Cargo ship holiday trip

[jakedude182]

Hi i'm posting for a friend who is looking at travelling to save money to arrive at a location to then have a holiday.. link

His message to me:

I had an idea...I wanna run it by you guys

This summer rather than get a long haul flight somewhere exotic I could pay to travel by cargo ship...to say, the US or somewhere in South America.

Voyage might take a couple of weeks but then the journey becomes part of the holiday

Is this a silly idea?

My first thought is it might be a bit boring. Has anyone been on a cargo ship holiday before?

 

[jakedude182]

Yeah i've said to him that you'll need a lot of laptop entertainment and books, and things as I guess many would become bored with nothing to do.
My friend says Aye, cruise ships are floating coffins..