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Eat and Sleep in Freighter travel
Eat and Sleep in Freighter travel
Typically, you will have a small cabin and access to crew facilities, such as lounge, mess hall and common areas. Dinner is usually served along with the ships crew. On some German ships, there are actually cabins that include both a day room and a bedroom, as well as en suite facilities. All freighter cabins are outside rooms except on Grimaldi Lines, who also have inside cabins. With most travel agencies, passengers receive cabins which have both shower and toilet.
Single travellers really benefit as single supplements are usually limited to between 10% and 25% (compared to 50 to 100% on cruise ships) and some ships have single cabins that are sold at the same fares as the double cabins.
Wine, beer and spirits are available at duty free prices (cruise ships now charge shore prices), and on French and Italian ships table wine is included with lunch and dinner.
While many travel books mention ferries across the Caspian Sea, these are actually cargo ships and on such you will be required to bring your own food and it is best to bring some bottled water too. On such ships, plan to bring more than you would need for the time specified, as ships can wait up to a week to enter ports.
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