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Guest John
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Am taking my first LD trip in years, Memphis-Chicago-Reno, will fly Reno to Phoenix to meet up with my brothers to play some golf in mid-march.
This is a trip I am really excited about and have mentioned it to a few friends in passing with some suprising, head scratching results, at least to me. First, I enjoy very much living in the Memphis area and was delighted to see that Memphis does in fact enjoy Amtrak service north to Chicago and south to New Orleans at suprisingly convenient times.
A lot of my friends didn't know that Amtrak came thru Memphis. One friend has a child going to collegel in New Orleans and was was completely in the dark about the service. When I mentioned the good fares and timing, I had a better friend. In fact, the child just came home on Amtrak and loved it. There may be a lunch in my future!
Another friend is taking a cruise out of N.O. this summer. She was on the Amtrak web site in a heart beat. She has never been on a train and she wants to experience it with her kids. Didn't know Memphis even had a train station. I mentioned AU to her and I am sure she will check it out. There may be a lasagne, (her's is spectacular) in my future also.
A third friend was thinking about a trip out west with his wife with a roomette or bedroom, had done some very quick looking and just multiplied the trip cost with roomette cost by 2 and ruled it out as too expensive. He is going to look again now that he understands the accomodation charge and who knows, maybe another customer?
So perhaps the lesson here is, Amtrak is near and dear to us and we assume that others just choose not to partake for their own reasons.
Let's not let it be because they just don't know!
Anyone had similar experiences??
This is a trip I am really excited about and have mentioned it to a few friends in passing with some suprising, head scratching results, at least to me. First, I enjoy very much living in the Memphis area and was delighted to see that Memphis does in fact enjoy Amtrak service north to Chicago and south to New Orleans at suprisingly convenient times.
A lot of my friends didn't know that Amtrak came thru Memphis. One friend has a child going to collegel in New Orleans and was was completely in the dark about the service. When I mentioned the good fares and timing, I had a better friend. In fact, the child just came home on Amtrak and loved it. There may be a lunch in my future!
Another friend is taking a cruise out of N.O. this summer. She was on the Amtrak web site in a heart beat. She has never been on a train and she wants to experience it with her kids. Didn't know Memphis even had a train station. I mentioned AU to her and I am sure she will check it out. There may be a lasagne, (her's is spectacular) in my future also.
A third friend was thinking about a trip out west with his wife with a roomette or bedroom, had done some very quick looking and just multiplied the trip cost with roomette cost by 2 and ruled it out as too expensive. He is going to look again now that he understands the accomodation charge and who knows, maybe another customer?
So perhaps the lesson here is, Amtrak is near and dear to us and we assume that others just choose not to partake for their own reasons.
Let's not let it be because they just don't know!
Anyone had similar experiences??