Evening star., 1936-02-23

Nh @xA a.s8 shown in an increase
tssgsEANs of travel! And that
A4@~41 41assssss1~'ss~@s must be just what is
happening. At least
not day goes by without letters asking ques-
tons about cruises or trips or tours. Many of
them are from busy people who take their
two or three weeks of vacation in the winter
instead of the summer, or who split their time
and take part in the warm weather and the rest
now. These business men and girls, of course,
must make plans for the,shorter water trips to
such places as Bermuda or the West Indies.
Almost all of my readers ask about clothes,
amounts to tip. and all of the typical details
that belong to the subjects of manners and
customs on ship board. But number of
others ask for advice on where to 90, what
arrangements to make, and how to make them.
The answer to where to set sail for, is the
whole map of the world. Personally might
add that yesterday happened to stop in at
the Office of my favorite travel service to get
my own accommodations for not at all in
teresting journey have to make next week,
and of course the wonder is that am here
my way to Havana, Kingston, St. Thomas,
Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, and possibly
others of those enchanting islands that lie
almost at our door! Or in plane flying West
to the Pacific and thence to Honolulu.
Or perhaps even more did want to book
passage on the newest and most gigantic
Queen of the Atlantic for Europe in June. To
make believe that Europe does not beckon, or
to pretend don't like ships Of size and speed,
steadiness, and 'ev1y cabin with BATH
would not be true! To me the low cost of
luxury - meaning an upper deck outside
cabin with bath at only 1919 more than the
minimum rate - was as tempting as it was
astonishing.
And it is really outside of my province to
suggest trips further than such obvious ones
as cruises to the Mediterranean now, or to the
North Cape later on, or to nearer ports if you
have only short time, or in fact to whichever
ports of the world may beckon you! There is
catch to this. know! Have you sum in
hand? And how much? This last is question
hateful to ask. But unhappiy magic carpet.
which does not require tickets or tips or hotel
bills or other expenses, is still uninvented.
What every prudent traveller (who is not
millionaire) should do is to get an expert to
make his travelling budget for him exactly as
an architect estimates the cost of house. In
short, a would-b be house owner makes list of
all the things he would like to have and then
consults an architect, who tries to supply as
many requirements as possible at the price his
client can pay.
The best way know of to plan trip, is to
lay out map and then put pins in the places
to which you would like to 60, and then go to
a travel service (or if there isn't one in your
own town write to one in the city from which
you intend to saiD and tell them the tour
you would like to make and the amount you
can spend, and let them work out the best
plan for you.
There is one important point that should be
explained to novice traveller. He probably
knows that competent travel service will en-
gage best rooms in de luxe hotels and secure
automobiles by the week or month, either
with or without chauffeWs, or provide tickets
for the Derby or Henley Regatta, or Bayreuth
Musical Festival, or Olympics at Berlin. But
he is quite likely to be unaware that they will