Recent content by radsmom

Thank you all for your advice and input. We are paid and ticketed - very excited to do this trip - I have been waiting a long time to make it happen and I am really looking forward to it. We went ahead a booked 2 roomettes across from each other. Our last long distance trip was a few years ago...

Thanks for that info - we are quite familiar with how that goes! Not our first rodeo on Amtrak but it has been a few years. :)

Thanks for the help - I booked 2 roomettes EMY to CHI - very excited!!

thanks - so in your opinion if I can save $500 by going from Chicago there's no good reason to not go that direction?

Is there a reason why? I looked at the timetables trying to see why the fare was so much more.

Hi The only big route we have not done (bucket list item too) is to take the CZ across the Rockies. My hubby just found out he has a week off in the end of July and we are trying to put something together quickly. It has been a few years since I researched this route and I am short on time...

Thanks for the tips everyone! We are getting ready to head out soon.

Hello, My family and I are taking the Acela tomorrow from NYP to BOS. We are going first class and I am super excited because this is a bucket list item for me on my 50th birthday. We've ridden a lot but never on the East Coast. Any advice or info I should know ahead of time? I tried to read...

Thanks so much for the information. We need a car because we are traveling out of DC and then returning before the next leg of our trip using the train to go up to Philadelphia. As far as driving - I was born and raised in Los Angeles so I am not too leery of urban traffic, and I have driven in...

I need to rent a car in Washington DC. I want to pick it up when I arrive on Amtrak and return it there when I leave for the next leg of my trip. I have found a decent rate using Alamo and according to their website it's at Union Station. Is there really a car rental area there on site or do...

I have a question about rental cars at Union Station in Washington DC - what is the best area of the forum to ask this question? I haven't posted on here in ages. Thanks & I can delete this after I get an answer :)

Going to Portland on the train has become one of my favorite destinations. We live in So Cal and have taken the CS up to PDX a few times to stay a few nights in downtown and then come home. It is really easy to get around in the downtown area. I assume that there is still the "fareless square"...

We have always gotten a "bedroom" not a roomette for our family of 3. We started traveling with son when he was just under 2 and since then have been on many long distance train rides with him, he is almost 7 now. We have only done the family bedroom one time. I much prefer the deluxe bedroom...

Hi there, I have a travel credit that needs to get used and we are trying to plan a trip (sleeper) and take the CS from LA up to Oregon some place. We dont want to spend a lot of money (beyond our credit) so we can't go all the way to PDX. I was thinking maybe Klamath Falls for a couple of...

Yeah, we were a little concerned about the weather but we have a $700.00 travel credit that we need to use and are trying to come up with ideas of a trip to do. We have never done the CZ which is why we are looking at it. Traveling around the holidays is always extra stress and crowds. I am...