TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS

Southland Times, Issue 21849, 28 October 1932, Page 4

TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS

THE BOAT TO TRAVEL ON. In a recerft travel-book the author says “the more experienced the traveller the more does he appreciate a good hotel.” Which means, in essence, that the good hotel stands out like a green oasis in a desert of just-so caravanserais. So it behoves the traveller to chose with care. However, there is one thing about a mistake in putting up at the wrong hotel. You can repair the error by seizing your baggage and going to another with hopes of a better result In picking a steamship line, even greater care is needed because, when you’re on you’re on. “You shouldn’t swop horses crossing a stream" and you simply can’t swop liners crossing an ocean. The picking to be satisfactory must be done with care. How does the experienced traveller make a choice when he has not already made a journey over any particular route? Well, being a Britisher, he usually and safely picks a British line. Then he inquires what experience of passenger traffic such a line has had; what progress it has made during recent decades; examines into the size of the ships and the “layout” of the interiors; obtains such booklets and informative matter as are available; notes the ports of calls and discovers the possibilities of excursions at each. When he finds a line which “measures up” satisfactorily to these specifications, he commits himself and his wellbeing with every confidence to its care.