[doydie]

I actually got a little further in the Amtrak site. We could go from Chicago to Boston for a decent price. It's about a 6 hour drive to Chicago and we would have to have a long term very secure parking. Then we would have to rent a car in Boston, try to drive out of Boston and go up to where we want to go in Maine. It's about a 24 hour train trip in a little room. 2 people cramped in a little room. My Cpap, and sound machine would have to hooked up and reach to where I am sleeping. We would have good meals, I hope.

Or we could drive to Cincinatti where my brother lives. He could drive us tot he airport in his or our car and we would have about a 6 hour trip according to where a layover is. Our car is secure, we have no meal except what we have in the airport. We could fly to Portland so we are a little further in our trip. The price really isn't that much different when you consider baggage fees but the trip is so much shorter. Portland is smaller than Boston. I suppose a car rental place is in the Portland airport.

Oh, what to do

[aussiemom]

I still have out-laws in Cincinnati. One told me most of Greater Cin airport has been closed, and I think that Delta doesn't even fly out of there any more. So be sure the airline you want does go into CVG.

Do you know the difference between in-laws and out-laws? Out-laws are wanted.

[Jomar]

I have to make a list to get a better comparison for things like this.

Another thing might be the time factor.
A flight might be faster vs a slow train ride if many stops along the way.

[doydie]

I will have to ask my brother if the airport is open. And yes they are very wanted, by me!!!! 5-6 hours of air time is better than 22 hours of train. The one I was looking at boarded at 9:30 PM. I'm not sure if I would be ready to go directly to sleep and would be tired the next day. I don't want to start out tired.

[Dejibo]

Look into prices into the Manchester NH airport. its an international airport so the prices are normally better, and its quite close to Portland. I airport shop when I get plane tickets. sometimes it can shave hundreds off the price.

Beautiful area up here. you are going to love it.

[aussiemom]

Good point Dej. My niece flew here from Columbus. She said it was much cheaper than flying out of Cinti.

[doydie]

Thanks Dej, I tried it on Priceline and it was actually more expensive

[Riverwild]

If you do decide on doing Amtrak, there's a train that goes to Portland...
www.amtrakdowneaster.com