So is it worth upgrading from a roomette to a room? Amtraks' roomettes offer everything most travelers need on a train journey, but for others, the Amtrak bedrooms are worth the upgrade.

I took an Amtrak Viewliner train from my home in New York City to Miami and spent the 30-hour ride in a roomette — a 20-square-foot private cabin — for $500. After spending the next three ...

I spent 75 hours traveling in Amtrak sleeper cars and learned some lessons about overnight train journeys the hard way.

If riding Amtrak’s Empire Builder is also on your travel bucket list, you deserve to know if the reality of a first class trip in a roomette or room is as romantic as the dream. Table Of ...

I spent 60 hours on overnight Amtrak trains traveling between NYC and Miami. I booked a 20-square-foot roomette for $500 and a $1,000 bedroom twice the size. The extra 20 square feet in the ...

For my first overnight Amtrak ride in 2021, I booked a roomette on a Viewliner train. Then, in 2025, I booked a roomette on a newly upgraded Superliner train. The rooms had similar layouts ...