pixie-gem
Gold Member
Hi guys,
My husband and I are going to New York in Feb for our wedding anniversary and there are a couple of day trips that we would really love to do.
1st is a trip to Washington DC - now this costs $308 each from the holiday company (Virgin) and most of the websites, but i went on Amtrak myself and the cost of 2 return tickets to Washington DC is $196, which is obviously a massive difference of nearly $400 (i think my maths is right lol) and doesn't leave until just before noon so you only get a couple of hours there, whereas if going by ourselves then we could arrive for 11am and not leave until 8pm so would have much more time.
2nd is a trip to Niagara which is again around $350 pp, but works out about $250 doing it alone.
How easy is it to do this ourselves do you think? Will we lose out/miss out on anything by not going with a tour company?
I'm very much the type of person that thinks there are far too many amazing places in this world to keep returning to the same place year after year, so highly doubt we would be going back anytime soon.
Also any helpful tips/ideas/info would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
p.s - my hubby works for network rail, if anyone has any knowledge of the fips (think thats what it's called) and whether you are entitled to any discounts on US trains, that would be super helpful please
My husband and I are going to New York in Feb for our wedding anniversary and there are a couple of day trips that we would really love to do.
1st is a trip to Washington DC - now this costs $308 each from the holiday company (Virgin) and most of the websites, but i went on Amtrak myself and the cost of 2 return tickets to Washington DC is $196, which is obviously a massive difference of nearly $400 (i think my maths is right lol) and doesn't leave until just before noon so you only get a couple of hours there, whereas if going by ourselves then we could arrive for 11am and not leave until 8pm so would have much more time.
2nd is a trip to Niagara which is again around $350 pp, but works out about $250 doing it alone.
How easy is it to do this ourselves do you think? Will we lose out/miss out on anything by not going with a tour company?
I'm very much the type of person that thinks there are far too many amazing places in this world to keep returning to the same place year after year, so highly doubt we would be going back anytime soon.
Also any helpful tips/ideas/info would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
p.s - my hubby works for network rail, if anyone has any knowledge of the fips (think thats what it's called) and whether you are entitled to any discounts on US trains, that would be super helpful please