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I have challenged myself to see how long I can go without flying (I am currently in the UK, having traveled back overland from Singapore this past summer). However, this summer I will graduate and will need to travel oneway to North America. The prices I have been able to find for cruises are very expensive for a student (at least $1000 including tax), and booking passage on a freighter looks to be even worse (about $100 a day, with the transatlantic voyages I can find taking 10+ days, plus about $300 in tax). Does anyone here know anything or have any experience with cheaper ways of crossing the surface of oceans? I can be very flexible with my dates, traveling any time in July, August or September. Are any rooms that would otherwise go empty sold off really cheap at the last minute? Is it possible to arrange to share a cruise-ship room with several strangers to get the price down? I am also willing to work passage, but have no particular skills, and would guess that supply of such people tends to exceed demand.
I asked this over on FlyerTalk budget travel, and it was suggested that I try again here, with the note that "Green Maned Lion" in particular might have experience with freighter travel. Any advice would be appreciated.
I asked this over on FlyerTalk budget travel, and it was suggested that I try again here, with the note that "Green Maned Lion" in particular might have experience with freighter travel. Any advice would be appreciated.