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84How To Successfully Book Your Next Long Distance Train Trip In Four Easy Steps
You've decided to take a long distance train trip but you don't know the first thing about booking a ticket. Do you go coach or upgrade to a room? Snack bar or fine dining? Whatever your need these four easy steps will help you book a successful trip.
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77Take a Long Distance Train Ride and Get Ready To Make New Friends Along The Way!
Long distance train travel affords passengers opportunity and time to meet fellow passengers. There are various ways to socialize, including over good food prepared by chefs and served in the dining car where passengers meet and get acquainted.
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90Riding The Rail On the Santa Fe Trail
Travel the Santa Fe Trail, or other amtrak routes, onboard an amtrak superliner for an adventure to remember. Travel May to September and learn all about the trail from the National Park Service Volunteers who share their knowledge and passion with passengers seated comfortably in the observation car.
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79Travel Amtrak and You Won't Be Sorry!
The glory days of train travel is alive and well on Amtrak's long distance superliners. If you're tired of delays, cramped seating, and unfriendly service, and you want to slow down a bit, maybe take a vacation, then traveling the rails in a sleeper car is the way to go. A recent trip on Amtrak's Southwest Chief made a fan out of me. It will make a fan out of you too, when you take that first step up into a superliner sleeper car. See you on the rails!
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70How to (Not) Save Money on Vacation
What's the best way to (not) have a relaxing and affordable wedding vacation in L.A. Read about one family's list of things that can go wrong.
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55Inglenook by Rail
Recently, I took the train from my home town to visit my son and his family in another old rail head city. It had been my dream for years to travel west on one of the Burlington Zephyrs which stopped at our station on a daily basis. The station...
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67Tea Party and GOP declare war on public transportation with HR 7
America's public transportation services may be left to wither and die without public funding if Tea Party and GOP plans to slash federal public transport funding become reality through a House bill identified as HR 7. Federal transportation priorities would be shifted into more highways and more toll roads, and, to pay for it all, there would more offshore drilling.
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75Amtrak Cheap Travel Deals — Tips on the Best Sites to Find the Hottest Discount & Coupon Offers
More and more people are finding Amtrak trains an extremely enjoyable and even exciting travel option. If you've been looking for a terrific, affordable deal for a long-distance trip on an Amtrak route, plenty of opportunities are available online. The hot sites described in this article should help get you on your way to a rail travel deal that will work for you!
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85Amtrak Journey Suggestions — Long-Distance Rail Trips You Could Take Across the USA
With more and more people considering trying out Amtrak's rail passenger service for a fairly long trip, some information and suggestions might be helpful, particularly for first-time Amtrak travelers. If you can select an Amtrak route that will work for you, you'll probably have an amazingly enjoyable trip. From a train, you'll get a unique perspective of the American countryside as you roll through it.
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90Planning a Trip on Amtrak? Tips for Getting Yourself in the Right Frame of Mind
Amtrak is a unique travel experience, but some travelers come away from their trip dissatisfied because they start out expecting way more than Amtrak can possibly deliver. For an Amtrak trip, especially an overnight trip, it's important to embark with the right frame of mind, ready for an adventure and expecting the unexpected.
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