New York to Genoa
How long did it take to travel from New York to Genoa in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 10 days door to door, L. 12 600 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
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Saturday 14 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Tirreno · Tirrena · Genoa – Naples – New York
- Calls
- Naples
- via
- Gibraltar
- Arrival
- Genoa, Tuesday 24 March 1925
- Door to door
- 10 days
- Fare · First Class
- L. 12 600
- Fare · Second Class
- L. 8 050
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- L. 5 400
- Fare · Third Class
- L. 3 700
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Cherbourg → Paris (by rail, about 5 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Paris
- Arrival
- Genoa, Saturday 23 September 1933
- Door to door
- 9 days
- Fare · First Class
- $286
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $114
- Fare · Third Class
- $83
Transfer at Paris to the Empire Air Routes
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