https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/those-were-the-days-tourism-before-mass-mobility.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/those-were-the-days-tourism-before-mass-mobility.html#comment-65875 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:13:09 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=22505#comment-65875 I would vote for a sedate tour of Europe the Cooks way, rather than RyanAir any day, Ella. Thomas Cook really gave many travellers their first taste of independent travel. Better by miles than being herded by RyanAir.

]]> 22505 65875 2012-04-03 17:13:09 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/those-were-the-days-tourism-before-mass-mobility.html#comment-65855 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:22:17 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=22505#comment-65855 Convenient as it was, that sounds like such a restrictive way to travel, and exclusive. The experience of an organized cruise (or, I suppose, a train ride) is still available to me but I feel like I can see so much more more cheaply staying in hostels and eating bread and cheese for lunch every day. My mom’s always idealized the cruise situation, but I prefer buses and RyanAir to identical port towns and seasickness.

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