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Though most people really aren't in a position to take the train instead of flying for anything other than a vacation. Good luck with your 4x expense account fo
by ghaff 2y ago
Though most people really aren't in a position to take the train instead of flying for anything other than a vacation. Good luck with your 4x expense account for taking an extra day to travel from NYC to Chicago--much less anything further.
- alamortsubite 2y agoWhat you're missing is that it's a chicken-or-egg problem.
- cdrini 2y agoTrains aren't that expensive, at least in coach. Eg a trip from San Francisco to Reno for Jan 15th is $69 flying, or $72 by train riding coach. If you get a private room, then it's expensive, $430 ! And I've also found you don't have to book as far ahead with trains. Eg for tomorrow, that same trip is $287 by plane, or $60 by train.
- ghaff 2y agoWell, yes perhaps. But I’m not taking a coach seat on an 18 hour trip from NY to Chicago.
- cdrini 2y agoAh I see what you mean; I agree, for longer travel, you'd be budgeting the train more as part of your vacation as opposed to travel towards a destination. Personally, I want to take the Chicago to SF train, and do a few day stops in various cities instead of getting the sleeper car. So it would probably be about ~1w of travel.