Philadelphia, USA (PHL)

Advantages: Great City/No homeless/ Interesting sites
Disadvantages: broken public phones /shops closed early

...many public pay phones in Philadelphia, but the ones at the bus depot always work and there are enough to use. I was staying with someone when I arrived at Philadelphia and I figured I would walk a few blocks and find a phone and then call for a lift. I wanted to walk the few blocks so that I could see some of the city. Well, I walked for blocks and blocks and blocks before I came to one public phone and then I found it was a broken phone. So bring ...
...located at 660 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106 THE MARKET STREET AREA Has some quaint shops including a beautiful ‘chocolate’ or sweets shop. I got there too late so I didn’t’ get to sample their wares. BUT, the windows were decorated so beautifully, they just made your mouth water. It wasn’t even dark yet and the stores were closing-at least the chocolate shop. The Market Street area just reminded me of a quaint old village, very different ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent Facilities, Clean toilets, Nice Eating Joints
Disadvantages: None

We recently enjoyed a five hour stopover at Philadelphia Airport on our way to Las Vegas. We had dabbled with the idea of getting a cab into Philly and seeing as much as we could in the limited time available but as we had to clear passport control and then tote our baggage through the airport to check it onto the connecting flight we decided against it. The clearance through passport control was slick and well organised and although the airport ...
...of signs and helpful staff. There are even little taxis which drive through the airport corridors at about 5 miles per hour to carry fat lazy people. They also have these funky rocking chairs for you to rock while you people watch. So now we had about four hours to kill. We started with a meal at TGIF. Very nice and cheaper than UK. Then we mooched around the shops, and there are plenty to go at. Our children particularly love the Discovery Channel ... Read review

Advantages: Good Airport Hotels,Very Clean restaurants
Disadvantages: Hopless immigration arrangements

Last year i was jetting off to New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico for two weeks of winter sun. I flew US Airways and had to change planes in Philadelphia. Our plane was delayed for an hour at Gatwick so this left us with 2 hours to catch our connecting flight to New Orleans. Easy? NO!!! We stepped off the plane into a very nice modern arrivals terminal, things seemed to be going ok. I was very wrong. When we reached immigration there were 2 desks ...
...world who wanted to clear customs at the same time. Disaster! We had to wait for 3 hours to clear customs and of course we missed our connecting flight. There were no exceptions made for people waiting to board another plane and the staff were rude a laughed at us. Finally we reached the desk and a very angry woman who clearly didn't want to be working, barked at us; 'Why have you come to the United States.' We explained and we allowed straight through ... Read review

Advantages: Good disabled facilities, rocking chairs
Disadvantages: long walk to terminals

I was at Philadelpia airport in April 2000 because my flight changed there on the way to Orlando. I like this airport because it is well set out, all terminal and shops are easy to find and there is a good selection of duty frees. The terminals are quite a distance to walk, as is the case with most airports. My flight was only changing there, so I didn't have to check in but I did have to go through customs and there was no queue for baggage recheck, ...
...there is a good selection of eating places. But what I love most about Philadelphia airport is the rocking chairs which are outside the shops. Just what you need to relax after a long flight! Also, disabled people are met off the plane and well catered for. ... Read review