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How do you like to travel?

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beth20 Sun 22-Aug-21 20:57:09

My mum is late 80's. She is independent and in good health but beginning to get frail.
There is a direct train line between us which takes just over 2 hours.
There's a coach that comes to the airport which takes about 3 hours and involves a change at Victoria in London.
We could collect her and drive her here which would be a long round trip for us around the M25 but would take about 3 hours for her in the car.
We are moving soon and would very much like her to see our new bungalow (no stairs for her to worry about anymore). Part of the reason for our move is that we will have a room for her should she need/want it in the future.
It just set me thinking about which mode of travel people would prefer and why?

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Gabrielle56 Mon 23-Aug-21 16:20:52

Train must be a mature persons thing! Our eldest DS spent a honeymoon travelling across Canada in the fantastically huge sleeper trains they have with a viewing caboose (heaven!) But they didn't like it (wha??) Said they felt shut in , restricted and most of other passengers were quite a bit older than them in their 20s -what did they expect I wondered? They didn't produce any sort of travel record in photos, I know it was a honeymoon but they had another week before in Carribbean too, I just thought the whole experience was wasted on them I had a sneaking feeling they went because it was scarily expensive and he is a bit of a show off...... that's taught him ! Sadly no longer with the missus but I envied their trip!

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Neilspurgeon0 Mon 23-Aug-21 17:24:41

Victoria coach station is a right dive so, although much more expensive, I would definitely suggest ally choose the train, if I could afford it

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Elvis58 Mon 23-Aug-21 19:12:53

Car every time.Do not fly anymore.

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homefarm Tue 24-Aug-21 14:40:20

In comfort

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grannyrebel7 Sat 11-Sept-21 07:05:53

I would say car personally, but one holiday we had in America was travelling from New York to LA on one of their Amtrack trains and it was really lovely. These trains are huge and you get so much space to yourself. The sleeping compartments with the bunks are really comfortable as well. The only thing I didn't like was having to sit by strangers for meals! I really miss going on holiday to America.

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Hetty58 Sat 11-Sept-21 08:04:01

It seems I'm not the only one who enjoys the comfort of train travel. Still, right now I'd be wary of sharing space with (possibly Covid infected) fellow travellers. Therefore, my next trip will be by car - with frequent breaks to stretch my legs.

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