This is your sign that you need to take the Napa Valley @winetrain!! [hosted]
My mom and I took it together and had a BALL - here’s some additional tips to know:
🍷 This is the 6-hour Legacy Experience that starts at 10am
🍷 Breakfast, lunch, snack, dessert, and all the tastings are included with your ticket (other wine is not)
🍷 You have two off-the-train wine tastings and if you want to buy wine they can ship it to you
🍷 The dance party is technically optional but the perfect way to end the train ride
And shoutout to my mom who was definitely the life of the party and getting DOWNNN 😂🫶🏾❤️
Who would you take this train with?
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Lessons from solo train traveling around the U.S 🚂 🇺🇸
This was the longest and most continuous trip I’ve taken using @amtrak - getting on and off - and I learned a lot along the way. Here’s a list of the transportation and train routes I took:
1. Hiawatha: Milwaukee to Chicago
2. Southwest Chief: Chicago to Los Angeles
3. Pacific Surfliner: Los Angeles to San Diego
4. [Flight from San Diego to Atlanta] - no good train
5. Crescent: Atlanta to Charlotte, Charlotte to DC
6. Acela: DC to NYC
7. Lake Shore Limited: NYC to Chicago
8. Hiawatha: Chicago to Milwaukee
If you want to take all trains, you could go from Los Angeles to New Orleans (and skip San Diego) on the Sunset Limited then go to Atlanta or Charlotte!
Would you want to do a trip like this one day?
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What if we could put travel experiences on our resumes? 👀
There are so many ways that travel can change and impact you! And sometimes I think it would be funny to share those experiences in ✨unique✨ ways after the trip is over 🤭
🌎 Increased my understanding of other cultures and countries after realizing they have universal healthcare and better social safety nets
🗺️ Learned how to read a map after getting lost 3x
✈️ Organized a solo trip to 3 countries after the group trip did not leave the group chat
This is a jokey joke buuuuut I can see it now 😂
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Colorado and Utah are for the adventurous train travelers 🚂 [hosted media trip]
TRANSPORTATION: I flew into Denver to take the @rockymountaineer! And had to take a shuttle from Moab to Salt Lake City to fly back home.
EAT: Food on the train is included with your package! My favorite food in Moab was @moabcanyonpizzaco, @cactusjacksmoab and @moabfoodpark.
ACCOMMODATIONS: In Denver I stayed at @mavenhotel and loved it! I also enjoyed @maxwellandersonhotel in Glenwood Springs and @gravityhaus in Moab.
ACTIVITIES: The sunset hummer tour with @moabadventurecenter was hands-down my favorite. But I also loved touring Arches National Park and with @moabexpress Dead Horse State Park!
Shoes are my favorite @converse run star hikes and my big blue fanny pack is @eaglecreek - 10/10 recommend both for trips like this!
Which activities would you be down to do?!
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Don’t let social media fool you, it’s okay to be scared to take your first solo trip!
Safety first, alwayssss, but I hope this video reminds you a little fear or anxiousness can still lead to a grand adventure if you have some tips and strategies feel through it to enjoy what’s on the other side 😊
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Day two on the @rockymountaineer from Glenwood Springs to Moab 🚂 #rockymountaineer #traintravel #traintrip #trainstagram
#ad | All aboard the Rocky Mountaineer 🚂
The @rockymountaineer has been on my bucket list for years and it absolutely lived up to the hype!
From the food to the views to the staff service, I loved seeing all the canyons and landscapes. Here are some things to note about day one:
🚂 You can take this route in either direction, but I traveled westbound so the first day is 8 hours and you end in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
🚂 Train packages include all meals and unlimited drinks on the train (and an overnight hotel stay)
🚂 Scenery you’ll see includes Gross Reservoir, Gore Canyon, Burns Canyon, and gliding along the Colorado River
🚂 A Black history highlight? Riding past Lincoln Hills - the only leisure destination created by and for Black people West of the Mississippi in the 1920s
Come back tomorrow for day two on the train to Moab!
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My solo travel story as a former shy Black girl ✈️
[TLDR: I love solo travel now - respond to one of the questions in comments! 👀]
Solo travel 100% helped to build my confidence but not without some lessons along the way!
🇪🇸 2017: Living in Spain & took my first unplanned solo day trip to a nearby town
Lessons learned: I didn’t love it, kind of bored & need to plan better!
🇲🇽 2018: Planned my first official solo trip to Mexico to test my Spanish skills, fell in LOVE with solo travel & made friends
Lessons learned: Approaching people first isn’t horrible & use the 333 journal rule when I’m anxious!
🇩🇪 2019: Solo traveled to London & Amsterdam after my social work internship in Berlin
Lessons learned: I need to pack lighter & staying in a 16-person dorm room is a public health hazard lol!
🚂 2021-2024: Coordinating my own solo trips traveling via train, plane, anywhere!! 15+ solo train trips and counting
Lessons learn(ing): Train travel feels safer than other forms of solo travel & I need to plan a trip to Asia!
(1) If you’re a solo traveler how did you start? (2) If you want to travel solo, why haven’t you started?
Audio is from @sowonthego (found it on Tik Tok ✨)
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