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Old 10-08-2014, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mountaineer View Post
I am taking the auto-train for our 3 months in The Villages this winter because I will pay less for the train plus car than I would pay for a flight plus rental car for 3 months. Auto-train cost me $964 for the round trip, which is much more than airfare of $300 or less for a round trip. But since we'll have our own car for 3 months, there's no car rental. I figured it out that it takes about 6 weeks of not renting a car to break out even on the auto-train dealer over flight plus rental car.

As for the bedroom set, sometimes it's cheaper to sell the furniture and buy new after you arrive. I would check that part out, too, unless you're sentimentally attached to your furniture.
The OP was trying to figure out the best way to transport a car to TV, so a cost comparison between the auto-train and flying does not really seem to be of relevance to him.

I concur with your comment about the furniture. Best of luck to the OP in finding inexpensive options.