> If you don't find a ride, I would heartily endorse Amtrak. There are few > services left these days that are truly customer-oriented and easy to deal > with; Amtrak is one. You can change travel plans last minute-no problem and > no fees. You can usually get a cash refund for 90% as long as you haven't > begun travel. You can get partial refunds, if you take part of the trip and > want to cancel the rest. The people are super-helpful. The food in the > dining car is good to great. They really match the comfort level of the cars > for the length of the trip. > > There main issues are spotty national coverage and, out west, they get poor > scheduling on the lines. But heading towards Chicago from the east coast is > Amtrak at its strongest. D.C. to Chicago is an 18 hour overnight trip which > is arranged to end up in Chicago around 9 AM. You could get off in Ohio in > the wee hours travel through Chicago to WI. Chicago is the Rome of Amtrak. I > rode NYC to Chicago last year and all overnights in the East get the same > type of cars. The seats basically become lounge chairs with full leg support. > There are lots of outlets but probably no wi-fi on that trip. Cell service > will be spotty as you travel through stretches of countryside that are > lightly populated. > > If you take Amtrak, try asking the conductor if any accommodations are > available when they collects you ticket. It is bucket pricing, so it is too > late to book them at the a good price. But if they don't book them or someone > who did book misses the train, I have heard that the conductor will sell them > at the lowest bucket (it is based on miles). Accommodations are more than > just a private sleeping compartment. They will come with meals included, plus > the sleeping car has showers. Quality showers. It is well worth the upgrade > at the lowest bucket price. > > Birgitte SB > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Richard Farmbrough <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am travelling west after Wikimania, are there any Wikimedians driving to >> Ohio or Wisconsin who can offer a lift? Contribution to gas money offered, >> of course. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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