The Charity Trip.

Want to help people? Then join the Peace Corps or VSO, get a low-paid job working for an overseas based charity such as Oxfam. However, beware. If you are required to pay the charity in order to help them (beyond flights) then you are not needed, it's your money that they need. If they just need/want your money then be prepared for a less than fulfilling experience.

Is it better to drive, fly, take the train, or take a bus?

You have a lot of choices when traveling about how to get there. And each one offers a different amount of speed, safety, comfort and cost. How could you begin to compare all these different variables? Well, you don't have to, because we've done it for you.

Fastest: Bus or train (short trips),Plane (long trips)

Flying doesn't save you any time when the trip is short. First off, you're supposed to arrive at the airport 60-90 minutes before your flight, and it will probably take you at least 30 minutes each way to drive, taxi, or bus to the airport. That's 2 to 2.5 hours right there, not counting flight time. Flying is only faster when you're taking a decent-sized trip.

Remember that driving time is "wasted time" -- you can't do anything useful while driving. But when you take a plane, train, or bus, you can read, study, work, or sleep. That's especially true on a train where you can get an upgrade to a "roomette" cabin which includes a bed.

Overnight trains are often more convenient than flying. That's because the time you spend sleeping on the train isn't wasted time. A plane might take 3 hours while a train takes 11, but if you spend 8 hours of that sleeping in a nice bed on the train, then the train is a better option. You won't have to hassle with airport security, you might not have to check your baggage, your mobile phone will likely work throughout the trip, and you won't have the cost of a hotel room.

Cheapest Cost: Bus or Car (short trips), Plane or Train (long trips)

While airfare is relatively cheap, you have to buy well in advance to get the best fare. The penalty for buying at the last minute on a train or bus is generally much lighter by comparison.

Another thing to consider is that when multiple people travel, the price per person gets cheaper when you go by car. There's usually no price break for multiple people on a plane, train, or bus, since each person has to buy their own ticket. But in a car you can divide the cost by the number of people.

Safest: Plane

Flying is much safer than driving. If 140 people want to take across-country trip of 3000 miles, they could do that in a single plane, or in 70 cars, each with two people. That trip would be only 3000 plane-miles in the plane, but it would be a whopping 210,000 car-miles by driving. So the exposure in traveling by car is 70x higher per person. So even though cars produce fewer deaths per mile, there are more total deaths because there are so many more miles driven.

But while it's true that flying is safer than driving, traveling by train is safest of all. That's exactly what you'd expect, since they travel on their own tracks. Anyway, here's how all the modes stack up.

Fatality rate per billion passenger miles traveled
Car(most dangerous)	7.2
Airplane	2.3
Bus	2.0
Train(safest)	0.5

Comfort: Train

Trains are easily the most comfortable way to travel. Compared to flying. the train offers plenty of legroom, no restrictions on the use of electronic devices, generous free baggage allowances.

Electrical outlets for planes and trains are fairly similar: Always available in first or business class, sometimes available in coach class.

We'll rank cars as second-most comfortable, because you have the ability to stop whenever and wherever you want. The plane, of course, ranks dead last.

Comfort by mode of travel

Train(most)

Car

Bus

Airplane(least)

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