[Doohickey-d]

£2,589 for an all-inclusive 50-day bus-cruise, even today, doesn't seem that overly expensive. (~£50/day).

So it's not just inflation, it's "that used to be cheaper".

I guess on the flipside, travelling by plane in 1957 (or even 1974), would have been much more than £2,589.

[Tornhoof]

About twice as much. https://www.indianairmails.com/ai-bombay-to-london.html 1948 price was £141 one-way. This likely did not change much in the early years.

[pc86]

> travelling by plane in 1957 (or even 1974), would have been much more [expensive]

Not to mention a lot more dangerous.

[lovecg]

Hmm. A long trip by a 1957 bus vs. a 1957 airliner? It’s not immediately obvious what would be safer to be honest.

[pc86]

Sorry I was unclear, I mean 50s or 70s air travel compared to present day air travel. (Which on reconsideration might not be particularly relevant haha)

[solidsnack9000]

Lot of hijackings still to come in 1950...

[pc86]

Do you really think there are enough hijackings to meaningfully affect safety statistics?

[solidsnack9000]

Not very much but there were some years where hijackings were 5% to 10% of air travel deaths.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-fatalities-from-av...

[nephihaha]

The problem is that the suspension would not be great back then.