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Yes, or an ocean liner. I dearly hope I live to see the resurrection of an affordable North Atlantic passenger line.
by nate_meurer 9y ago
Yes, or an ocean liner. I dearly hope I live to see the resurrection of an affordable North Atlantic passenger line.
- tim333 9y agoThere are a few passenger services from $1000 or so. I'm not sure it was ever really cheap https://thecruisepeople.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/atlantic-container-line-announces-new-trans-atlantic-passenger-service-starting-in-march-hamburg-antwerp-liverpool-halifax-new-york-baltimore-and-return/ https://thecruisepeople.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/atlantic-co...
- icebraining 9y agoI doubt it was that expensive. I know families who migrated from Europe to the US in the 50s/60s, and I'm pretty sure they didn't have (inflation-adjusted) $1000/person. It was probably easier to find work on a ship to pay for the trip, at least for able-bodied men.
- twic 9y agoA Rudolph Arhlich got a third-class ticket from Bremen to New York in 1928 for $208.75: https://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/ImmigrantTickets/1928-10-03-SteamshipTicket-GeorgeWashington-ThirdClass.html https://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/ImmigrantTickets/1928-1... It would have been higher by the '50s, i guess, but not five times higher.
- icebraining 9y agoThat actually undermines my claim :) $208.75 in 1928 is over $3000 today.
- gambiting 9y agoWell, it takes 11 days from Halifax to New York - so works about at about ~$100/night for a room with food included. Cheaper than a lot of hotels.
- andyjohnson0 9y agoIt would have been nice to be a passenger on an old-style post mail boats, such as http://rms-st-helena.com/ http://rms-st-helena.com/. Alas it made its last voyage to St. Helena earlier this year.