Blinky
03-23-2004, 09:05 PM
<center>How to test-drive a Segway</center>
quote:We’d all like to take a spin on a Segway, but who wants to drop $4,000 to buy one? The latest trend in city tours gives travelers a chance to test-drive these space-age scooters while sightseeing. For $22 to $50 per hour, you can buzz about Bangkok or whiz around Waikiki. There are even tours of such prosaic places as Sarasota and Spokane. “People really want to try a Segway,” says Bill Neuenschwander, president of Mobile Entertainment in the Twin Cities. “I put a person on it, and within 15 seconds I get a grin.” If you don’t want a tour, you can rent a Segway on your own, for $35 to $50 an hour, at tour operators or rental outfits in cities from Anchorage to Auckland.
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quote:We’d all like to take a spin on a Segway, but who wants to drop $4,000 to buy one? The latest trend in city tours gives travelers a chance to test-drive these space-age scooters while sightseeing. For $22 to $50 per hour, you can buzz about Bangkok or whiz around Waikiki. There are even tours of such prosaic places as Sarasota and Spokane. “People really want to try a Segway,” says Bill Neuenschwander, president of Mobile Entertainment in the Twin Cities. “I put a person on it, and within 15 seconds I get a grin.” If you don’t want a tour, you can rent a Segway on your own, for $35 to $50 an hour, at tour operators or rental outfits in cities from Anchorage to Auckland.
Full article (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4362128/)(bottom of page)
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