The cheapest accommodations or seating for passengers in a ship, aircraft, or hotel.
‘like the rest of the cast he flew to Jamaica in tourist class’
‘a tourist-class hotel’
‘they had come tourist class from Cairo’
‘Accommodation will be provided for 700 passengers - first and tourist class - and a crew of about 400.’
‘Hamburg Atlantic's SS Hanseatic divided the list into the ports of debarkation; on an eastbound sailing I made in September 1963, in tourist class there were 67 passengers bound for Cherbourg, 59 for Southampton, and 780 for Cuxhaven.’
‘In the early days the liners closed off the spaces dedicated to lower-class accommodations, such as tourist class, when they went cruising.’
‘If you've a tourist going to immediately lie on the beach, tourist class is fine for that.’
‘On ladies' or fancy dress nights in cabin or tourist class, she wore a uniform similar to the Wren Navy officers.’
‘The whole point of tourist class is that it's for people who want to pay the lowest possible price - so you pack in the seats.’
‘Much attention has been paid to the cases of deep vein thrombosis in aircraft passengers, supposedly especially those travelling in the more confined conditions of economy or tourist class.’
‘He looked after the famous ‘Geraldo's’ ship orchestra for his first five transatlantic crossings before transferring to tourist class where he served as a waiter.’
‘My only worry is that even that isn't going to beat tourist class (essentially third class) on the Spanish network, Renfe.’
‘He rarely gives interviews and still travels tourist class when crisscrossing the Continent.’
‘Without a doubt you get much more time and indulgence in business than tourist class.’
‘Like the rest of the cast he flew to Jamaica for location filming in tourist class.’
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