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Private railroad cars now allow travelers the option to step back in time and recapture that romantic era of train travel that Amtrak cannot provide. Once upon a time rail barons and wealthy socialites traveled the country on luxurious private railroad cars, dining on fine china and crystal and being pampered by the onboard staff. Now this form of luxury rail travel is being offering to everyone at a very reasonable price.
A small number of railfans have purchased and refurbished private rail cars familiar to the first half of the 20th century. This was the golden age of passenger rail travel. These railfans have spent around a million dollars on each private rail car to bring back this golden age of travel. Passengers can sip on cocktails and nibble on hors d' oeuvres while sinking into deep leather sofas in lounges paneled in rich mahogany and be lulled to sleep at night in their private Pullman rooms by the rhythm of the train wheels rolling down the track. All meals are prepared fresh onboard and made to order by the onboard gourmet chefs. These private luxury rail cars are coupled onto the rear of scheduled Amtrak passenger trains all over the country. Our first class passengers are separated from the Amtrak passengers by locked doors. We provide our own onboard staff including our chef and make up our own gourmet menus for all meals. All drinks and food is included in the ticket price from the time you step onboard until you detrain. Everything is first class with every detail included no matter if you are on a two or one day train journey. This is passenger train travel at it's finest.
Join us on a unique 7-day luxury adventure tour to historic San Antonio, Texas. You'll travel on the historic Coast Route along the California Coast and the Sunset Route aboard three restored cars from the golden age of rail travel.
DAY 1 SATURDAY MAY 15: (L-D) We depart from Oakland for the journey to Los Angeles with our private rail cars attached to Amtrak at 8:50am with an arrival in LA at 9:00pm. You are welcome to board or detrain at any Amtrak station where the Coast Starlight makes a regular passenger stop. Upon departure from Oakland our bar will be open for the entire journey to Los Angeles for unlimited drinks of all kinds. Once you are settled into your private bedroom or roomette we invite you up to the Vista Dome to view the scenery. We will serve a gourmet lunch and dinner on our southbound run today. Upon arrival in Los Angeles you will be transferred to the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach for lodging.
DAY 2 SUNDAY MAY 16: (D) You will have the morning hours to explore the Queen Mary and the points of interest at the Long Beach wharf. Early afternoon we will transfer you back to Las Angeles Union Station to reboard the private rail cars. We depart Los Angeles at 2:30 PM with our cars attached to the rear of Amtrak's Sunset Limited. Settle in to this hotel on wheels and enjoy afternoon hors d'Oeuvre and cocktails on our ride eastward into the vast desert. Dinner will be served as we enjoy a spectacular sunset in the Coachella Valley. Guests wishing to retire after dinner will find that their rooms have been turned down for the night. Be sure to set your watch ahead one hour before you retire, as we will be entering Mountain Daylight time during the night.
we travel through the Coachella Valley.
DAY 3 MONDAY MAY 17: (B-L-D) Morning finds us approaching El Paso, and a waiting breakfast buffet, offered between 7 and 9 AM local time. We'll cross the Continental Divide at Alpine, and be sure to set your watch ahead again one hour as we enter the Central Time Zone. Near Del Rio the train passes by Langtry, home of Judge Roy Bean's Saloon and courthouse, where he dispensed 'Law West of the Pecos'. We then cross the Pecos River on a high bridge shortly before arriving at Del Rio. After leaving Del Rio we leave the West and enter the South through the Texas Hill Country. We arrive in San Antonio around 10:30 PM where our private rail cars will be taken off of the train and parked at the station. Our cars will serve as our hotel in San Antonio for the next three nights.
DAY 4 TUESDAY MAY 18: (B-L) This morning we offer a leisure breakfast onboard our private rail cars parked at the San Antonio Station. Mid-morning we will take you on a sightseeing tour of the points of interest in colorful and historic San Antonio including the famous Riverwalk, The Alamo and other local missions. Rest of the afternoon to explore San Antonio on your own.
DAY 5 WEDNESDAY MAY 19: (B-L) Today we enjoy a visit to Natural Bridge Caverns followed by lunch in New Braunfels, a charming community that continues to celebrate its German heritage here in the Hill Country. Upon return to San Antonio rest of the afternoon and evening to explore this city.
DAY 6 THURSDAY MAY 20: (B-L-D) Amtrak's Sunset Limited arrives in San Antonio from New Orleans at 3:00am. Our private cars will be attached to this train and depart westbound at 5:40am. As we approach Del Rio, breakfast will be served as West Texas passes by. By lunch we will be between Sanderson and Alpine. The wild west town of Alpine is the gateway to Big Bend National Park. This is where we enter Mountain Time Zone. For an hour east of El Paso we follow the Rio Grande River with Mexico on the other side. Departing El Paso we soon enter New Mexico and sit down to dinner as the sun sets in the west. Before turning in tonight set you watches ahead another hour to Pacific Time. When you get up in the morning we will be west of the Colorado River approaching Palm Springs, California.
