What's Your Favorite Way To Travel?

What is Your Preferred Way to Travel?

  • Plane

    Votes: 10 20.4%

  • Train

    Votes: 14 28.6%

  • Bus

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Car or truck

    Votes: 20 40.8%

  • Mobilehome

    Votes: 5 10.2%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 12.2%
  • Total voters
    49
I've got a question for those of you who have flown on overnight trips. What are some tips for falling asleep? I'd like to fly from the eastern US to Europe and most of the flights are overnight. Those lovely first class sleeper seats look great, but they're beyond my budget (eek!)
 

bluebreezes said:
I've got a question for those of you who have flown on overnight trips. What are some tips for falling asleep? I'd like to fly from the eastern US to Europe and most of the flights are overnight. Those lovely first class sleeper seats look great, but they're beyond my budget (eek!)
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We fly overnight frequently. I can't sleep on a plane except for very short dozes. We have upgraded to business class about 5 times and have had very comfortable lie flat seats. We used air miles. Slept like a baby. Better blankets and pillows. Pure luxury.

We occasionally have been on half empty flights so you can grab 3 or 4 seats and lie down.

Once a year we fly to Michigan to see my family. No problem with jetlag that direction. But on the way home we leave normally about 4pm arriving home early morning. Serious jet lag for at least a week.
 
Short trips, meaning less than four hours, I like taking the train. Longer trips, I just want to get there, so I put up with the crap that goes on at the airport and fly. In fact, I am taking the train next week to New York City. I spend too much time in a car because it is part of my job, so I can do without spending any more time in an auto.
 

bluebreezes said:
I've got a question for those of you who have flown on overnight trips. What are some tips for falling asleep? I'd like to fly from the eastern US to Europe and most of the flights are overnight. Those lovely first class sleeper seats look great, but they're beyond my budget (eek!)
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Xanax, Ambien, or another sedative of your choice. And pray there are no restless children on the flight.
 
Thanks Annie and nvtribefan for those suggestions. Hearing these tips first hand really helps. I suppose losing some sleep is part of the adventure, but I'd like to ward off as much lag as possible.
 
Time travel.

Raining this week and too cold to swim? Go last week when it was warm and sunny.

Prices just went up? Go last year before everyone discovered the place and sent the prices soaring.

Hotel not finished yet? Set your time machine for next June and be the first one to enjoy the infinity pool.

Dictator just took over and all foreigners' property confiscated? Go back when the present regime is still in power, enjoy the tropical paradise and then quickly sell your villa cheap to your worst enemy. Win-win!
 
I take it you are talking about long distances, so I always fly. I fly free and so does my companion. Right now I am sitting outside at the pool in beautiful Palm Springs. It's about 90 degrees and sunny. Flying back east tomorrow night.
 
Right now it's via train. I am personally boycotting airlines because of all the hassles associated with flying. Train rides are comfortable, smooth for the most part and usually less expensive than flights.
 
We now take most holidays by sea. Travel by air is horrible, travel by rail almost as bad, and long distance by road is unpleasant and increasingly dangerous not to mention cramped.

Sea cruises are generally very comfortable and relaxing provided that the modern floating collection of slave caves are avoided, European river cruises, especially on the Rhine are great as long as the cheap ones are avoided, and the Norwegian fjords runs are never boring no matter how often you go on them.

Anyway aircraft on long haul routes always smell of sweat and feet, trains often smell of toilets, and I don't like being driven.
 
Train trips are less expensive than flying? How so?
We did Amtrak to PA last year and the tickets were more $ and the trip was longer.
Definitely an "experience" and in no hurry to repeat it.

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Well, I live in Hawaii, driving back to the mainland is really an option. And trains are out too. So my trips start at either the Hilo or Kona airports, and usually a connecting flight in Honolulu.

When I lived on the mainland I usually drove my car. Never really been on a train or Greyhound, and I'm not an RV person
 
My personal preference is by sea but not so easy across country.

I would go for the RV as long as it is very comfortable and had all the bells and whistles.

