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C is for Changes (Supplemental) — 9 Comments

  1. That’s a lot of changes, I love that you’ve not only dealt with it so logically but you’re able to write it in a way that I can follow!

    I don’t know much about Amtrak so I loved your supplementary post ๐Ÿ™‚

    Good luck with the rest of the challenge (and trip)

    Mars xx
    Curling Stones for Lego People

    • The changes wouldn’t inhibit you on Amtrak any more than traveling any other carrier would. With both itinerary changes, we had plenty of time to decide what to do. In the case of airlines, you rarely have the luxury of time, and too often the airlines will tell you what to do and you don’t have much say.

      With Amtrak, we had almost 24 hours to adjust with the delay in Reno, and we had three options (probably more than that, but Amtrak offered us three options for our convenience). For the City of New Orleans cancellation, the Amtrak representative actually suggested we talk it over and call back when we decided what to do. We were able to decide quickly, but we had plenty of time (the real constraint was with cancelling our hotel and car rental reservations in New Orleans, but that worked out smoothly), because we didn’t need to decide for several hours at the earliest.

  2. It’s all an adventure! I’m glad they found your baggage, anyway. In December, my sister and her husband were visiting relatives in Eastern Europe. They were there for 3 weeks including the cruise with my parents, and their suitcases didn’t arrive until the day before they were set to head home. Two weeks later, the case of wine they’d shipped that never did arrive showed up on their doorstep in Virginia. You never know what’s going to happen when you live to travel. ๐Ÿ˜€

  3. Sounds quite complicated but like you were flexible and able to adapt to everything. I think that’s the best way to be in life, after all, most of the time when you need to deal with changes, they’re because of things outside of your control so you just need to roll with them.

  4. Oooh, I have a nervous breakdown about making reservations in the first place, I’d be a nervous wreck! Maybe if you are used to travelling you get better at it. I winged the first three A-Zs I did, this year I have written more in advance – just because you can change entries at leisure to make them super-sparkly, and add stuff you forgot, or edit if you suddenly think they are too long etc. It also gives you more time to visit other blogs. As I write poem a day (I spent all March doing this!) it also means more time and space between writing and posting, so you can polish. Hope your travels continue well! ~Liz (Amazing Animals) http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com

    • Amtrak people were all wonderful. Everyone I talked to was tremendous. Despite the challenges, it was an overall positive experience.

  5. Glad to hear you exhibited poise and command presence through this disappointment.

    Did you ever find out why the train was cancelled with no hope of reschedule? That sounds dire.

    • Supposedly there was a hazardous material spill somewhere south of Memphis. I couldn’t track down any news reports, though, so I don’t have a good story.