Now, at 83 I have already exceeded the average lifespan for Australian males, and I would argue that I am no closer to death or serious illness than anybody else, and therefore no more a burden on insurance companies' profits than other travellers, particularly when any disclosed illness attracts either an extra premium or an exclusion clause. Where, then, is the justification for denying us service? That's ageism. Furthermore, we were made aware that we would pay a hefty excess in the event of an accident.
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Both my wife and I are licensed Queensland drivers with few demerit points showing on our histories and I have annual examinations to verify my competence. One rental company added, in red type, a line that suggested that if we had someone in our party under 65 to drive they may be able to help our case. When we attempted to hire a car we discovered there was a mysteriously heavy demand at the time, possibly caused by our answers to the online questionnaires, which included our ages.
In response to Lee Tulloch's column ( Traveller, July 9), in 2021, my wife and I were to attend a family reunion in Airlie Beach. Avoid as much as possible.Ĭarsten Roever, Brunswick, Vic LETTER OF THE WEEK AGE OF AGEISM The crowning glory was the announcement that the train would not depart until people without reservations got off, and if they did not, federal police would be called to clear the train. For the latter, passengers were advised to board the next, heavily booked ICE, which subsequently was completely overloaded. A weekend trip on the major Berlin-Cologne route with DB's flagship high-speed ICE saw our train cancelled on the way there and again on the way back. The once mighty Deutsche Bahn (German Rail), a symbol of punctuality, reliability and other German stereotypes, has fallen into a shambolic heap of disrepair. Germany's much-vaunted Deutsche Bahn train system is not what it once was, writes one Traveller reader this week.