The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-25
CHEAP TRAVELLING.
How to Visit Europe for One Hundred
Dollars.

How to Visit Europe for One Hundred
Dollars.
NEW YORK, June 23-"What is the low
est cost at which European tour can be
madeN is question which myriad guide
books and socalled travellers companions
have recently attempted to answer, with
the result OF widely varying estimates being
given. Some acting on the principle of
sparing no expense, insist that nothing less
than 81 900 will cover few weeks trip;
Others more thrifty, claim that half that
amount is sufficient, while one authority,
descending the scale, asserts that fifty cents
per day should provide for all expenses.
The nearest approach to a correct eSti-
mate was probably that given by the au-
thor of tourists guide published in New
York some eight years since. This writer
gave $3.50 as the cost of visiting London
and Paris Including all expenses and re-
turn, and his arrangement allowed the
tourist to remain week in either city He
confessed, however, that he had never
made the excursion in the manner suggested,
which certainly proved that he was wise
in his generation, for its main feature was
a Storage passage to and from Europe
Since the publication of the work last re-
ferred to- the cost of ocean transit has been
considerably reduced, thus materially
diminishing an important item of travelling
expense. Indeed, so great has become the
competition between the various transit
lantic steamship companies in the matter of
rates. that a saloon passage now amounts to
less than third class railroad fare for an
equal distance.
It was owing to the possession of such
knowledge that the writer was enabled re-
Gently to make q five weeks tour, which
embraced not only London and Paris, but
II Az, cd
passing glance ut many places of interest
while in transit, the total expense occa-
stoned being 800.
The amount stated Is not great, and to
the uninitiated it may appear that much per-
sonal discomfort must have been expe-
rienced in consequence of the method
of travelling necesSltated by so small
an expenditure. Contrary to such a
superstition, no hardships were endured by
the tourist, whose trip was SO thoroughly
enjoyed that he hopes some day to make
another under similar conditions As the
result of his experience, the following &C
count of how the tour was made, what was
seen and when seen, cannot fail to be of
interest to those who, DESTROYS of seeing
Europe, wish to do SO at the minimum of
expense.
THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT
matter when considering a European cc.,r
is, of course, the selection of steamship i'll
order to cross the Atlantic. This for the
untravelei is difficult task. So numerous
are the Lines" and all offer such excellent
accommodation at moderate rates, that to
choose most advantageously, having regard
to both economy and comfort, can only re-
suit from practical experience. The great
est Inducements are undoubtedly offered by
the White Star Ihman and National lines.
The boa of the last-named, although slow,
are considered very safe and by them a
saloon passage can be obtained as low as $40
"a great point to be remembered when de
Gliding. The two others mentioned are so
well-known that comment regarding them
is unnecessary. IL is sufficient to say that
their arrangements for saloon and second
class passengers are beyond criticism. A
second class passage is recommended by ono
of these companies boats, the cost of which
is the same in either case--S30, according to
loca ion of stateroom. II passage is en-
gagged at least week before the date of sail
ing, very good quarters can be secured for
this amount. Very little, if any, saving is
effected by taking a round-trip ticket and
it is therefore not recommended.
A few suggestions regarding what should
be taken by the traveller, Ill order to add TO
the comfort of an ocean passage, may not
he inappropriate at this point A few
oranges (which are very acceptable after a
siege of mal-de-mer) may be taken, as half
dozen prices are charged for such things by
tue stewards The same may be said of
spirits of any kind. Sometimes a little
brandy, unlike the Pieriau draught, is not
"a dangerous thing" when used as a
remedy for seaSickness. A few interesting
books, to relieve the monotony Of the voy-
age, should not be forgotten. And lastly,
the tourist should avoid encumbering him
self with trunk; compact, easily carried
valise ought 70 be sufficient for the require
meats Of few weeks. only those who