European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse R j it at along Frances 33s Mediterranean once magic names such As Cannes and Monte Carlo still the Riviera looks to the Dollar by Robert Rodgers now that the flow of Cash from the prewar International set has slackened a Mere the Cote Vazur wants to entertain americans More than Ever Cannes on the the French Riviera from St Tropez on the West through St Cannes and to Menton on the East near the italian Border is today the same ego satisfying and Quick Browning resort it was before the when a suitcase sticker from this stomping ground of the Rich and near Rich was a hallmark of the but behind the resort facades there is alarm Over the Scarcity of directors and managers want week Long at which now Are few in some formerly geared to take care of transients with def handed Are converting to apartments in order to catch the with a steady who wish to Settle Down on the House Short the greatest concern of die syn Dicot of com the absence of in recent All of the Cote Vazur looked to the peripatetic British to fill the seasonal but the ruling that limits them to seventy five or three Hundred a year has hit the resort towns caterers argue that the britishers seventy five pounds can go a Long Way on the if used wisely during a two or three week vacation at an inexpensive but the hampered with the notable exception of the Duke and Duchess of seem to prefer the Short Channel trip to Frances West coast for their weekend dining and Vaca for the us the travel wave which used to sweep them upon South France is now nothing More than a Fine the Best Riviera has to keep its books in the Black this year is the american tourist estimates from the still insist that seventy thousand americans will visit Europe this with a sizeable percentage planning to leave a Large number of dollars in the South of these citizens from the old As they Are being called by their cousins in occupied zones of Germany and suffer from no restrictions of the amount of dollars they May spend neither Are there financial limitations on vacationers from the american zones of Germany and is these will find that a Holiday on the Riviera is not As expensive As its luxury and pleasures would americans Here May spend two weeks in any of the resort towns for As Little As two Hundred including train depending on an indulgence in sex the French custom of catching you unawares when you think they Are being so polite and costs definitely Range upward from this depending on drinking and night clubbing Are by far the most devastating of Allex and if moderation is exercised in this such As ordering Good Cognac not to be compared to the bitter memories of the liquor disguised under that title during and shortly after the War instead of the will stand almost anything from snails prepared with Gar Lic and to a Potpourri of tiny vacation in Europe this is the second in a series of weekend articles on the Continental even tipping which had Long ago been stabilized at 10 per has been hit by and most French Man advise leaving closer to 15 per few spenders will have the embarrassment of one american couple who had trained three other people at tipped Only 7 or 8 per cent of the four thousand franc and then sat dumbfounded As the waiter in Tail coat told them they had not Given him the knowing that their Bill already had included a Flat 15 per cent House service As Well As a had the pleasure of hearing the restaurant manager reprimand the waiter for his the incident reminded them of the ingrained expectation of All maitres hotel and door it also illustrated that the ser Vic charge on the Bill is according to the for behind the scene waiters and Kitchen per the official Exchange value of i the Dollar is 119 the rate on the Curbstone which encompasses elevator opera bar tenders and taxi cab varies Between 180 and 230 an eagerness for the Dollar backed traveler checks has Odd a clerk at a hotel Exchange window raised his gallic eyebrows when a customer presented him with a Check and asked for the Legal num ber of the Frenchman Dis appearing under the he left his Cashiers Cage and stood beside the ill give you Twenty thousand francs the customer was the Richer by 8100 the roads from Paris to the Riviera Are Good and if Hes in a the vacationer can drive it in twelve but a two Day trip will let him take in the Countryside and toe Fine provincial travellers from the zone May buy gasoline coupons from army Exchange service before unused coupons Are refundable upon return to aes also can Supply a list of stations honouring the coupons in a Days train trip will bring traveler from Paris to while the swedish flying from Frank Furt on wednesday thurs saturday and sunday each will carry him through Geneva to Nice for one Way or where to stay along the Riviera need not be decided until after arrival and a Good nights the local Chambers of Commerce information Points for will not object to re commending Nice or Cannes for a or Monaco Monte the Money Loving principality Between Nice and while the frequency of having to tie and untie purse strings is the most determining because of the Range of prices at hotels or the first consideration the traveler must make is what he himself wants to do on his he can explore the Rich backfill country of the see the Little fishing villages All along the coast but continued on Page
