Just thought I’d take some time to give you some feedback from our multi-city trip.
Firstly thank you so much for keeping us up to date with changes and dealing with our queries quickly and efficiently.

BRITISH AIRWAYS

Fantastic as ever

AMTRAK

Easy to use and very comfy to ride. We travelled with backpacks and were able to take these into the carriage with us.

BOSTON

We had no expectations here but were pleasantly surprised. The city is very walkable and very beautiful. Steeped in History.
The hotel was excellent. We had breakfast one morning in the hotel, which was a good meal for a good price.

NEW YORK

We saw everything we wanted to see here and made good use of the metro.
Time Square was a bit of a sensory overload for me, but good to see.
The Moxy Hotel was ok but I wouldn’t want to stay there again, it’s closer to a youth hostel than a hotel with very small rooms that have zero storage space. The bed was a small double, comfy but its position meant I had to climb over my husband to go the loo in the night. I think for single travellers or couples under the age of 30 this hotel would be perfect.

PHILLY

We loved this hotel, perfect for us. Philly was also a bit of a surprise. We arrived the day after they had won the Super Bowl so the city was ‘on a high’ which was nice.
Again we made use of the metro but the city itself is walkable.

WASHINGTON

WOW WOW WOW I loved this place. We used the metro a lot but also walked quite a bit.
We were given an upgrade to a suite which was lovely, and got free canned water as well as a coffee machine in the room.
We found some great places to eat as well.
Getting to the airport from here at 6 in the morning meant that we couldn’t use the metro but we were able to order an uber which worked well.

CHICAGO

The hotel was lovely and we got 6 cans of fizz each day as part of the amenities package. No coffee-making facilities in the room but this was available 24/7 in the foyer.
Chicago was cold…..-20! we wrapped up well to explore. Would definitely recommend this city in the spring/autumn.
The metro here is very cheap $5 a day and we used this to get from and to the airport easily.

All in all a very successful trip, doing things we haven’t done before. Travelling light was a challenge, but worth it, and the Amtrak is a very user-friendly mode of travel (even for us oldies).
Some of the metros work like London and let you use your debit card, others require an app/payment card but all are easy to navigate and we felt safe travelling on them.