Slow travel is the future of luxury travel. Why spend your time on a never-ending flight where the closest you can get to enriching yourself in travelling the country of your choice can be seen from thousands of feet in the air, where everything appears to be as small as a speck of dust? Or, you can unwind and relax on a luxury sleeper train, and consider how many IG-worthy shots you got of the mountains. Luxury sleeper trains are gaining more traction than ever before. Reigniting the flame below the luxury sleeper train industry, is the more eco-conscious luxury traveler

Belmond Train Bar Car

Train cars have elevated from their sole purpose being transporting industrial raw materials from one place to another, into high-end boutique hotels on rail tracks. Now with various upgrades being made to luxury train cars such as The Royal Scotsman’s onboard Dior-branded wellness spas, as well as other trains having multi-carriage lounge/ observation suites. Prestigious clients are willing to pay top dollar to experience these once in a lifetime travel opportunities. The Royal Scotsman offers its guests the liberty to embark on their holistic escape with a personalized 4-day and 3-night program through its Dior Spa. This experience not only caters to the body but also the mind with its deep relaxation benefits, as it is an ultra-exclusive spa program that is immersed in the Scottish countryside, where visitors can let themselves relax on a serene ride through the Scottish Highlands. Sleeper trains are a privatized way for guests to be able to travel whilst skipping strenuous security lines and airport traffic.  Patrons of luxury sleeper trains such as The Royal Scotsman are getting to immerse themselves in experiences by simply boarding these lavish locomotives and rewriting the typical vacation regime of merely relying on transportation as a means to get to your final destination, treating this experience as the holiday itself not only with the locations they visit but the overall journey with the perk of the various amenities that are available onboard many luxury sleeper trains. 

Guests on these luxury forms of travel are looking for experiences that are unique to each railroad, and are seeking opportunities that they simply could not get had they decided to take a different method of transportation. Overnight luxury trains are blurring the lines between travel and comfort. By creating a journey that is so special and one of a kind while crafting  experiences that are so meticulously tailored to not only their guests but to their railway company as a whole, that it has blown up into a market so large that it is the pinnacle of luxury transportation. With such a heavy emphasis on exclusive gastronomy experiences, private suites, and world class bar’s, luxury sleeper trains are making a comeback so significant that they are selling out faster than they can hit booking websites.