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Sandy
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Hi,
This is going to be rather long - but I could really do with some advice.
I hope to be in the US towards the end of next year (August/September) flying to New York from UK then flying Los Angeles to Australia to visit my daughter.
Never having visited the US before, I will be travelling alone - a single, middle-aged woman on a very modest budget, and I wonder if doing a Coast to Coast rail trip would be the safest and most cost-effective way to see as much as possible.
Could somebody please give me some idea of what it is likely to cost for a single sleeper or are the seats comfortable enough to sleep in (I'm quite small) - do you pay for meals in the ticket price? Would it be better to use a travel agent? etc., etc., etc!!!!!
I have in mind to say, spend a day in one town sight-seeing, catch the train in the evening to the next town, spend the day there and so on. If I don't sleep on the train I'm a bit nervous about arriving somewhere late in the evening and trying to find somewhere to spend the night.
I've looked on the Amtrak website but I'm finding it all very confusing, and their organised Vacations all look rather too grand and expensive. I'm a 'jeans and rucksack' type of traveller!
So - if anybody could please give me any advice on how to go about starting to plan my trip I'd be truly grateful.
Sandy
This is going to be rather long - but I could really do with some advice.
I hope to be in the US towards the end of next year (August/September) flying to New York from UK then flying Los Angeles to Australia to visit my daughter.
Never having visited the US before, I will be travelling alone - a single, middle-aged woman on a very modest budget, and I wonder if doing a Coast to Coast rail trip would be the safest and most cost-effective way to see as much as possible.
Could somebody please give me some idea of what it is likely to cost for a single sleeper or are the seats comfortable enough to sleep in (I'm quite small) - do you pay for meals in the ticket price? Would it be better to use a travel agent? etc., etc., etc!!!!!
I have in mind to say, spend a day in one town sight-seeing, catch the train in the evening to the next town, spend the day there and so on. If I don't sleep on the train I'm a bit nervous about arriving somewhere late in the evening and trying to find somewhere to spend the night.
I've looked on the Amtrak website but I'm finding it all very confusing, and their organised Vacations all look rather too grand and expensive. I'm a 'jeans and rucksack' type of traveller!
So - if anybody could please give me any advice on how to go about starting to plan my trip I'd be truly grateful.
Sandy