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10 Travel Icons Being Phased Out, But Do Some Still Have Life?

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    Airline first class is evolving, but to say it is on the way out is an over-statement. Fold-out maps and print guidebooks? Down, teetering, but not out.

    The relentless march of progress hasn’t been without a few regrettable victims.

    Several much-loved travel stalwarts are falling out of favor thanks to technology and other factors.

    The following 10 — postcards, slideshows, guidebooks, Internet cafes, analog alarm clocks, fold-out maps, travelers’ checks, photo albums, airline first class, and traditional steamer trunks — are some of our most loved travel items that are slowly being replaced by modern innovations.

    Photo Credit: A man looks at an online video portal at an internet cafe in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2011. Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters
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