The system of financing inter-Gau travel is
moreover claimed to be particularly efficient. In
the case of an excursion from Berlin to Hamburg,
the Berlin Gau will not pay the Hamburg office directly, but will turn over the money collected from
the excursionists to the central treasury. After
the visitors have left, the Hamburg Gau will submit
to the treasury a bill for the money it has put out
for lodging and other expenses and will eventually
receive payment from the treasury, which at the
same time will reimburse the railways for their
share of the costs of the excursion.
 
 It is stated that the overland excursions by
bus or rail are the only form of Strength through
Joy activities which completely meet expenses from
the income received from participants. There is
probably little reason to doubt this statement if
actual running expenses are counted apart from overhead charges. These overhead costs bulk large in
the activities and projects which will now be discussed.