Hi,
I finally convinced a group of my friends (about 20 people) to take a train from Oakland to New York this August, with stops at Chicago and Washington D.C.
I did some search by myself, if I take train number 6, 30, and 86, with one night stop each at Chicago and Washington, the price comes down to about $169 for one person (with 15% student discount). THis is using the Multi City Reservation page.
Then I called Amtrak group booking service, they can only book this trip as three separate one way trip, and it ends up like $235, and this is even with 20% group discount.
I was thinking maybe we just should book 4 persons at a time, using the online booking page to get the lower fare. What do you guys think? Are there any travel agencies out there that can give me a good price for group booking?
thanks
Xing Chen
I finally convinced a group of my friends (about 20 people) to take a train from Oakland to New York this August, with stops at Chicago and Washington D.C.
I did some search by myself, if I take train number 6, 30, and 86, with one night stop each at Chicago and Washington, the price comes down to about $169 for one person (with 15% student discount). THis is using the Multi City Reservation page.
Then I called Amtrak group booking service, they can only book this trip as three separate one way trip, and it ends up like $235, and this is even with 20% group discount.
I was thinking maybe we just should book 4 persons at a time, using the online booking page to get the lower fare. What do you guys think? Are there any travel agencies out there that can give me a good price for group booking?
thanks
Xing Chen