I hate restaurant food so I would have to take a kitchen with me LOl
 
nvtribefan said:
Xanax, Ambien, or another sedative of your choice. And pray there are no restless children on the flight.
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I know this is a very late reply, but it may help someone else taking a long red eye flight. Look for a flight using a big plane. Overseas, that may be a B-777, B-747 or similar. Book a rear seat. Usually the planes are nowhere near full for overnight flights going overseas and you will be able to stretch out across a couple of seats. I would recommend taking a blowup pillow along, unless you call the airline and ask them if they supply pillows for that flight. Some do and some don't. I would also suggest using earplugs, so you can't hear the engines or the air system flowing inside the cabin. It wouldn't hurt to also take a couple of Tylenol PM a half hour prior to departure. Ask the F/A (Flight Attendant) to wake you about 1 hour before landing, so you may go to the lavatory and freshen up and then grab a quick small meal, like a coffee, or tea and a small breakfast sandwich. Most airlines have those available for purchasing. You probably will need to be seated and belted for the last 20 minutes of the flight as the pilots begin their final approach.

I was a pilot for United for almost 34 years, but never flew international as a pilot, but did a lot of travel overseas as a passenger. It's strange to leave Washington, D.C. and seven hours or so later landing in London. We like London, although very expensive. I would rather go to Rome, but it is a longer flight. About 9 hours.
 
It depends. If I'm going to an island, I LOVE taking the ferry, the longer the ride, the better.

If the dog is with me, I drive. If not, I fly if the trip is longer than a few hours.
 
I would have to say by car. My daughter married a military man and we have driven across country three times as well as to other areas of the US to visit. We saw so much that had we flown we would have missed it. I flew just once and enjoyed looking down at the clouds but could see that getting boring after awhile. Never went any place by train. I am trying to talk the hubby into one trip by renting an RV. I like the idea of campgrounds and preparing meals that way and also not having to drag suitcases into a motel every night. Having my clothes all hung up nice and neat. I think it would be fun. Also I've been bitten twice in motels by bedbugs and the motels weren't cheap places. No chance of that tucked away in the RV.
 
bluebreezes said:
I've got a question for those of you who have flown on overnight trips. What are some tips for falling asleep? I'd like to fly from the eastern US to Europe and most of the flights are overnight. Those lovely first class sleeper seats look great, but they're beyond my budget (eek!)
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Business class is in between steerage and fir$t cla$$, and much better.
 
FishWisher said:
Ya just can't beat an RV (not a mobilehome! They stay in permanent parks.). In my case, it's a class A motor home. Gas prices have taken some of the fun and economy out of it, though. But it's still barely cheaper overall if one isn't in a big hurry.

For me there's nothing like spending nights free in my own cozy home. And a bonus is that they have anything you may need. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it! Eating one's own food (As cheap as eating at home), using one's own bathroom, and sleeping in one's own bed every night cannot be beat!
I've traveled coast to coast and border to border with my RV and have had a wonderful time!
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If it has a motor, it is a motorhome. We did it cheaper with a small travel trailer, from Nova Scotia to the FL Keys, Coast to coast a number of times and British Columbia to Cabo San Lucas on many different trips which included 34 national parks. We towed with mid-sized SUVs. We got to go to all those places that the folks with the giant motorhomes went and had just as much fun. We stopped at ages 81 and 80.
 
Flying really and truly sucks, security is a nightmare, We prefer the x-ray machine, our metal knees set off the metal detectors. I never get the pretty girl that pats down my wife, I get the guy that looks like he was laid off by a septic service. The seats are made for midgets and I am 6'2".

The last time we rode on a train was from Melbourne to Sydney in 1989. The locals were nice friendly people.
 
SeaBreeze said:
What is your preferred way to travel for a long-distance trip? :)
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I have to say plane.
I just want to get there, for me the "trip" usually isn't much fun.

I've done bus trips.
They can be OK but not my favorite.

Some can be horrible with tight seats and unpleasant people, but some can be great.

We drive from NJ to Florida and back twice a year.
I don't enjoy driving at all but it makes the most sense for us right now
 
All of the choices except mobile home I preferred motor home. Other would be cruise.

Train, bus, car or truck don't work very well for going to Maui. Cruise ship for multiple islands in the Carribean beats flying to each island. Chartering a catamaran to island hop is another great way to get around.

Motor home was the way to go when we traveled with our sons in their early teens. Later when we traveled America by ourselves our car was useful. Amazing the lodging available all over America. Train only a couple of times going from Pittsburgh Pa. to Chicago. Was ok as an experience.
 

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