I’ve gone with my wife and kid from Roanoke, VA to NYC (Penn Station) on Amtrak a couple of times and have enjoyed it. Three coach seats run about $450 total and the trip takes 8ish hours. Totally worth it, in my mind. The trains are a little dated, but the seats are comfortable and spacious (I’m 6'3 so the extra leg…

Megabus gets stuck in traffic on weekends and holidays, train does not.

I recently took Amtrak for the first time returning home from central IL to east TX. It’s an 11-12 hour drive, a 4-6 hour flight with a connection (or a considerably larger ask for a friend on the other end to come pick me up in DFW), and a ~17-hour train ride. The train actually takes me right to the small town I…

You had the option - for about the same money or less - to drive a one-way premium rental car on an ~10 hour ride through some of the best road-tripping country the US has to offer.... And you took Amtrak?!?