In a time where flight anxiety is at its highest and airlines are regularly removing what few benefits they had, the most attractive option to get from one place to another is increasingly by staying on the ground. Why choose flying when trains offer free baggage, beautiful, spacious interiors, and incredible scenery you’d miss from the air? Throw in panoramic views, bar and cafe cars, open windows letting in fresh air, and copious amounts of legroom, and locomotive travel outweighs any perks (or lack thereof) of flying.
A prime example of a train line that has more to offer than any airline can is The Rocky Mountaineer. This luxury rail company operates four different routes across Western Canada and the American Southwest. A ticket for the two-day journey from Denver to Moab, for example, includes top-tier food and drinks (hello, steak and potatoes), a stop in the beautiful Glenwood Falls area with hotel accommodations, and add-on activity options like winery visits, outlanding tours, and national park tours.
Back in October, we took a trip aboard the famed Mountaineer to see what all the hype was about. Watch above as we stretch our legs, learn enough rock facts that we could become geologists, and take in the views of the Rocky Mountains. Want to duplicate it? Packages start at $1,600 per person for the two-day journey.
