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My husband and I got married earlier this year and figured we would plan a honeymoon later once wedding stress had passed. Now we've started planning and being in the Midwestern United States has us feeling frustrated about travel options that aren't planes, as we do not want to use them.

I discovered the Amtrak Rail Pass yesterday and was wondering if anyone had any experience (or knows of a blog, vlog, etc) where somebody talked about their experience using the pass to do a city-hopping sort of trip/honeymoon/vacation using Amtrak, or the pass specifically. Cursory research didn't show me anything, but I did see that the pass was on sale from $499 to $299 in January, so I am going to keep an eye out and see if they do that again. If so, it seems like a (relatively) cost-effective way to do a longer sort of trip, hitting 6 or so cities along the way.

Any perspectives welcome!

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[–] AugustMetronome 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Image description: a screenshot from Amtrak's website.

Page title: USA Rail Pass

Subtitle: Explore the country with the USA Rail Pass

Body text: The USA Rail Pass is your ticket to tour the country. 10 rides (segments) over 30 days to your choice of over 500 destinations. At just $499, that’s less than $50 per segment.

Craving some adventure? Hop from town to town as you travel across the country. Or, just want to spend your weekends away from home? Go from downtown to out-of-town as soon as the workday ends. Whether you’re looking to discover hidden gems or just want to visit some friends in the next city over, the USA Rail Pass makes it easy to get more getaways.