of your wallet are never examined. So you can tell them any amount you wish, and they accept your word—unless you're a down and out looking tramp, I suppose. When you enter your passport will be stamped: Permitted to land at Dover (or whatever your entry port) on condition the holder does not remain in the United Kingdom longer than two months and does not enter any employment paid or unpaid. Sometimes the time limit will read three rather than two months. This puts you in a spot if you had looking for work in mind. Even if you do find a British firm that wants to hire you, the Ministry of Labor can refuse you a work permit simply on the grounds that you shouldn't have been looking for work in the first place. However, they aren't always as tough as all that. TRANSPORTATION. All the great airliners of the world serve London. In fact, the gigantic new London airport handles 90,000 flights a year. As I write this, there is discussion of fares being reduced but right now First class, New York to London is $800 one way, $1200 round trip. Tourist class is $490 one way and $822 round trip. The new Economy class is $753.60 round trip. Cheaper still, as we've mentioned elsewhere in this book, are the Icelandic Airlines flights which run, at this writing $524.20 round trip in the thrift season ($100 more in the summer). Icelandic has always cut prices and now that the other airlines have introduced the economy class it is expected Icelandic will cut their rates even further. It's worth checking. Their U.S. offices are at 15 West 47th Street in New York City. Ships to England are as numerous as to any land in the world. It would take the balance of this page and most of the next to begin to list them. Consult your travel agency. Fares run from $355 on the student ships sponsored by the Netherlands and Swiss governments to astronomical figures First class on the Cunard Queens and the other top liners. Basically you can figure on a minimum of $375 tourist class on a liner but are more apt to be paying just about as much as you would going by air unless you wish to sleep in dormitories. Trains within England are a bit on the grim side. Fares aren't
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