loewymartin
10-01-2002, 12:08 PM
Hello all!
We are thinking about taking Amtrak from NY Penn Station to Charleston, SC to visit my inlaws for Thanksgiving.
-Has anyone taken a train with an infant (Alia will be just over 6 months at Thanksgiving)?
-Did you choose the sleeper car? We were planning on leaving on the evening train and arriving the next morning, so all the travel would be at night.
-If you chose a sleeper car, which one? The price difference was big ($462 vs $992 for plain old sleeper to sleeper with chair!) As opposed to the plain rail fare which is $394 for the 3 of us.
-Any discounts you know of? I've heard that AAA has a 10% discount, so it would cost me $50 to join AAA and I would get an ~$80 discount.
Thanks for any tips, suggestions etc. that you can provide.
Michelle - Alia's Mom
Michelle - Alia's Mom
We are thinking about taking Amtrak from NY Penn Station to Charleston, SC to visit my inlaws for Thanksgiving.
-Has anyone taken a train with an infant (Alia will be just over 6 months at Thanksgiving)?
-Did you choose the sleeper car? We were planning on leaving on the evening train and arriving the next morning, so all the travel would be at night.
-If you chose a sleeper car, which one? The price difference was big ($462 vs $992 for plain old sleeper to sleeper with chair!) As opposed to the plain rail fare which is $394 for the 3 of us.
-Any discounts you know of? I've heard that AAA has a 10% discount, so it would cost me $50 to join AAA and I would get an ~$80 discount.
Thanks for any tips, suggestions etc. that you can provide.
Michelle - Alia's Mom
Michelle - Alia's Mom