I know it was Free Time and not the latest Patch from the EA Site that seems to have fixed my Bon Voyage problems because I tried that again before I uninstalled BV. Even as I was reinstalling BV I was hovering over the keyboard having second thoughts --- but, voila! everything seems to be working correctly now. I even took one of my little Simmies on a short vacation and he didn't get stuck there or anything. The phones and cell phones are working!!! I haven't sent any kids to college yet cause I don't have any teenagers (since they all got killed off from the reinstills). I'm hopeful now.

I never got to take my sims on vacation past the first time. After that I could never even get anything to run without crashing except the sometimes the CAS screen. The phones didn't work, cell phones neither. It just crashed and burned and ticked me off. So now if Free Time took care of the bugs -- well, I'll have to give it another try.

I gave myself until Free Time was released to try to work out the bugs. Alas, BV has beaten me. I give up, I give in. But, of course, I ran right out (well, actually a whole day after the new release) and spent my $26 for Free Time - am I a sucker, or what? I'm just praying it's not as buggy. Thank goodness everything else up through Seasons works beautifully, especially with all the mods that I've downloaded (mostly from this site and Mod the Sims). Thank you all so, so much!!!