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restaurants which give no prices on their menu, unless one be- 

 longs in the "Generous" Class; avoid, also, ordering anything 

 which is not on the menu, for the chances are that one will pay 

 dearly for his fancy. For a longer stay, try and secure Pension 

 rates from the hotel ("Arrangement," the French call it) or else 

 go to a regular Pension which is generally cheaper than a hotel. 



If traveling with reasonable comfort (II or I*) Cook's hotel 

 coupons are often a saving especially for the green traveler. 

 Yoy pay cash at any Cook's office for first-class accommodation, 

 $2.50 per day or $2.00 without luncheon. You receive in return 

 hotel coupons for lodging, light and attendance; for breakfast; 

 for luncheon; and for dinner. The advantages are manifold. 

 Not only does one save money but one is relieved of all worry 

 regarding overcharges. Often if the room is marked $1.40 one 

 receives it for the room coupon which is nominally worth only 

 $1.00. As a comparison one of the writers compared the cost in 

 Vienna, (a very expensive town by the way), between the (a) 

 hotel prices and (b) the cost of the coupons. The room (a) 

 $1.47 (b) $1.00; breakfast (a) $.30 (b) $.20; luncheon (a) 

 $.60 (b) $.50; dinner (a) $1.00 (b) $.80. A total saving of 

 $.97 with the coupons. The hotel must pay 10% to Cooks on all 

 coupons but in return they secure the trade of a great many Eng- 

 lish and American tourists. A favorite method of overcharging 

 is to say that all the reasonable rooms are taken and that only a 

 $2.00 room remains. One disadvantage these coupons are said 

 to have is that one usually gets the poorest rooms during the rush 

 season. 



On the whole, Austria is more expensive than France or Ger- 

 many. Living in a German town like Dresden costs at least one- 

 third less than in Vienna. One always has to be on the lookout 

 for extras. If one happens to pine for a drink of Scotch and the 

 waiter brings one small "Club" decanter, don't rejoice at its 

 reasonably generous proportions (for one drink) but pour a 

 taste into the diminutive measure, (which looks like a thimble) 

 and pay for one drink instead of five! 



Etiquette. The etiquette in professional circles in Europe is 



*In Germany, the saying is that only foreigners and actors travel I 

 class. 



