“Spent about 40 hours traveling, and I slept on buses and in airports BUT had a fabulous time in not one but three iconic cities, met wonderful people, and spent a third of what I would have done on a direct flight.” —hobbiton193 “My husband and I just took a short trip; the train still had some specialized perks, and business class seats round trip for both of us were cheaper than economy seating on a plane for one of us would have been.” —svenskaspark