The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
oA.nss Antverp. Rotterdam; then London

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Tho Arrangements OF the itinerary time-
tables h q comparatively easy affair. The
length Of stay In zach place depends upon
tho attractions and tho railway timetables
and the attractions depend upon tho In
dividual tastes.
Another factor 70 be considered In allot-
ting the time for each stopping pAos 10 the
location Of tho interesting features. In
Wanna most Of the interesting places are
within q few minutes walk or ride Of each
other; In Nuremberg they are scattered
all over the city. Wills In Prague shey arc
THE COST.
This 10 tho buKnear which frightens
away the man OF moderate means who
thinks, Of making a tour through Europe.
II We examine the programmes Of tourist
agents who arrange p~srscnally conducted
tours through Europe we hnd that the cost
runs between % and DO . day.
This includes arst class transportation
and hotels, guides and carriage rides. II
one were TO make the same trip In the same
fashion alone his expenses would probably
be more.
II one can content himself with second
class steamer accommodations, which are
good enough for most OF US, travel second
or third class Of railroads. stop at medium
priced hotels, follow native customs in
meals, depend upon guide books instead Of
guides and use the omnibus and street car
instead Of a carriage he will not spend more
than half as much as the conducted tourist.
II he can accommodate himself to the GUS
toms Of the people, is willing to rough it a
little, visit institutions on free days Or
lower fee days instead Of full fee days,
be sparing in giving tips and economic
generally, his total outlay need not exceed
a daily average Of 8 3 LIS, including fares and
in~oidentals; yet he will travel in COMPARE
tive comfort without stinting himself.
The n main item Of expense which can
not be ourtailed is steamer fares. One
could travel in the Storage, u tthat is not
comfort. The second cabin accommoda-
tons and meals are good enough for any
body. This item mounts to Sos, IS Of
which can be saved by purchasing return
tickets.
Another fixed item Of expense is railroad
fares. On most European railroads they
have three classes of cars. They have a
saying in Europe: Nobody but princes.
fools and rich Americans travel first Glass;
The wealthy natives generally travel second
class, while the masses everywhere travel
third class.
Tips work wonders on Austrian railways
and often on German roads. Travelling
third class I gave a conductor In Buchs
near the SWISS Austrian frontier a tip Of a
gulden 40 oents) and he gave me a vacant
first class compartment with the assurance
thatI wouldnot be disturbed until l reached
Innspruch. This was an all night trip.
Knowing these thing I decided to travel
third class and depend upon tips for
better accommodation.
A saving Of from 20 to 40 per cent. Of
regular fares can be effected by the pur-
chase OF circular tour tickets. The Asso-
citation OF German Railway M-anagements
nave an understanding with the lines OK
Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland,
France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark
whereby they can issue circular todr tickets
over the lines o. those countries. These
tickets are arranged in any combination
the traveller may desire. They are uni
versally used by European tourists, but
rarely by Americans, who do not seem to
know about them.
The circular our ticket from London to
Rotterdam over the route outlined, Paris,
Lucerne, Vienna, Nursmburg, Mayence,
Cologne and Rotterdam, a distance Of $50
miles, cost me about SOS.
After deducting this and steamer fares
from my 500 I would have s87 left to see me
through about five and a half weeks. My
preliminary estimate OF expenses was $40
a week for London, Paris and Vienna and 8?
q day elsewhere.
Hotel rates on the Continent are much
lower than in the same class Of hotels in the
United States, the only exceptions to this
rule being in fashionable hotels where rich
Americans stop and at fashionable watering
places. Rates are higher in Great Britain
than on the Continent, although lower than
in America.
Wherever I stopped on the Continent. ex-
cept in Carlsbad, l could get a good room
and bed for the equivalent OF 10 or so cents
and in Carlsbad I got a poor room for two
gulden, or 81 cents.
l reached London shortly before mid
night and went to a hotel which advertised
its rates at two shillings and sixpence and
up. The clerk told me there was only one
room left, price three and sixpence. l paid
for it and got q small room on the top floor,
looking out upon a blank wall.
The next morning the clerk offered to let
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advertised rate. The ga me thing happened
in Basic, but here / walked out when the
clerk said hehad only a higher priced room
left and he then remembered that there was
still a vacant two franc room.
After my first nights experience In Lon
don l hired q furnished room, paying 81
q week for the same In Paris ]; hired q
room for 10 francs (S2) at q small hotel,
and in Vienna l got a room at a good hotel
in the PraterstTasse for gulden go cents)
a night.
In Nimweeen / paid a guilder 50 100 cents)
at the Station. Hotel, afew blocks from the
station, for room and breakfast. Though
lighted by candle it was the incest, cIeanest
room l had on the whole trip. The break
fast consisted OF q pitcher Of coffee, q pitcher
OF milk, eggs, ham, sausage, cheese, rolls
and butter, more and better than l got In
Edinburgh, where / paid 5 shillings and
sixpence 81, S2l for bed and breakfast.
In Mayence l first spoke English to the
hotel clerk and he wanted 4 marks for a
room. l then spoke German and showed
him his adveFsised rates. 2,parks, in the
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