Njira yotchuka yotchedwa Overland ku Egypt imapereka kampani yovuta kuwombola. Tsopano kuti ulendo wochokera ku Mediterranean kufikira ku Nyanja Yofiira umachitika mosavuta kudzera mu Suez Canal, n'zovuta kulingalira zomwe zinali ngati masiku oyambirira. Ulendowu unali m'ngalawa yochokera ku Alexandria kupita ku Nile, ulendo wachiwiri pa sitimayo yomwe inali ndi tizilombo ku Cairo ndipo inayenda mtunda wa makilomita 84 pamtunda wochepa kupita ku Suez. Pofuna kuti msewu ukhale wokonzeka kwa okwera, kampani ya P & O ili ndi sitima yodzipereka yokhazikika, ikukweza makasitomala okwera pamahatchi ndi kukhazikitsa nyumba zopuma pantchito. Kumbukiraninso, osati anthu okhawo amene amayenera kutumizidwa kumtunda komanso katundu wawo ndipo, ndithudi, makalata. Mwachiwonekere pali madandaulo ochokera kwa okwera chifukwa chowopsya ndikusowa ubale wawo ndi Suez, koma ntchitoyi yatha. Zapambana, kotero kuti, zaka zingapo zotsatira, Igupto akuwona alendo ambiri ochokera ku Ulaya. Mwamwayi, njanji imapangidwa ndi chitonthozo cha okwera m'chaka.
Kupambana kwa bizinesi ku Egypt kunalimbikitsa P & O kuyitana sitima zoyendetsa njanji yoyamba ndi yachiwiri ndi Thomas Cook (wotchedwa kuti ndi amene anayambitsa zokopa zamakono) a achinyamata olemba mabuku kuti ayambe kulipira kulipira ulendo wa Mediterranean.