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Your Golden Chariot Awaits, In India

Where: India

3/27/2008 at 9:00 AM
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Over at HotelChatter, they're always complaining about the lack of WiFi (especially of the free kind) in hotels around the world. Their problem is they haven't considered traveling across India by luxury train, where free internet access is part of the package. At least, that is, if you ride the Golden Chariot, a luxury tourist train which started running regularly between Bangalore, Mysore and Goa last week.

The Golden Chariot is really full of amenities: there's an on-board gym with exercise bikes, weights and a treadmill. You can even get ayurvedic spa and massage treatments. It's pretty exclusive, with room for just 88 passengers. A standard trip takes a week and costs almost $3,400, which is not in everyone's budget. But there's free WiFi. We love that. We'll even cross Russia again when they get WiFi on the Trans-Siberian.

Related Stories:
· Unique Combo of History and Luxury on Wheels [Economic Times]
· Golden Chariot Train [Official Site]
· Not A Real Trans-Siberian Trip [Jaunted]


1 Comment - Add Yours by amandak

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Luxury TrainClub
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WiFi on luxury trains (none / 0)

This is a subject of discussion that is being heard more often.  
The attitude of many luxury train owners is that promoting the increased use of electronics in the special atmosphere of a luxury train can detract from the enjoyment of other passengers.  A train journey can be a welcome retreat from the hurly burly of everyday life.
It could be said that, like it or not, the use of WiFi is symptomatic of our modern way of life, and to ignore it is to restrict the market for luxury train travel.
A few trains are embracing WiFi - such as the ultra-modern hyper-luxury Tangula Trains which are due to start operations in China later this year.  
The Luxury Train Club website has a preview of the Tangula.
As for WiFi on the Golden Eagle rans-Siberian Express,  I think I welcomed the excuse not to work for a few days, taking the chance to be sociable with other passengers and to stare out of the window at the endless expanses of Russia.
After all 'what life is this, if so full of care, we have to time to stand and stare?'
However it is inevitable that WiFi will become more available on luxury trains in the near future.

by Luxury TrainClub on 3/28/2008 at 9:02 AM


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