35 HOUR OVERNIGHT TRAIN (Amtrak's largest private room)

After riding trains ALL over the world, our first overnight train ride in the USA was Amtrak's 35 hr Coast Starlight from LA to Seattle! // Thank you BetterHelp for sponsoring this video! Get 10% off your first month: betterhelp.com/kandn

Amtrak's Coast Starlight really surprised us! If we could do it again, we would have booked the "Room Suite" instead of the "Family Room." However, the extra space was really nice, especially since we were on the train for SO long. We hope you enjoyed watching our journey!

Here are all of our overnight train journeys we've taken all around the world!: www.youtube.com/watch

Episode 813 | Los Angeles, CA to Seattle, WA | Filmed February 2022

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we rean out of money and went home to normal life. We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎

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0:00 International vs. US overnight trains
1:24 Why we're abandoning our van
4:05 boarding our 35 hr train
6:33 get 10% off your online therapy
7:33 full tour of our private "family" room
11:13 train bathroom tour
11:52 there's a SHOWER?!
12:59 first meal in the dining car
14:24 what a "Room Suite" looks like (private bathroom)
15:31 Full train tour - business class, coach, sightseer lounge
17:50 Turndown service - bedtime
19:37 beautiful sunrise / coffee on the train
24:00 SHOWERING on a train!
25:00 final thoughts on the Amtrak Coast Starlight