Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
TO EUROPE AND BACK
THE COST OF A FOREIGN TOUR FROM
THE UNITED STATES.

One Man started out with $50 and Ferry
Economical People Stay See a
Good Deal For sioo--ror $500 One May
Travel oror the Continent
It is customary to estimate the average
amount OF money spent by Americans on
trip abroad at d 900 Yet II ought to he
| remembered hy shallow pocketed and deep
Drained people who hunger for foreign tray
81, set have not the thousand dollars, that
most satisfactory trips can DO taken for
much Less thnn half that amount.
There may be few who are willing TO set
out upon European tour with $50 and a
ferry ticket, like one Brooklyn man who
did 30 and has never regretted II, Eighty
dollars Is rather small al owancc, but
here Is what II will dos Passage to Liver
pool and from Amsterdam or Antwerp,
steerage 10 both cases, railroad and other
transit through Scotland aud England, to
Paris and through the Low Countries and
n certain uncomfortable minimum Of food.
Perhaps IL Isn't worth while to travel un-
de such deprlyatiuns. A man under %
years Of age will vote yes, probably. Older
thnn that. men care more for creature com
forts.
Yet even such economy can be mnde more
endurble BY numbers. ] know Of a party
OF xix young men from Harvard who took
Storage passage in the Seryia for vaca-
tion trip. They Just filled one row Of berths
in one OF the big rooms, took turns at wash
ing their tin dishes and had lots Of fun.
The whole trip need not have cost each
more than 800 for two months absence.
A woman who has saved $3.50 can, II she
finds another woman Of like mind and
purse. take rather extensive trip abroad
by travelling second cabin" ut round
trip expense OF $40, leaving rs much more
for shore expenses Second cabin is per-
fectly clean, comfortable and respectable,
with plenty OF food and effective II not al
ways deferentlal service. Most Americans
will however, prefer to travel first cabin In
cheaper boat rather than take passage
either In the second cabin or steerage. The
absurd European distinctions OF GLASSES"
are a good joke FOR ~ short time, Ina week
and in the close oompanionshlp OF ship
board they become uncomfortable.
The necessary cost Of Inst cabin passage
TO Liverpool and return is not less than
800 and may be much more, to which add
nenrly 10 per cent for fees. A great many
dollars may be saved, however by taking
outward and humewurd passage by differ
ent lines, Thus, II the trip is short one,
sall To Liverpool or Glasgow; return from
N;htWerp or AmSleluam II the trip Is
onber 9nu lheluues switzerland ana nay,
san 70 Liverpool or Ilasgow Ithe latter If
Scotland Is to be yisitedl return from Ma.
pies or GenoA Variety Of interest rs we'll
Us economy is secured by this plan. The
cost Of the passage from Genoa or liavre IL
somewhat greater than from Liverpool, but
the economy IN time aud travel ashore
more lhnn makes inc difference
Az economically arranged tour ashore
VIII save time and money by belngos direct
as possible. hallway travelling, always
third class, viii cost about cents mile
aud may be reck"ned up before starting
WIN reasonable approach to accuracy, II
points OF interest do not lie near the line OF
route, omit them There arc others as good
The economical traveller who has gone from
syn S, AnoolsIord aud Melro'e' stopped IN
r ,aS' ~ 49,, o"H".rE anu seen oNloru, Us