King City couple are heading to Golf Hall of Fame by train
15.07.2010, 10:17
Carmen and Neil Klenz of King City plan to visit the Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla., but they don't want to miss seeing the rest of the country on the way. No blur at 30,000 feet for them.
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They'd like to take the long and scenic route by train, at least one way. They'll use frequent-flier miles on Alaska Airlines to return.
Carmen, 74, and Neil, 76, plan to travel for seven to 10 days. They asked for rail price and itinerary information, also for suggestions for car rental and lodging in Florida.
Amtrak offered the following sample schedule and prices. Sue Azorr of River City Travel in Portland made recommendations and provided sample prices for car rental and accommodation in St. Augustine.
Depart Portland on a Thursday afternoon. Change trains in Chicago on Saturday afternoon (an hour layover). Change trains in Washington, D.C., Sunday afternoon (three-hour layover). Arrive in Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday morning.
$1,826 Train tickets for two, including sleeper berths and three meals daily. (Optional coach seat total for die-hard shoe-stringers: $193 per person for seat with 45-degree recline, head and foot rests, and free pillow. Meals separate.)
$200 Car rental (Includes: tax and use of an Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Jacksonville.)
$700 Florida lodging (Five nights at Comfort Suites at World Golf Village in the same complex as the World Golf Hall of Fame, room tax and daily continental breakfast; www.cswgv.com.)
$28 World Golf Hall of Fame admission (Includes: entrance for two seniors at $14 each, free movie in adjacent IMAX theater and a round of putting on the 18-hole natural grass putting course; www.wgv.com.)