DAY 7 FRIDAY MAY 21: (B) The Early birds will enjoy the ride out of the Coachella Valley past wind farms and over Beaumont Pass and into the Los Angeles Basin. Our arrival in LA is scheduled for 8:40am. Transfer to the historic Biltmore Hotel just a few blocks from the train station for check-in. Rest of the day is yours to explore the many points of interest in Los Angeles, including China Town, El Pubelo de Los Angeles and perhaps Universal Studios. The options are endless.
DAY 8 SATURDAY MAY 22: (L-D) Our private cars will be attached to the rear of Amtrak's northbound "Coast Starlight" from Los Angeles to Oakland. Departure is scheduled for 10:15am with an arrival in Oakland at 9:32pm. Upon departure from Los Angeles our bar will be open for the entire journey for unlimited drinks of all kinds. We will serve a gourmet lunch and dinner on our northbound run today.
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PRICES ALL PRICES ARE PERSON Roomette (1 person) sink in room........................$4,998 Bedroom sink and toilet.................................$4,998 Silver Solarium Drawing Room sink, toilet & shower......$6,398 Final Payment Due by March 15, 2010 Accessibility Guests must be able to walk and negotiate steps, either on their own, or with assistance, as our historic private railcars do not accommodate wheelchairs. Redcap assistance is available at major stations. |
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TOUR PRICE: All tour prices are corrected to November 1, 2010 and are subject to change without notice, at any time. All prices based on double room
occupancy. We reserve the right to change tour prices if necessary.
PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE: Personal items, meals not listed in the itinerary, laundry, phone calls, excess baggage charges, rental cars, side tours, insurance, passport fees including visas, vaccinations, gratuities, medical costs, tips to train or motor coach staff, extra tour costs due to unanticipated changes in the itinerary for reasons beyond our control, including weather, travel conditions, or cancellations, government intervention, sickness, political disputes, and failure of transportation or other causes beyond our control.
TRAVEL AND HEALTH DOCUMENTS: A valid passport is required for our international tours. In some cases a visa is also needed. Consult your
health professional for the recommended immunizations and documents. Trains and Travel International , here on referred to as TTI, assumes no other responsibility if a client is refused entry into a country. Cost and cancellation fees will be paid by the client in the event they do not have valid documents.
CHANGE OF ITINERARY: We reserve the right to substitute, alter or modify the tour if any unexpected and unforeseen conditions beyond our control
preventing the completion of such. Conditions can include weather, train schedules, equipment, motive power, revision of train consist, train delays, labor strikes, political disputes, derailments, closure of a rail line, break down of railroad or motive power equipment, railroads not honoring contracts and bus equipment problems. We will always endeavor, in each case, to provide substitutes, if any changes take place. TTI is not responsible for canceled trains,
delays, hotel rooms, route changes or missed connections, for any reason whatsoever. We will not give refunds if such conditions or cancellations take place.
TRAVEL INSURANCE: Travel Insurance is mandatory for all tours. This insurance will cover and give the tour members many benefits and protection. Benefits include baggage, accident, life, trip cancellation, sickness, bankruptcy, strike, weather conditions, employer termination or layoff effecting you or
a person sharing the room with you, terrorist incident in your departure city or city of destination, jury duty, you are subpoenaed, hijacked, or quarantined,
your residence or traveling companion residence is rendered uninhabitable, emergency military duty, traffic accident, single supplement upgrade when your traveling companion cancels their trip, trip interruption, trip delay, missed connections, itinerary change, emergency medical benefits, medical evacuation, baggage delay and loss, pre-existing medical conditions if enrollment is within 21 days of your invoice date, burglary of you or your companion before departure, felonious assault of you or your traveling companion before departure, 24 hour hotline emergency assistance, emergency cash transfer and more.
We will supply you with a travel insurance brochure with rates and application when we mail you the invoice after trip deposit is received. Travel insurance protects your vacation investments and is a very good investment for your travel and vacation money. US law allows us to offer this insurance to all persons
Worldwide. We will accept a "refusal of travel insurance wavier" if you do not wish to purchase any travel insurance. FOR CUBA: Because of the nature of these tours travel insurance is MANDATORY for everyone. We have a special American travel insurance company that will insure all folks going to Cuba on legal US approved tours. This insurance information will be sent to you upon receiving your booking.
RESPONSIBILITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Accepting your payment represents an agreement that you understand all the conditions, to
be a member of our tours. TTI gives notice that they are acting agents for the owners, contractors and suppliers, providing the transportation and all related travel services and assume no responsibility for injury, sickness, damage, loss, additional expenses accidental delay or irregularities which may be caused through willful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of the companies providing or engage in transportation, accommodations or services related to the accomplishment of the tour. Nor do we assume responsibility for natural disasters, social or political upheaval, acts of terrorism or acts of nature. TTI reserves
the right to substitute hotels, tour leaders, equipment, motive power, trains, onboard accommodations, routes and to alter the itinerary when deemed necessary without notice. The right is also reserved to cancel any trip or train prior to departure for any reason . TTI is not responsible for expenses incurred by tour members in preparing for the tour, including non-refundable airline tickets, visa fees, planning, phone calls, or any other expenses. TTI reserves the right to decline to accept, or ask to leave a tour, any person whose actions impede the daily operations of a tour, welfare or enjoyment of other tour members. TTI cannot give any refunds for any unused services. The terms contained herein shall serve as a waiver of liability to TTI. Assumption of risk on behalf of the client, their heirs, executor, administrators, successors, and assigns for any and all known persons injuries
RESERVATIONS: A deposit is due in our office within 14 days after you make your bookings. Full payment is due 90 days before departure. You will
receive an invoice, reservation form and current tour bulletins with your confirmation and travel insurance forms. No notice for final payment will be sent
to you. It is your responsible to make the final payment on-time.
CANCELLATIONS: TTI does not accept cancellations on the phone. Cancellations must be received by postal mail, email or fax before any refunds will be considered. Allow enough time if sending your written notice by US mail postal system. When a written cancellation is received in the Trains and Travel
office this will be the effective date of the cancellation. Please take note that it can take up to 60 days to to process some refunds. Cancellation refund rules:
100 days prior to the start of any tour you will receive a full refund less a $100 per person administration fee. 99 to 61 days before the departure of any tour
there will be a 80% cancellation penalty based on the full cost of the tour. Cancellations received 60 or less days before the start of any tour will not receive
any refund. GW Travel Ltd has their own cancellation rules and these will apply. If booking on GW Travel Ltd ask for cancellation rules.
PRE-DEPARTURE TOUR BULLETINS: Tour bulletins will be sent to clients that have booked on tours operated by TTI. Bulletins include travel info related to the tour. Final documents will be sent out about two to three weeks before a tour begins. We offer tours operated by other companies and they may
or may not send out tour bulletins and updates and most send out final documents only one to two weeks prior to the start of their tours.
PAYMENTS: Payments can be made with personal check drawn on a U.S. Dollar account, money order for U.S. Dollars, bank wire transfer, or credit card.
We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express. Final payment for all tours is due 90 days prior to departure. If final payment has not been received 7 days after the due date, a late fee of $50 per week will apply.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: All prices are based on double room occupancy. We will try and match you with a roommate if one is available. If not, you may
be charged the single room supplement listed for the tour you are booked on. Single rooms may not be available in some remote locations and on some trains.
TOUR REFUNDS: If for any reason tour members amend or delete any arrangements during travel, and leave the tour on their own, we cannot give any refunds on unused portions of the tour. If buses and trains are cancelled by the carrier or there is a labor strike or they go out of business, we cannot be held
responsible and we cannot give refunds. Travel insurance will protect you for any of these reasons. If TTI needs to cancel any tour everyone will receive a
full refund. Please take note that in some cases refunds can take up to 60 days to process.
PARTIAL TOURS: We will allow passengers to join or leave a tour at certain points. It will all depend on the tour and the conditions. Give us a call and
we will try and work up a custom option for you.
MILEAGE COLLECTORS: Mileage collectors please take note that TTI does not cater just to mileage collectors. We cater to all folks that enjoy trains and
Rail journeys. We give strong warning that itinerary and route changes do happen and this is totally beyond our control when it does. If the only reason that
you would want to book a tour is to collect the rare mileage, you need to understand that possible route changes do happen.
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Colonial Crafts, a 1949 Pullman sleeper-lounge built for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In addition to an inviting and spacious lounge Colonial Crafts features 3 double bedrooms sleeping two, each room with an annex containing toilet and sink, and a drawing room accommodating up to 3 guests, again with annex containing toilet and sink. Guest amenities include a large shower, and beverage service in the lounge.
Silver Rapids, a 1948 Budd roomette-bedroom sleeper, also built for the Pennsylvania Railroad as its contribution to the California Zephyr equipment pool for transcontinental service. Silver Rapids features eight roomettes accommodating one person each, and six double bedrooms, each accommodating 2 persons. Bedrooms each have an annex containing a toilet and sink; roomettes have a sink in the room. If two couples or a family are traveling together two rooms may be opened ensuite. A shower room has been added. Limited hot and cold beverage service is available.
Silver Lariat, a 1948 Budd Vista-Dome coach built for the California Zephyr, converted to a diner-lounge. 24 deeply cushioned seats in the dome and 42 reclining chairs on the lower level provide a comfortable setting for meals aboard the train as well as for sightseeing.
Silver Solarium, a 1948 Budd Vista-Dome sleeper-lounge-observation car built for the California Zephyr. The observation lounge in the boat-tail of the car is a pleasant place to enjoy the passing scenery as we hurry on our way through the west. Silver Solarium accommodates 24 guests in its Vista-Dome. Sleeping accommodations include 3 double bedrooms, each accommodating 2 guests, and 1 drawing room, accommodating up to 3 guests. The drawing room and bedrooms each have an annex that includes toilet, sink and shower. Under the dome is a bar, which is an excellent spot to gather for a late-night libation.
