also, there is considerable flexibility. If, en route, you wish to extend your stay at one point or shorten it at another, you are usually at liberty to do so, and any increase or decrease of cost is adjusted at the end of the journey. The Independent our is gaining in favor with people who desire complete independence, yet wish to avoid the worrying details of travel. If you choose, the Tourist Agency will merely secure your transportation for you over any route, leaving you to make your own hotel arrangements. How does the cost of travel agency tours compare with direct purchase? There is no ready basis of comparing the Cruise with regular forms of passenger travel, but as to the Conducted and Independent Tours it can be said that the cost is often not more than and sometimes tion and less than the same accommodations transporta- if bought by South America and Europe Pacific Coast, The Orient, 10c Florida, Booklets Central and The 10c. America, the Mediterranean, Northwest, Southwest, Trip The Canadian Nattonal to Europe, 10c. Rockies Parks, and Northwest 10c. National Parks of Colorado and California, 10c. The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence 10c. Valley, 10. New England 11. New York 12. Around 13. Mediterranean and the Adirondacks, and Surrounding Resorts, the World Cruising, 15c. by D. E. Lorenz, Pu.D. Cruising, by D. E. 14. Hawai, 10c. 15. Norway, Sweden, 16. North Carolina, 15c. Lorenz, Pu.D. Denmark, 10c. 10c. through the good will it has built up through years of association with transportation companies and hotels, is usually favored in allotting accommodations. COSMOPOLITAN International Fifty-seventh [ 26] 10c. 10c. That the traveler as he goes along. The traveler often loses much times that could be profitably spent in sightseeing and recreation in searching for hotels and applying for railroad and steamer tickets in a strange country through the medium of a strange language. Also it is important to remember that the travel bureau, for these Southern 10c. eae BA ee The Cruise. ‘Vhe Travel Agency charters a steamer for a special cruise, and the party lives aboard the steamer throughout. This is the most luxurious form of travel. Tthe cruise obviates the necessity of changing from steamer to steamer and often includes ports not touched by regular passenger routes. Send TRAVEL Magazine Street New at York Eighth City SERVICE Building Avenue, 10c. 10c.