Hello
Have been planning and researching in preparation for booking our trip to America Sept/Oct 2015. We have saved up the required amount and now it is just a case of waiting until things become available to book for our dates.
Our plan is to fly to Chicago on the Friday and then take the CZ on the Sunday to San Francisco.
Our time in Chicago although short will be spent sightseeing The Cloud gate, Lincoln Zoo by bus and maybe the Sky deck.
I have read lots about booking and would ask if you all would be so kind as to read through and check I have absorbed the correct info as I don't want to make any mistakes that I could have avoided!
We will be booking a Roomette and I am going to do it by phone as I have read this is the best way to request an upstairs Roomette. Is the option to print ticket at home a good option? If booking by phone will they email me my ticket?
We will be booking from Chi to the SF Ferry Building as we want to check our large suitcases and just have our carry on bags on board with us.
I have chosen a hotel in the Loop for the Friday and Saturday nights, my plan for Sunday is to check out of the hotel early and head for CUS to check our suitcases in to SF, then head for Breakfast at Lou Mitchells, then a little more exploring plus collecting some snacks and Diet Coke for the trip.
How early can we check our large luggage for the baggage car? We may also check our carry ons in the lounge for the morning to be unburdened for the last bit of sightseeing.
For lunch we want to sample a Chicago dog if we have not already done so and so we plan to return to the station and use Gold Coast Dogs, then wait in the Metropolitan lounge for the train.
We will then visit SF, Monterey, Big Sur, Las Vegas and then fly home from LAS
Thank you for reading and please let me know if there are any glaring mistakes. I know it is a year away but I can't wait and it will seem more real when something is booked!
Have been planning and researching in preparation for booking our trip to America Sept/Oct 2015. We have saved up the required amount and now it is just a case of waiting until things become available to book for our dates.
Our plan is to fly to Chicago on the Friday and then take the CZ on the Sunday to San Francisco.
Our time in Chicago although short will be spent sightseeing The Cloud gate, Lincoln Zoo by bus and maybe the Sky deck.
I have read lots about booking and would ask if you all would be so kind as to read through and check I have absorbed the correct info as I don't want to make any mistakes that I could have avoided!
We will be booking a Roomette and I am going to do it by phone as I have read this is the best way to request an upstairs Roomette. Is the option to print ticket at home a good option? If booking by phone will they email me my ticket?
We will be booking from Chi to the SF Ferry Building as we want to check our large suitcases and just have our carry on bags on board with us.
I have chosen a hotel in the Loop for the Friday and Saturday nights, my plan for Sunday is to check out of the hotel early and head for CUS to check our suitcases in to SF, then head for Breakfast at Lou Mitchells, then a little more exploring plus collecting some snacks and Diet Coke for the trip.
How early can we check our large luggage for the baggage car? We may also check our carry ons in the lounge for the morning to be unburdened for the last bit of sightseeing.
For lunch we want to sample a Chicago dog if we have not already done so and so we plan to return to the station and use Gold Coast Dogs, then wait in the Metropolitan lounge for the train.
We will then visit SF, Monterey, Big Sur, Las Vegas and then fly home from LAS
Thank you for reading and please let me know if there are any glaring mistakes. I know it is a year away but I can't wait and it will seem more real when something is booked!