Chicago to Honolulu
How long did it take to travel from Chicago to Honolulu in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 17 days door to door, $387 in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Getting to the port
- Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Chicago
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Overland Limited · Overland & Pacific · Chicago – San Francisco
- Calls
- San Francisco
- Arrival
- Honolulu, Monday 30 March 1925
- Door to door
- 17 days
- Fare · First Class
- $387
- Fare · Second Class
- $245
Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Chicago
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Overland Limited · Overland & Pacific · Chicago – San Francisco
- Calls
- San Francisco
- Arrival
- Honolulu, Saturday 30 September 1933
- Door to door
- 16 days
- Fare · First Class
- $340
- Fare · Second Class
- $215
Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
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