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That's incredible, I will try that. Thank you.

I did just find out that U-Haul has some that I can one-way rent, though they are expensive, closer to $750 USD, which is roughly the price of a next day flight.

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You don't have to be 25 to rent a uhaul.

There are uhaul franchises nearly everywhere, at least compared to regular car rental outfits.

And a note: uhaul has two fleets. The local only fleet, and the one way fleet. The one way fleet has more reliable/newer trucks. If you're doing a lot of miles locally and you ask nicely, they'll sometimes give you a truck from the one way fleet.

Good luck getting home!

You can drive to NYC and take the Adirondack to Montreal or the Maple Leaf to Toronto. These are both daily trains.

Why drive to NYC? If one is in DC you can just take the train, especially if then shifting to a train from NYC to Montréal…

I didn't know these existed. I was looking at them and they seem sold out for the next week.

Why would one normally take this route (13 hours and $178 while a flight is 2 hours and $213), scenery?

I’m someone who often takes trains when I can, over planes. The scenery is sometimes nice, but in the NE corridor it’s largely just backyards and tree-lined alleys through industrial areas. More pleasantly, I don’t need to interact with TSA, I don’t get the weird derealization that comes to me in airports, I don’t get dehydrated or pressure headache, the seats are larger/comfortable, the internet is faster/cheaper, and finally, the carbon emissions are fewer per passenger-mile.

edit: and when I’m restless the train has much more space for light exercise or walking.

Make sure you are asking about pickup trucks, not necessarily a moving truck.

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