I am going to Yorkshire to visit my family tomorrow. I will stay in our beach cottage with my partner, and I have a few of my old university mates visiting me with their small families too! Going to be a lovely long weekender 

I take it you'd rather drive up to NYC than fly.I'd like to goto NYC if I cannot afford it and can manage to get at least 4 days off. I haven't been in about two years now, miss it.
When you live in Florida almost anywhere else is a good destination in summer.
Only if I had at least 2-3 others to split the driving and gas. Long stretches of driving kill my backI take it you'd rather drive up to NYC than fly.
Amtrak has two classes of sleepers: bedrooms and roomettes. The Roomettes work well for one or two people. We have used them regularly from Albq to St. Louis and to LA. Both of those are overnight and very nice. They also include meals. Trains are a very easy way to travel if you are not in a hurry.My ideal would be on a sleeper train but train travel in this country is too expensive and 20+ hours on a train or bus without a bed is basically torture.
If you cannot get into the rhythm, sit your butt down like the ladies.Trains, bah humbug.
The toilet is a moving target with all the swaying the cars do.
Yeah I've looked at those but $550+ is alot to be spening 1-way when you can get a round trip flight for $150 or less (and 2.5 hours vs 20).Amtrak has two classes of sleepers: bedrooms and roomettes. The Roomettes work well for one or two people. We have used them regularly from Albq to St. Louis and to LA. Both of those are overnight and very nice. They also include meals. Trains are a very easy way to travel if you are not in a hurry.
Silver Star: Miami to NYC leaves about noon and arrives NYC at about 7:00 PM the next day.
Random travel date selected:
Coach ~$162
Roomette ~$557 (lunch, dinner, breakfast, lunch, dinner)
https://www.amtrak.com/onboard/onbo...eds/sleeper-car-accommodations/roomettes.html
I hope the overnight Amtrak trains have better food cars than the short routes, because the food available on the short routes is outright abysmal.Amtrak has two classes of sleepers: bedrooms and roomettes. The Roomettes work well for one or two people. We have used them regularly from Albq to St. Louis and to LA. Both of those are overnight and very nice. They also include meals. Trains are a very easy way to travel if you are not in a hurry.
Silver Star: Miami to NYC leaves about noon and arrives NYC at about 7:00 PM the next day.
Random travel date selected:
Coach ~$162
Roomette ~$557 (lunch, dinner, breakfast, lunch, dinner)
https://www.amtrak.com/onboard/onbo...eds/sleeper-car-accommodations/roomettes.html
Dining car meals are much better than the food in the snack car. They offer entrée choices, salads, deserts. They are expensive for what you get but are included with roomettes. Unless you enjoy the pace of traveling by train, most folks will prefer planes.I hope the overnight Amtrak trains have better food cars than the short routes, because the food available on the short routes is outright abysmal.
A lot depends upon which parts of Mexico you are thinking about: West coast beaches, Yucatan, Mexico City, Baja, etc.Has anyone any experience in enjoying what Mexico has to offer?
So much depends upon what kind of experience you are looking for. Places like Isla Mujeres and Cozumel will be less commercialized than the resort strewn Cancun to Tulum stretch. Mayan Ruins like Chichen Itza are big tourist attractions; lesser known ones like Coba, are less busy.
How much time will you have?We are hoping to do the Day of the Dead Festival, see tons of ruins, and have a few days of cocktails on a beach preferably. I prefer to travel than to holiday.. if that makes sense.