[Travelandtourism] Amtrak

[cheryl echevarria]

Best place to sit with dog is in the luggage area, we usually do this when 
we travel to state convention from Penn Station with our guide dog users, 
where there is a lot of room, I know don't tell them when booking, but 
Amtrak has been very very good to me, okay that is my sammy sosa impression, 
when they see all of us coming there is usually 3 guide dogs and the 
conductors ask if we would like to put the dogs in the car for the 
handicapped, we go there because if there are no wheelchairs on the train, 
we put the dogs right in front of us and there is plenty of room.  So if you 
when booking amtrak and you let them know you are disabled you do get a 
discount and that you use a guide dog, you will have the option of sitting 
in this car, nothing wrong with saving some money and have some extra room, 
if there is no space for the dog, we take off the harness and there is the 
same amount of room as in on an airplane.

The dogs fit.


Cheryl Echevarria
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Amtrak


> Deanna,
>
> I've traveled on Amtrak quite a bit.  I've never taken my guide dog on the
> train though.  there is no place to relieve the dog on the train.  Space 
> is
> at a premium, everything is optimized for efficient use of space. 
> Typically
> the train stops for short pick up/drop off of passengers every hour or so.
> Less frequently there are longer stops when they dump trash, restock
> supplies, and so the smokers can do their thing.  You can get off the 
> train
> at any of these stops, but they won't wait for you if you aren't back on 
> the
> train when the whistle blows.  If your dog is a quick reliever in strange
> places it shouldn't be a problem.
>
> My experiences actually on the train have been very good.  My experiences
> waiting in the train station for trains that are delayed hours and hours 
> and
> hours were not so great.
>
> HTH
> Julie
>
>
>
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