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Number of images considered for the September cover: 88
Number of images considered for the first Table of Contents page: 30
Number of editors who got married in the middle of producing the issue: 1
Earliest morning by an editor: 7 a.m., working on a piece about Ely, Minnesota
Latest night by an editor: 8:45 p.m., working on a piece about how to reduce your data rates abroad
Number of hotels considered for the Essentials section on Europe's Best Values: dozens
Number of hotels that made the final cut: 5
Number of minutes spent trying to assess whether a person pictured in an image (page 20) was actually wearing clothes: 3
Number of people involved in assessment: 4
Final answer: yes, a bikini
Price of parking ticket a photo editor received shooting the image on page 37: $10
Most heated response (from a contributing illustrator): "I'm afraid I've been in this business too long to be fulfilling loopy, trivial requests like this."*
Second most heated response (from a contributing writer): "one more question and it's coming out of your salary."**
When you'll be able to see the fruits of all said labor: August 24th
*the person who comes closest to guessing what the request might have been will win a copy of Budget Travel's newest book, The Smart Family's Passport: 350 Money, Time, and Sanity Saving Tips.
** we think he was kidding, but we're not sure.
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The heated response from the contributing illustrator...was that in response to a request to sneak 17 monkeys through an airport?
Posted By Ryan Buffington on July 22, 2010, 3:58 PM
* A request to get someone a latte?
Posted By Cathy Metzinger on July 23, 2010, 4:30 PM
To pay the photo editor's ticket?
Posted By Diana on July 25, 2010, 1:20 PM
Was the request to resize the illustration?
Posted By Kim on July 26, 2010, 5:15 PM
What he upset that his valuable time was being taken up by asking questions related to this article?
Posted By Heidi on July 27, 2010, 6:51 PM
Was the request to alter the image and put clothes on the person on page 20 if necessary?
Posted By Sharon on July 29, 2010, 1:28 PM