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Hi,
We're looking at booking a family trip from McGregor, Tx to Maricopa, AZ in November for a friend's wedding in Phoenix, but given we're a family of four (two toddlers) we're looking at options based on price and convenience. To fly it'd be about $1500 but for the train with a family sleeper it would be closer to $1950. Given the train trip would be 30 hours each way as opposed to the 3 hour flight plus a few hours of airport hassle just curious what else would be reasons to do the train over flying. Personally I've always wanted to take a train and I think the experience for the family would be a fun adventure, but I wanted to get others point of view on this since the train seems to be a common way to travel for many folks in the form, despite it being more expensive yet slower than flying.
Thanks..
Sam
We're looking at booking a family trip from McGregor, Tx to Maricopa, AZ in November for a friend's wedding in Phoenix, but given we're a family of four (two toddlers) we're looking at options based on price and convenience. To fly it'd be about $1500 but for the train with a family sleeper it would be closer to $1950. Given the train trip would be 30 hours each way as opposed to the 3 hour flight plus a few hours of airport hassle just curious what else would be reasons to do the train over flying. Personally I've always wanted to take a train and I think the experience for the family would be a fun adventure, but I wanted to get others point of view on this since the train seems to be a common way to travel for many folks in the form, despite it being more expensive yet slower than flying.
Thanks..
Sam