VIA Rail Canada is having another one of their great discount Tuesdays deals, where you can save on both Economy fare and Sleeper fare, should you book before midnight tonight and travel on the specified days set out by VIA Rail. Those days, if you are travelling on economy fare, are between February 11th up to February 17th, and if you are travelling on sleeper fare, you must travel between February 11th and March 10th.
If you’re needing to book a last minute trip, which is what this sale is really targeted for, then you should definitely check out VIA Rail’s prices before booking a flight. For instance, I was looking for last minute prices on a trip to Winnipeg from Toronto for this weekend, and while it does take longer to get there, the prices were nearly half that of if you were to book a flight.
I used Google Flight Tracker (every travel buddies best friend) to compare the airplane prices for the same trip that would be leaving on February 11th and returning for February 17th. The flights for this trip, on average, would’ve cost $773, while a train trip would cost you $375.90 (taxes included).
This sale with VIA Rail will only be available until midnight tonight.
Click here to begin shopping the discounted Tuesday fares at VIA Rail online.
While the price is indeed half – yikes! I checked the timing, and it’s a 35 hour duration trip each way on the train versus a barely more than 2 hour flight each way! Yikes!
You are correct Roger, the train will take a fair bit longer, but if you’re just looking to save money than the 35 hours may not be so bad – especially since it’s in sleeper class 🙂