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Amtrak Auto Train Flash Sale: One-Way Coach Fares from Northeast to Florida
from $35 + Cost of Vehicle
(Travel through July 25, 2024)
Amtrak has Auto Train One-Way Coach Fares from Lorton, Virginia to Sanford, Florida on sale with prices starting from $35 + Cost of Vehicle. Valid for travel from now through July 25, 2024 (see below for details).
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, book by February 8, 2024; 1-day advance purchase required. Blackout dates apply (Northbound only, see below). With Auto Train, your car travels with you (more info here). Fare for Kids 2-12 years old start from $17.50 one-way (see terms & conditions in Deal Editor's Notes). Vehicle cost will vary by travel dates.
Key promotional details:
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, book by February 8, 2024; 1-day advance purchase required. Blackout dates apply (Northbound only, see below). With Auto Train, your car travels with you (more info here). Fare for Kids 2-12 years old start from $17.50 one-way (see terms & conditions in Deal Editor's Notes). Vehicle cost will vary by travel dates.
Key promotional details:
- For sale through February 8, 2024
- For travel:
- Northbound: February 1 – March 14, 2024
- Southbound: February 19 – July 25, 2024
- Advance Purchase: 1 Day advance purchase required.
- Blackout Dates:
- Northbound:
- February 28 – March 3, 2024
- Southbound:
- None
- Northbound:
- Lorton, VA (LOR) Auto Train Station to Sanford, FL (SFA) Auto Train Station:
- Depart: February 21
- Return: March 5
- For 2 passengers, price will be $140 (2x $35 each way per person) for coach seats + $510 for a Standard Vehicle = $650 total
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Edited February 2, 2024
at 06:18 PM
Traveling Amtrak between the Northeast and Florida? Save during Amtrak's Auto
Train Flash Sale between Lorton, Virginia (near Washington, DC) and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando) while your vehicle travels onboard. Coach fares start as low as $35 plus the cost of your vehicle. And if it's a family trip, kids ages 2 -12 ride for as low as $17.50. Even in coach class, receive a complimentary continental breakfast prior to arrival.
Upgrade to a First Class private room—giving you extra space, comfort and privacy—starting at $235 plus the cost of your vehicle. Book a Roomette, featuring two comfortable seats that transform into upper and lower beds by night. Or opt for a Bedroom, boasting 2x the space of a Roomette as well as an in-room sink, restroom, and shower. Plus, all customers in private rooms enjoy priority boarding, a dedicated First Class attendant, and complimentary meals and access to the First Class lounge onboard.
Amtrak Auto Train Flash Sale [amtrak.com]
Book by February 8, 2024
Northbound: February 1 – March 14, 2024
Southbound: February 19 – July 25, 2024
Advance Purchase: 1 Day advance purchase required.
Blackout Dates: Northbound, February 28 – March 3, 2024
Southbound, None
Terms and Conditions
Valid for Auto Train only
Valid for Sale:
January 30, 2024 - February 8, 2024
Valid for Travel:
Train 52 (Northbound): February 1, 2024 – March 14, 2024
Train 53 (Southbound): February 19, 2024 – July 25, 2024
Advance Purchase:
1 Day advance purchase required
Blackout Dates:
Train 52 (Northbound):
February 28 – March 3, 2024
Train 53 (Southbound):
None
Valid for Auto Train Coach, Roomettes, and Bedrooms
Coach: $35
Roomette:
Single Occupancy: $235
Double Occupancy: $335
Bedroom:
Single Occupancy: $435
Double Occupancy: $535
Discount passenger types are permitted.
Fares for private rooms (roomettes and bedrooms) include rail and accommodation charges.
Discount fares do not include the required vehicle charge.
Double occupancy requires the same reservation and travel in the same, shared accommodation.
Coach:
Changes are not permitted.
Cancellations are permittedprior to departure;
50 percent cancellation fee applies.
Rooms:
15 days prior to scheduled departure: 25 percent cancellation fee applies.
