I applaud you on your innovative -- and lengthy -- trips to Europe, but I'm sure you recognize that there are very, very few Americans taking their families on 38-day trips to Europe.

Elliott's column (now written long ago, btw) suggested this was a "mainstream" trend. That's ludicrous -- campgrounds are not springing up in the cities, towns and villages of America to handle the hordes of folks fleeing conventional lodging choices. It's just silly.