What is the cheapest available freighter voyage anywhere?
Walking past a huge international shipyard twice today got me thinking about freighter travel. We have a couple of such questions on the site, but not many.
Many people are surprised when they find out that freighter travel is often more expensive than flying and I just looked at the website of the Australian company "Freighter Expeditions" and found most of the trips listed even more expensive than I was expecting.
But this surely isn't the only company / website dealing in freighter travel - I just don't know where else to look?
My question is "What is the cheapest freighter travel trip available anywhere in the world?"
Best Answer
It is not a freigther, but if you consider a yacht also a valuable way of sea transport, you can get some valuable advice at: http://wikitravel.org/en/Hitchhiking_boats . On this nice reading article, I found a link to http://www.findacrew.net.
Good luck!
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Are you specifically looking for freighter ships, or will any ship do? Cruises from certain cities during certain parts of the year can be incredibly cheap — often cheaper than flying, if you go with another person. CruiseSheet is a good way to find these, though keep in mind that the prices are per-person and that you also need to factor in taxes (usually not too bad) and tips (something like $12-$15 a day). It might not be as romantic as heading out into the unknown on a rusty cargo bucket, but it's darn comfortable and they feed you really well!
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