The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-23
What a Trip Abroad Costs.

what q Trip ABROAD COSts.
Since my return from Europe large
number of persons who contemplate a
visit to the Paris Exhibition during the
present year have desired me to give
them some idea of the probable cost of
the journey. To each one a uniform re-
ply has been given and the first words
were, :" You can make it cost just what,
in reason, you like" And it is so. One
can spend $1,000 in months travel,
and another can suit himself just as
well for one-fifth of the money. My
own experience, based on a ten days.
visit to Paris during the Exposition of
1867, is that you can live remarkably
cheap in that delightful city. During
my visit in January last to the capital
of France was careful to inquire as to
the probability of an increase in hotel
rates. The answer was, there will be
none The Grand Hotel Bristol is
magnificent house in every respect, and
for such place the charges are remark
ably reasonable. At that place hand
somely furnished, we'll lighted room
cost me six francs ($1.20) per day, and
a dinner, including rim ordtnaire,
similar amount. But, as in London, the
the better plan is to take your meals
out, as the French people generally do.
For ten francs ($2} per day man can
live well.
But to give clearer idea of the total
cost of such journey, it may be as well
to start out with the theory that we pro-
pose to be absent two months or sixty
days. Eighteen days of this will be up
on the ocean, and for the round trip the
cost need not be more than 1920. On
arrival at Liverpool, the docks and other
places of interest have to be seen, which
will occupy two days, The cost of living
per day being ten shillings, with four
shillings added for omnibus and cab
fares, 81 from Liverpool to Manchester,
where two more days are spent at the
same rate; then directly to London, the
fare being SIS, occupying nearly one day.
In London there is multitude of sights
of interest to be looked up. There is
the Crystal Palace, British Museum,
Alexandra Park, Geological Gardens,
National Gallery, House of Parlia-
ment, the Tower of London, etc
Here, to do the thing up in any kind
of way, sojourn of at least ten days
should be made. This involves an, ex-
pense of $50 for living Gt can be done
for less, and well done, too, and an adj
ditional $3.50 for omnibus hire. Then
comes the trip to Paris. The return
ticket from London to Paris will be, in
American money, $3.50, and which is
available for one month. The journey
to Paris usually occupies from ten to
eleven hours, SO that one full day may
be allowed in going and coming. Then
a stay of fifteen days should be made in
Paris, and the visitor, if he be prudent,
can do admirably as far as lodging and
living upon s2:75 per day, or S41.25 !;
and adding to this ten days to the Exhi.
bition, one franc each time, brings S43.-
IS; with $40 added for conveyances,
brings Paris to cost $685.. During this
time, if disposed, trip can be made
to Geneva Lake at cost of $15. This
brings US back to London, with eleven
days to spare. A trip to the Isle of
| Wight, 1un to Scotland, and thence
down through Ireland, joining the
steamer at Queenstown, can be easily
done at the average cost of 81 per day
"a total of $77; and then we find our
selves on board the steamer again, with
out any thing further to pay than the
| Stewards. This brings total of $40,
and, allowing the extravagant sum Of
$50 for walters, etc, the grand result is
$500 for a'sixty days. journey. This es-
timateis put at top figures, SO that there
shall be nothing ridiculous in its appear
ance; but your readers may rest per-
fectly satisfied that trip to Paris, prop
erly managed, and an absence from
home of sixty days need not cost any
single individual more than $340.-Cor.
Providence Journal.