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Here's @amtrak 's Train 41, southbound, during a "stretch-and-smoke" stop in #Jacksonville, Florida.
I rode the train for 52 hours, from #Chicago to #Miami.
I highly recommend the experience, as long as...
...you can sleep in a bedroom, or a roomette.
(Two nights trying to sleep in upright seats in coach is pretty hard on the back.)
Sure, it's more expensive than flying.
But you save on two nights in hotels, and you get six free meals—good ones, too—and you have an experience you'd never get in a pressurized bubble at 20,000 feet.
@straphanger saving on 2 nights in hotels you would otherwise spend in own bed is a weird take
@straphanger@urbanists.social@martenson Uh, people pay a fortune to sleep on cruise ships, rather than in their own beds.
If you don't like to travel, then sleeping in your own bed will always win by default.
@straphanger I actually do like train sleeper cars quite a lot. It is just that this comparison with airplanes falls short for me.