Here’s a way to travel you might have overlooked: Amtrak is now offering a USA Rail pass starting at $389.
Your Travel Leaders expert can help you with a pass to visit any destination in Amtrak’s system, at a great price,” says Amtrak.
Passes are available for coach travel in three travel durations and travel segments (8 segments/15 days, 12 segments/30 days and 18 segments/45 days) throughout the entire United States.
Amtrak is promoting this as an “exciting way to see the United States from a different viewpoint.”
First Class and accommodations upgrades are available for an additional charge.
The offer has some attractive features such as no blackout dates, no peak pricing and no geographical boundaries. Children only pay half.
The pass is valid for 180 days.
By David Wilkening
