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The Cost Of Visiting Europe.

The Cost Of Visiting Europe.
One Of the most interesting and i'm
portant problems to those who intend
or desire to go abroad, is, How much
will it costs? Many, perhaps, would
otherwise visit Europe, who, with lin
tied means, hesitate to do so because
they have no way of estimating the ex-
pense. 1t is hard even in guide-books
to get clear idea of this and it is to
satisfy those who wish to have definite
information on the subject, that the fol-
lowing facts are given
Of course, many things come in to
vary the cost of visiting Europe. 1t
depends on the length of the proposed
trip, whether the traveller is a gentle
man or q lady, what the tastes and hab-
its Of the traveller are, and what tact he
or she has.
We will suppose that the traveller is
gentleman of moderate means, who
| wishes to go at once reasonably and
comfortably, and Who proposes to make,
say, three months trip. In this peri
cd he can visit England, the Rhine,
Switzerland, North Italy, and-on his
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! First, to make an estimate of the
! travelling fares. A return ticket, on a
| tirst-rate line of steamers, from New
York Or Boston to Londen and back,
may be procured from S120 to $3.50.
Taking Venice as the farthest point of
the journey, the expense of getting
there from London and return, weuld
be not far from $50. This is by second
class on the railways. There is say
ing in Europe that nobody travels first
class there, Except princes, fools and
Americans :" but probably nine out of
ten American tourists now go second
class, which is amply comfortable and
respectable. The total of mere travel
ing fares then, from New York or Bos-
ton to Venice and back, would be, say
$3.50.
The next point is to consider the ex-
pense of living during the travellers
stay in Europe. OF course, hotel and
lodging expenses vary greatly in differ
ent countries. They are much higher
in England, for instance, than in Switz-
erland or on the Rhine.
Dividing the time that the traveller
has at his disposal in the three months,
! we estimate that it will take him three
weeks to travel to London and back,
and another week to go thence to Ven
ice and back. He thus uses up one of
his three months in merely getting from
place to place. The other two months
he has to spend in the various European
| countries.
Suppose he spends two weeks of this
in England, one week on the Rhine, or
in Holland, two weeks in Switzerland,
a week in Milan, Verona, Venice, and
on the Italian lakes, and two weeks in
Paris on his return homeward thus
his two months are disposed of.
His fortnight in England will cost
him, at the best hotels, about 50 so q
day, or for the whole period, about S35.
Locomstion in cabs, and other small
items, will add to this, perhaps SIS
more in all, $50.
His four weeks in Germany, Switzer-
land and Italy will probably cost Kim,
in good hotels, about So day, in all,
say $50. Incidental expenses, such as
cabs, fees to 60 into palaces and
churches, etc., will fairly add $50 to
this amount.
Returning to Paris, he will find it
again somewhat more costly. He will
be able to live his week there, however,
in good hotel, for $40 more. The in
cidentals in Paris are more than in
most places these We should put down
500 more.
Now, to sum up, the three months
trip would cost our traveller these
items:
From Boston or Now York to London
and return, $3.50; from London to
Venice, via the Rhine and Switzerland,
$50; hotel expenses, cabs, ETC., in
England, $50; hotel expenses, cabs,
ETC., on the Continent. $50 hotel ex-
penses, cabs, ETC., in Paris, $40 total,
$410.
About $400, then, will cover his Or
dinary and necessary expenses from the
time he leaves these shores till his re-
turn to them. But this takes no ac-
count of the photographs and knick-
knacks he will buy, the excursions he
will make. or the amusements he will
attend. These are matters, however,
in which he has full power to regulate
his own expenses and it may be said
that he may reckon on paying about
the same price for such luxuries as he
would if he were at home.-Yoxth's
Companion.
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