14 days or less prior todeparture: 25 percent fee, 75 percent to non-refundable eVoucher
Seating is limited and may not be available on all trains, dates, or departures.
Fares, routes, and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Other restrictions may apply.
Kids Discount Restrictions
Children and infants must be accompanied by at least one adult (18+) in the same reservation.
Children 2-12 years of age may not travel unaccompanied.*
All persons 13 years of age or older, and all unaccompanied minors, pay adult fares.
Children under 2 years occupying a separate coach seat will be charged the fare for children aged 2-12 years.
Children's ages are determined by actual date of birth.
The age of the child at the start of the trip determines the fare that applies for the entire itinerary.
Amtrak reserves the right to require proof of age at any time.
Does not apply to non-Acela Business class, First class or sleeping accommodation charges. These upgrades are
permitted upon payment of the full accommodation charges.
Not valid for travel on certain Amtrak Thruway connecting services.
Additional restrictions may apply. For more information visit https://www.amtrak.com/children-discounts
Want to see more travel deals? Click here or here.
.
Train Flash Sale between Lorton, Virginia (near Washington, DC) and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando) while your vehicle travels onboard. Coach fares start as low as $35 plus the cost of your vehicle. And if it's a family trip, kids ages 2 -12 ride for as low as $17.50. Even in coach class, receive a complimentary continental breakfast prior to arrival.
Upgrade to a First Class private room—giving you extra space, comfort and privacy—starting at $235 plus the cost of your vehicle. Book a Roomette, featuring two comfortable seats that transform into upper and lower beds by night. Or opt for a Bedroom, boasting 2x the space of a Roomette as well as an in-room sink, restroom, and shower. Plus, all customers in private rooms enjoy priority boarding, a dedicated First Class attendant, and complimentary meals and access to the First Class lounge onboard.
Amtrak Auto Train Flash Sale [amtrak.com]
Book by February 8, 2024
Northbound: February 1 – March 14, 2024
Southbound: February 19 – July 25, 2024
Advance Purchase: 1 Day advance purchase required.
Blackout Dates: Northbound, February 28 – March 3, 2024
Southbound, None
Terms and Conditions
Valid for Auto Train only
Valid for Sale:
January 30, 2024 - February 8, 2024
Valid for Travel:
Train 52 (Northbound): February 1, 2024 – March 14, 2024
Train 53 (Southbound): February 19, 2024 – July 25, 2024
Advance Purchase:
1 Day advance purchase required
Blackout Dates:
Train 52 (Northbound):
February 28 – March 3, 2024
Train 53 (Southbound):
None
Valid for Auto Train Coach, Roomettes, and Bedrooms
Coach: $35
Roomette:
Single Occupancy: $235
Double Occupancy: $335
Bedroom:
Single Occupancy: $435
Double Occupancy: $535
Discount passenger types are permitted.
Fares for private rooms (roomettes and bedrooms) include rail and accommodation charges.
Discount fares do not include the required vehicle charge.
Double occupancy requires the same reservation and travel in the same, shared accommodation.
Coach:
Changes are not permitted.
Cancellations are permittedprior to departure;
50 percent cancellation fee applies.
Rooms:
15 days prior to scheduled departure: 25 percent cancellation fee applies.
14 days or less prior todeparture: 25 percent fee, 75 percent to non-refundable eVoucher
Seating is limited and may not be available on all trains, dates, or departures.
Fares, routes, and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Other restrictions may apply.
Kids Discount Restrictions
Children and infants must be accompanied by at least one adult (18+) in the same reservation.
Children 2-12 years of age may not travel unaccompanied.*
All persons 13 years of age or older, and all unaccompanied minors, pay adult fares.
Children under 2 years occupying a separate coach seat will be charged the fare for children aged 2-12 years.
Children's ages are determined by actual date of birth.
The age of the child at the start of the trip determines the fare that applies for the entire itinerary.
Amtrak reserves the right to require proof of age at any time.
Does not apply to non-Acela Business class, First class or sleeping accommodation charges. These upgrades are
permitted upon payment of the full accommodation charges.
