New York to Cairo
How long did it take to travel from New York to Cairo in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 15 days door to door, $411 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
- Cherbourg → Marseilles (by rail, about 18 h, estimate); Port Said → Cairo (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Hudson · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Marseilles
- Arrival
- Cairo, Friday 27 March 1925
- Door to door
- 15 days
- Fare · First Class
- $411
- Fare · Second Class
- $256
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- $173
- Fare · Third Class
- $126
Transfer at Marseilles to the Messageries Transocéaniques
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Cherbourg → Marseilles (by rail, about 18 h, estimate); Alexandria → Cairo (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Marseilles, Naples
- Night stops
- Naples
- Arrival
- Cairo, Sunday 24 September 1933
- Door to door
- 10 days
- Fare · First Class
- $286
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $114
- Fare · Third Class
- $83
Transfer at Marseilles to the Oranje Air
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