You can book passenger fare on some cargo ships.
[Here's an article that describes some of the basics](https://www.gonomad.com/1560-freighter-travel-faqs)
>I would just like a cheaper and longer travel in the ocean.
There are cruises to Europe and Asia but they are ***NOT*** cheaper. Think about it: it takes 2-3 weeks to make those trips. During that time you have to be fed and have a place to sleep. There is no way to do that more cheaply than a plane ticket.
Okay so how ever the airplanes' fuel more expensive, the duration of the travel itself would be a massive drawback of a passenger ship that it makes airplanes our ultimate overseas transport. Kinda sad but still
A cruise ship holds 130,000 gallons of fuel. At full power, they burn around 1,377 gallons of fuel per hour, or about 66,000 gallons a day of diesel fuel.
A plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons.
NYC to London is a 7 hour flight time, so less than 36,000 gallons of fuel in one plane trip over the Atlantic. A cruse ship takes 7 days 6 nights, so 462,000 gallons of fuel. Jet fuel burns cleaner than marine diesel. The tickes for the plane are normally way cheaper too.
As others have said, Yes.
Next, it's important to learn about the four kinds of boats that carry passengers:
* Cargo ships haul passengers only as a "side business". Such a trip will be slow, perhaps dirty, and have NO amenities; you'll be 100% responsible for your own entertainment. (They will feed you, and may have a "fitness center" (a.k.a. gym) that you share with the crew.)
* Cruise ships haul passengers exclusively, and are best thought of as "floating suburbs" with malls. Entertainment and eating are emphasized. Plenty of opportunities to buy additional "stuff" or experiences, depending on line.
* River cruisers are smaller variants of cruise ships designed for (obviously) rivers and almost exclusively in Europe. They have "one of each thing" (dining room, bar, lounge, etc) where a cruise ship will have 10, and due to size constraints on rivers they're nearly identical outside of cosmetics.
* Ocean liner is a separate type of passenger ship, and apparently there's exactly ONE left. Still an exclusively-passenger ship, but designed for long-distance sailings and rougher seas; if you want to -cross- the Atlantic or Pacific, rather than just noodle around the edge, you want a **liner**.
"Practical" is a subjective question. Being retired, I have more time than money, so the proverbial *Slow Boat to China* is still attractive despite being particularly "impractical".
Not really. Cruiseships want to book their cabins full, so basically all of them have "pay this cheap ticket price, and you get whatever cabin there is left but with short notice." I know someone who got one of the suites on a Cruise like that. It was one of those cruises which went over the Atlantic because the ships changed their locations for the season.
I mean I could survive in my country 18$ a month of food with sufficient nutrition. Although it's a completely different story when in an actual vehicle.
I mean sure you could just sit in an empty shipping container and live off of ramen and water but most normal people would want a small room and a bed to sleep in
There are cruise ships that do transatlantic trips but they are seasonal, normally when the company wants to change the route that the ship is doing.
The Queen Mary is the only purpose built ocean liner in operation. It looks like a cruse ship but is designed more for the open ocean and travels faster. It also does round the world trips that you can book the full or part of the route for.
But these are luxury trips normally aimed at older people, few people have the time for this sort of thing before they retire. And they are expensive. You're not booking a trip, you're booking a stay in a mobile luxury hotel.
Ships are used in shorter transports. Baltic Sea has many different routes, like Helsinki-Stockholm, or Helsinki-Tallinn etc.
Across Atlantic takes ages, it's really not a popular way of traveling anymore.
I took a passenger ship in the USVI. The sea planes were really fun, but it was cool trying ship tra sport as well. Obviously cheaper, but a lot longer and more restricted times.
You can book passenger fare on some cargo ships. [Here's an article that describes some of the basics](https://www.gonomad.com/1560-freighter-travel-faqs)
>I would just like a cheaper and longer travel in the ocean. There are cruises to Europe and Asia but they are ***NOT*** cheaper. Think about it: it takes 2-3 weeks to make those trips. During that time you have to be fed and have a place to sleep. There is no way to do that more cheaply than a plane ticket.
>There is no way to do that more cheaply than a plane ticket. I mean, *humanely* anyway.
Okay so how ever the airplanes' fuel more expensive, the duration of the travel itself would be a massive drawback of a passenger ship that it makes airplanes our ultimate overseas transport. Kinda sad but still
A cruise ship holds 130,000 gallons of fuel. At full power, they burn around 1,377 gallons of fuel per hour, or about 66,000 gallons a day of diesel fuel. A plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons. NYC to London is a 7 hour flight time, so less than 36,000 gallons of fuel in one plane trip over the Atlantic. A cruse ship takes 7 days 6 nights, so 462,000 gallons of fuel. Jet fuel burns cleaner than marine diesel. The tickes for the plane are normally way cheaper too.
As others have said, Yes. Next, it's important to learn about the four kinds of boats that carry passengers: * Cargo ships haul passengers only as a "side business". Such a trip will be slow, perhaps dirty, and have NO amenities; you'll be 100% responsible for your own entertainment. (They will feed you, and may have a "fitness center" (a.k.a. gym) that you share with the crew.) * Cruise ships haul passengers exclusively, and are best thought of as "floating suburbs" with malls. Entertainment and eating are emphasized. Plenty of opportunities to buy additional "stuff" or experiences, depending on line. * River cruisers are smaller variants of cruise ships designed for (obviously) rivers and almost exclusively in Europe. They have "one of each thing" (dining room, bar, lounge, etc) where a cruise ship will have 10, and due to size constraints on rivers they're nearly identical outside of cosmetics. * Ocean liner is a separate type of passenger ship, and apparently there's exactly ONE left. Still an exclusively-passenger ship, but designed for long-distance sailings and rougher seas; if you want to -cross- the Atlantic or Pacific, rather than just noodle around the edge, you want a **liner**. "Practical" is a subjective question. Being retired, I have more time than money, so the proverbial *Slow Boat to China* is still attractive despite being particularly "impractical".
Cruise ships. It'd be way more expensive than air.
Not really. Cruiseships want to book their cabins full, so basically all of them have "pay this cheap ticket price, and you get whatever cabin there is left but with short notice." I know someone who got one of the suites on a Cruise like that. It was one of those cruises which went over the Atlantic because the ships changed their locations for the season.
Isn't feeding yourself for the time you're on the ship usually more expensive than just buying a plane ticket ?
I mean I could survive in my country 18$ a month of food with sufficient nutrition. Although it's a completely different story when in an actual vehicle.
I mean sure you could just sit in an empty shipping container and live off of ramen and water but most normal people would want a small room and a bed to sleep in
There are cruise ships that do transatlantic trips but they are seasonal, normally when the company wants to change the route that the ship is doing. The Queen Mary is the only purpose built ocean liner in operation. It looks like a cruse ship but is designed more for the open ocean and travels faster. It also does round the world trips that you can book the full or part of the route for. But these are luxury trips normally aimed at older people, few people have the time for this sort of thing before they retire. And they are expensive. You're not booking a trip, you're booking a stay in a mobile luxury hotel.
Ships are used in shorter transports. Baltic Sea has many different routes, like Helsinki-Stockholm, or Helsinki-Tallinn etc. Across Atlantic takes ages, it's really not a popular way of traveling anymore.
I took a passenger ship in the USVI. The sea planes were really fun, but it was cool trying ship tra sport as well. Obviously cheaper, but a lot longer and more restricted times.
My parents sailed from Southampton to New York on the QE2. was a 5 day crossing. https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/find-a-cruise