How to Book Train Travel From Orlando to Savannah

Savannah is packed with boutiques, stores and antique market places. Book your travel from Orlando to Savannah by train, and you will have more money to spend on your activities once you reach your destination.

Things You'll Need

• Photo identification.
• Credit card.

Instructions

Prepare for Train Travel

1. Visit the dining car if you get hungry. Amtrak dining cars offer full meals. However, Savannah has great restaurants, so you should try to wait until your train pulls into the station.

2. Make your trip a little longer by extending your travel to the Eastern Seaboard. The Palmetto is a train that leaves from Savannah in the early morning and travels to New York and Boston.

3. Plan on another form of entertainment since the scenery along this route is not great. After all, just because you book a trip to travel across the South, it doesn't mean that your train will have much to show you. The South is not the French countryside.

4. Take the Orient. The Orient Express is Amtrak's luxury train. The train only runs 2 or 3 times a year, and one of the stops is Savannah. This is a good way to get the most out of your rail experience.

5. Wait for stellar ticket sales. Look up the sale section on Amtrak's Web site (see below for the link). You can sometimes save more than $50 on a one way ticket.

6. Don't judge a book by its cover. Savannah is a beautiful city, but the train station's aesthetics leave much to be desired.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't bother with first class. The ride from Orlando to Savannah is not long enough to bother with the cost of upgrading your ticket.

• Smoking is permitted on the platforms at the train station. If you need to smoke, this is the place to do it before you board the train. There is no smoking allowed anywhere on the trains themselves.

• If you want to save money but you want round trip travel, book your tickets separately. You can often times get a cheaper fare if you book two one-way tickets instead of one round trip ticket.

• Call Amtrak at 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit the link below.

• The unexpected always happens when you least expect it. If you are taking another train from Savannah to a different destination, you will wait. The Savannah train station is known for delays. Make Savannah your last stop, at least for one night.

• Get out while you can. Savannah is only a pit stop for the train that is traveling a route from Orlando to New York. Don't get stuck riding somewhere that you didn't plan to visit.