Not valid for travel on certain Amtrak Thruway connecting services.
Additional restrictions may apply. For more information visit https://www.amtrak.com/children-discounts
Want to see more travel deals? Click here or here.
.
Created 01-30-2024
at 10:46 AM
by serra | Staff
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I live near the Lorton station in Virginia. I see the long lines of folks waiting to get their car loaded, sit and wait, sit and wait, car line often so long it spills outside onto a local road causing traffic issues. Lorton station does have a nice waiting area building.
But beware auto-train is often late, part of reason is passenger trains giving the right of way to freight traffic on the journey. Read the reviews, only a 2.5 rating on TripAdvisor. My neighbor had a bad experience taking the auto train recently, not all food services rendered, got a small refund he was not happy with, wrote to Amtrak about it.
One reviewer said this: "I took the train in Coach from Lorton to VA in Jan and have a return trip planned in a few weeks. The only reason to take this train is to avoid driving. Don't take this train for "an experience" or for "dining options" or for "expediency". ""
But I do love trains! Nothing will derail me, I will stay on track with my hobby watching them and sometimes riding them. =|=|=|=|=|=|=
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You forgot flight costs (insert random JetBlue deal price here)
Still, yes, renting a car is still the more convenient choice. Unless you're traveling one-way or need your special vehicle for some reason (maybe a mobility van) this seems silly.
I'll wait....
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Still not used the sticker shock. What a flip of a switch inflation has been, fast and furious. The official CPI , PCE data doesn't quite capture the reality in many cases.
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Zero comparison. The 7 day trip would equal 4 days traveling from NY on auto train and DEFINITELY NOT pleasurable at all. NY-DC traffic is NUTS. The is only good for folks living near Lorton and going no further south than Orlando. It's useless for anyone north of Baltimore
But a lot of time wasted... Why not drive from NY?
We live in northern NJ (right outside of NYC) and have taken the Autotrain from VA down to Orlando a couple times pre-pandemic. We have a family of 5 and my parents came with us, so it was 7 of us total. My kids were under 10 at the time and this would've been for a 7-8 day trip down to Disney.
This was totally doable for us to wake up in the morning and hit the road by 9 AM in order to get to VA by early afternoon. Get loaded on the train with departure by late afternoon. Spend the night wandering the train, having dinner, playing card games with the kids, watching a movie, and then sleeping. Wake up the next morning, have breakfast, and arrive in Florida. We were off the train by mid-late morning.
My kids had fun being on the train and appreciated the novelty/adventure of it. There was a significant convenience to having our own car down there which meant that we didn't have to bring carseats and strollers on a plane. Packing was a lot easier - instead of having to squeeze everything into suitcases and lug them to the airport, we just packed our car and had everything transported down. We didn't have to deal with a rental car agency at the airport, or the airport/airlines themselves. And it was a lot cheaper than having to buy 7 plane tickets plus rent a car.
Yes, you need to have the time to spare for a night on the train down and on the way back. Yes, it doesn't make sense if you are one person trying to get down there by yourself. No, this is not only for people who have a residence in Florida and Baltimore or are a politician in DC. It does not take a day to drive from NY to Lorton, VA (Mapquest tells us it's under 4 hours, easily doable in a morning). It would definitely take us longer to drive from NY to Florida on our own, plus we'd wind up showing up down there exhausted. With a family under the right circumstances, this can make a lot of sense in terms of both money and convenience.
I'm not sure how many people commenting on this thread have actually taken the Autotrain before. Seems like a lot of people dumping on the Autotrain concept itself (while making a ton of assumptions), rather than the deal. Sure, it's not for everyone. But the whole point of Slickdeals is to post the deal, not whether you finds a use for it or not. And yet, I think this is helpful for more than the narrow situations that people are assuming. Thanks you OP for posting.
I really wish we had a better train system. If they get more of Brightline built, and somehow at all affordable, it might all click.
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The contract of carriage is between the passenger and Amtrak. Carrying the vehicle safely and delivering it w/o any damage or missing articles is part of the contract. Period.