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One more note: Where I can, I schedule a trip open ended. I am planning a trip for this summer. I know what day Amtrak will take me to my starting point. I am guessing five weeks, but it could be four, or maybe five and a half weeks. I plan to make my reservation for my return trip home on Amtrak about three to five days before the end. That way, if things are going slow or usually fast, it does not matter because I can adjust the day I come home.
But airlines, I can't make a reservation for an affordable price with less than a week to go, if I flew somewhere for my tour, I schedule both flights on the same ticket. I try to stay a few days ahead of schedule when biking, which means I will need to waste some days later or try to find some good sightseeing to do late in the tour to consume excess time. And also for this reason, if I am flying, I will give myself a little extra time contingency in my initial planning.