I encourage every single person to take the train, but you should know what you’re getting into. You can do it affordably though, especially if you travel with friends or family. My argument is, if you’re bothering to traveling across America on train, you should save up and enjoy it (you’re definitely looking at well over $1,000 one way). Also, all your dining car meals are free with a sleeper. ![]() It’s still a little pricey, but if you buy far enough in advance AND use a AAA/military/student/senior discount the price will go down. That’s why when I travel from Texas to New York, I get a sleeper for the longest leg (Austin to Chicago) and do coach for the shorter leg (Chicago to Syracuse). We sleep in our bed at home alone for a reason. Strangers are cool, but not when you’re trying to sleep. But come nightfall, you’ll want to lie down in your sleeper bed versus sleeping semi-upright next to hundreds of strangers. Now, don’t hide out in your sleeper the entire time the beautiful part of the train is that you meet many interesting people. Just being able to retreat to your cozy closet in private is much needed. If you don’t get off the train, by God, you’ll want a sleeper car. I swear my feet don’t really look like Teen Wolf’s it’s the filter I used. I mean, what’s the point of going across country on the train if you can’t get off?! Unless you need to go straight to New York City, in which case you would have taken a plane. These passes allow you a certain amount of stops. The 15-day pass is what Low actually purchased. Size-wise, you’ll recall what it’s like sleeping in your mother’s womb, but without all the warmth and love.Īnother thing you’ll want to do is GET OFF THE MOTHER F’ING TRAIN, and in order to do that, you either need to buy individual leg tickets OR Amtrak’s super economical 15, 30 or 45-day passes ($458, $689 and $899 respectively). Coach on the train is like Vegas, including the whole “what happens here, stays here” slogan.Īs Saul of Hearts reminded me, during non-holiday times, you can easily snag two seats next to each other in coach, but it’s still brutal. You wouldn’t even want to sit in first class on an airplane for four days. Listen, coach on Amtrak is actually quite nice, but you don’t want to do it for four days, even if you can walk around. ![]() ![]() Imagine being forced to sit in your recliner at home for 96 hours straight and instead of being able to call in delivery for your favorite pizza while snuggling up to your lover as you both watch a delightful cable drama about young people living in a big city, you eat microwaved hot dogs from the cafe and avoid trying to snuggle up with a random stranger who is sitting next to you. I mention this because if you bought the $213 ticket across America that Derek Low mentions, you’ll be sitting in coach for FOUR DAYS. Actually, that’s not true either, but my point is I wanted to get off the mother f’ing train. That’s not true, but I definitely thought about it. The reason why I began forking over a little more dough to have a sleeper car is because on my one full-coach trip, staff had to prevent me from hurling myself out the emergency window. The TX to NY trip takes a little over 48 hours each way, and I’ve traveled on it in full coach and in half-coach, half-sleeper car. I have yet to travel across the entire USA via train, but I regularly travel the 5800 miles roundtrip from Austin, TX, to Syracuse, NY (I’ve also taken a handful of other interstate train trips).
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