The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-02
TRIP ABROAD.

How II Can BE Made In Good
style for S3i0-Iiems OF Expen-
diture.
Letter to the Providence Journal.
Since my return from Europe a 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 reply
has been given, and the first words were,
aYou can make it cost Just what, in reason
you. like" And It ia SO. A mar can
spend q thousand dollars in a months
travels, and another a suit himself just
as we'll for one.ff,h Of the money. My
own experience, based on 4 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 probabi.
lily OF an increase ID hotel rates.
The answer was there will be one
The Grand Hotel Bristol is a maguif-
cent housein every respect, and for such
4 place the charges are remarkably rea.
sonable, At that place a handsomely
furnished, well-lighted room cost me six
francs, Sl'20 per day, and a dinner, in.
GLIDING piil ordiaaire, a similar amount.
But, as in London, the better plan lie to
take your meals cut. as the French peo.
pie generally do. For ten francs (S2l
nner dav A man can live we'll. But to
give a clearer idea Of the total cost Of
such a Journey, itmay be as we'll to start
out with the theory that we propose to
be absent two months OF sixty days.
Eighteen days Of this will be upon the
ocean, and for the round trip the cost
need not be more than Sl20. On arrival
at Liverpool, the docks and other places
OF interest have 10 be seen, which will
occupy two days, the coat OF living per
day being len shillingE, with four shill-
ipgs added for omnibus and cab fares,
81; from Liverpool TO Manchester,
where two more days are spent at
the came rate; then directly to
London. the fare being So, occupying a
portion OF one day. In L~ondon.there is
. multitude OF sights Of interest 10 be
looked M. There is the Crystal Palace,
British Museum, Alexandria Park, Zoo.
logical Gardens, National Gallery, House
Of Parliament, the Tower Of London, DC.
Here, to do the thing up in any kind Of
way, a sojourn Of least ten days should
be made. This involves an expense Of
$50 for living lit can be done for less, and
we'll done, tool, and an additional 81 so
for omnibus hire. Then comes the trip
to Paris. The return ticket from Lon
don to Paris will be, In American money,
SIS as, and which Ii available for one
month. The journey to Paris usually
occupies from ten 10 eleven hours, othat
one full day may be allowed in goingand
coming. Then a stay Of fifteen days
should be made in Parip, and the visitor,
II he be prudent, can do admirably as
far as lodging and living upon 90 IS per
day, or al %; and adding 10 this ten
days to the exhibition, one franc each
time, brings $40 Is, with $40 added for
~conyeyances, brings Paris 10 cost $50 %
During this time, II ~disposed, = trip can
be made 10 GeyenA lake at a cost OF Sl5.
This brings Us back to London, with
eleven days to spare. A trip TO the Isle
OF Wight, a run to Scotland, and thence
down through ireland, joining the steamer
at Queenstown, can be hastily done at an
aversge cost Of 81 per day-a total Of
S77-aud then we find ourselyeson board
The steamer again, without anything
further 10 pay than the stewards. This
brings Q total Of $40, and allowing the
extravagant sum Of 500 Tor walters, ETC.,
the grand result Is $500 for n sixty days
Journey. This estimate Is put at Top tig.
ures, SO that there shall be nothing ride
ulous IN its appearance; but your readers
may rest perfectly satisied that a trip to
Paris, properly managed, aud an absence
from home Of sixty days, need not cost
any single individual more than $40.