TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1932, Page 2

TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS

CHOOSING A STEAMSHIP LINE. In a recent travel book the author says “the more experienced the traveller th© 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 choose 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 are on you are on. “You should not swop horses crossing a stream” and you simply cannot swap 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 British, he usually and safely picks a British line. Then he inquires what experience of passenget traffic such a line has had; what progress it has made during recent decades; examines into the size of the ships and the “lay-out” of the interiors; obtains shell booklets and informative matter as are available; notes the ports of call 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 well-being with every confidence to its care.