The way we travel is now as important as why and where we travel,and the industry has taken note. Exciting things are afoot.
In Switzerland,a train ride isn’t a chore but a worthy experience.
My epic 40-day journey marks a grand return to rail travel,unlocking the sheer pleasure of seeing the continent unfold at ground level.
The scenery is spectacular,the carriage warm and comfortable,the food top-notch,and the arrival – in a not-exactly-shocking turn of events – is bang on time.
Rail has languished,if not disappeared,in many parts of the US,but a new plan will restore old services and create new ones.
The Orient-Express takes you from Paris to Venice for $6600 but you can make the same rail journey in a sleeper for about $127.
I never planned to drive across the US. But when our leisurely rail journey is upended due to a strike,a road adventure of cultural contradictions begins.
Chugging along at 40km/h past tea plantations,gorges,rivers,waterfalls,viaducts and villages is slow travel at its finest.
The ease of boarding and disembarking in the city centres,close enough to walk to hotels,brings the blood pressure down and saves on Uber fares.
Bangkok’s new rail hub is impressive,even if it looks like a modern airport terminal minus the shopping mall.
This Seattle-to-Chicago sleeper’s dining cars are functional rather than fancy,but there’s an unexpected benefit to being slotted in with random strangers.