at such low costs makes me feel very smug towards the ignorant masses who are unaware of such cunning means to travel. Well done. Regards 
Sean McCormack Canterbury, Kent United Kingdom

Hi there. The guide arrived yesterday, thank you very much. It looks interesting, I think there are real possibilities here. I accessed your members-only board and it looks useful. I am all in favor of your posting pilots who are time-building even though it wasn't your original intent. For those of us who live in the US this is really good info--as you know the
US is HUGE and for me, in Alaska, it's difficult to get out and do the legwork for myself for rides down in the Lower 48. I'll keep you posted on my luck on this trip. If there is anything I can do for you up here, let me know. I was
leaving for Europe at the end of January but have delayed it until the end of March because business is so good (I drive a cab.) Thanks again, best of luck, and don't hesitate to ask for any info or whatever you might need
regarding Alaska. 

Sincerely--Kathy Johnston


Hi
I can't wait to receive the book, I am going around the world for a couple of years and think the book will make the ultimate companion!! I went to the 'goggle' search engine and put in 'cheapest flights' and it 
was about third in the list. The only thing I would note is that it didn't come up under cheap flights which is what i tried a couple of times first.

Rebecca


Dear Adventure air,
Thanks for the confirmation that our Ride Guide is on it's way - we really cant wait till it arrives. We found your site when we were surfing around trying unsuccessfully to find my wife a cheap flight to India where she is to do missionary work with Mother Teresa's sisters. As we are both on pensions, we were devastated to find that the flights were over a
thousand dollars - here's to the Ride Guide and possibly a cheaper flight than that!.

Donald Attig


Mike,
Thanks for your reply and for sending the book, I had a quick look at the guide last night, I can't wait to read it, it all seems very exciting.

Thanks again, Elise Obereigner.


Hello!
I am really excited that I found your site and your service. I just wanted to make sure that the "Flight Departure Board" was still in operation and what the most recent version of your published flight guide is. There is no date on the site that states when it was last updated so I just want to be sure this great service is still able to be utilized. Please let me
know if the current book listed on the website is the most recent one or if their is an updated version in the works.
Dan Romanski San Francisco, CA USA

Mike,
Thanks for your help on this--I just ordered a copy of your rideguide. I'm leaving for Ecuador in a month or so, hope this will help me find the flights I need.
Regards, Deborah


Hi there,
My name is Dominika Kronsteiner and I bought your guide a couple of weeks (16/01/01)ago on the net with my credit card. I read a few pages of it and really like it!!! What a great idea! Anyway, my mom thought it was a travel brochure/advert and threw it away - especially before I could check on page 17 for the password.  I know it is my own fault and it isn't really that expensive to buy, but I am going travelling soon and am fairly broke and trying to save up. Is there any chance I could get another copy???
PPPPLLLLLEEEEAAAASSSE!!!

A few days later Dominika made her mom find her guide in the trash - which we happily exchanged for one without coffee grinds, tomato ketchup and other stuff on. 

Dear Adventurair,
I am ashamed to say it but i never bought a copy of your book but read someone else's. I never really used any of your methods in the book, basically because i couldn't remember it all. But it came in real handy in Cairns Queensland Jan 01. 

We had bought tickets on one of the local airlines, who informed us when we checked in that the flight had been completely cancelled !!!, they also told us that no other airline could take us. We had to get up to the top of Cape York, where we were meeting a sailing yacht, so it was pretty frantic. Then I remembered the Ride Guide and some of the stuff i had read. I went around to the other side of the airport and asked about any empty seats going north from all the Air taxi companies, the flight schools and, cargo companies, they were all pretty receptive to my enquires, but none had anything going my way. Then one operator I spoke to said they knew of a commercial pilot that flew up there regularly from a different airport. (Townsville), He usually stopped thru Cairns for fuel. They called him for me and I arranged a ride for myself and travel companion. We made it to the boat later that evening and had a fantastic trip sailing to Bali. There was no other way of getting to my destination that day with the airline, and we would have definitely missed the boat, the Ride Guide saved us major nightmare from occurring, I have since kept checking back to your site and thought it only fair of letting you know how well it worked for me. 
          Louis M. Black Rock NSW Australia  

To Adventurair,
I have to say I am soooo happy that someone made the effort and had the idea to produce such a guide. I have been thinking about ways to travel cheaper, more interesting, adventurous for a while but was just never sure whether that kind of travelling was possible.
         Niki USA

To Adventurair, Dear Mike,
Maybe I'm just plain unlucky but yours was one of THE best answers I've received in my quest for RIO. I'll follow your suggestions, I'll continue with my current methods as well as the ideas you have given me, now i know some new questions to ask the travel agents.  

Thanks again for your answer Mike, I don't know why but it's hard to get knowledge help on airlines, fares and schedules. People, such as yourself, who do take the time to answer demanding questions from anxiety riddled
narcissists; such as I; should be awarded heavy duty GOOD KARMA points. Take
care....BTW...Rideguide is a very unique site.       Billy USA

Dear Adventurair, I just got my Guide yesterday morning, and I have already read it from cover to cover. It has given me so many ideas for my trip. It just smells of Adventure, can't wait to get going, Thanks.
               Alex. Cape town South Africa.

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