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Shirl B
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Hi, am admittedly newbie just discovering this forum. I live in the SF Bay area.
My son and I have taken Amtrak trips to Seattle and also cross country in past: we had great experiences both times, but that was before COVID.... and I was thinking of booking *more* vacations by rail tours in future in the hope that COVID will not always be with us. They are definitely pricey, but we liked not having to drive long distances in unfamiliar places, and also being able to "see the scenery" - which is the whole point of a train vacation for us.
We currently have a booked and paid for Amtrak Vacations by Rail RT to the Grand Canyon (with overnight in LA) coming up end of May, and I am beginning to be a bit nervous given that I am reading horror stories on some other travel sites and beginning to have some difficulty getting in touch with Amtrak Vacations personnel. I've been searching posts on the forums related to Grand Canyon already.
So my questions are: 1) would this be a good forum for someone like me to join in general (for learning how to figure out more rail-based travel planned in future) and (2) would it be OK to ask for info anyone else has about the Grand Canyon round trip experience?
My son and I have taken Amtrak trips to Seattle and also cross country in past: we had great experiences both times, but that was before COVID.... and I was thinking of booking *more* vacations by rail tours in future in the hope that COVID will not always be with us. They are definitely pricey, but we liked not having to drive long distances in unfamiliar places, and also being able to "see the scenery" - which is the whole point of a train vacation for us.
We currently have a booked and paid for Amtrak Vacations by Rail RT to the Grand Canyon (with overnight in LA) coming up end of May, and I am beginning to be a bit nervous given that I am reading horror stories on some other travel sites and beginning to have some difficulty getting in touch with Amtrak Vacations personnel. I've been searching posts on the forums related to Grand Canyon already.
So my questions are: 1) would this be a good forum for someone like me to join in general (for learning how to figure out more rail-based travel planned in future) and (2) would it be OK to ask for info anyone else has about the Grand Canyon round trip experience?