If we had sailed on the Titanic, we almost certainly would have died.

Sad, but true.  Unless anyone is a secret millionaire, of course.

According to howstuffworks.com, a first-class ticket on Titanic cost between $2500 and $4500 in 1912, which equates to anywhere between $43,860 to $78,950 in today’s economy.  Third-class tickets were a relative steal at just $35 ($620 today.)  Given that a first-class ticket could cost approximately twice the annual salary of anyone reading this blog, odds are good we would have been sleeping four people to a room, on bunk beds, with no access to lifeboats.

Another fun fact: second and third-class passengers boarded the ship at 9:30am, while first-class travelers didn’t arrive until 11:30am.  No sleeping in for us!  Then again, it probably took Rose two hours to get that hat on at just the right angle, so take comfort in the fact that she didn’t sleep in, either.