Bus, train or coach to Charleston

The flights are booked (Heathrow to Newark and then on to Savannah) and the hotel is booked in Charleston(thanks culturehound for your advice re Hotwire) but how do we get from Savannah to Charleston without hiring a car?

I%26#39;ve looked on the Amtrak website but there only appear to be 2 trains a day - one early in the morning and the other in the evening. Am I looking in the right place as I assumed there would be a more frequent service?

Is there an alternative bus/coach service and if so is it more frequent?

Many thanks

Bus, train or coach to Charleston

I think renting a car is your best/cheapest choice -- Greyhound and amtrack are not the way to go, and you should be able to rent a small car at a very affordable rate. There may also be a shuttle bus that runs from the airport to charleston.

Bus, train or coach to Charleston

Rent a car and drive to Savannah from Charleston. It%26#39;s under a two-hour drive.

The Greyhound bus service is to be avoided unless you like to travel with crying babies, boom boxes, rappers and suspicious odors.

I%26#39;ve Amtrack-ed back and forth to Charleston many times and it%26#39;s o.k. Bear in mind that our train system is utterly primitive compared to yours in terms of frequency and efficiency. I have the trip rather nice, though. The trains do run only twice a day. I%26#39;ve had a nice breakfast on that train, but you are talking REALLY early in the a.m.

Sorry. That sentence should read: I have FOUND the trip rather nice...

Everything is now booked (accommodation and travel)for our month long trip from Savannah to New York except for one thing.

It%26#39;s the first part from Savannah to Charleston and reading your replies here I think a hire car is going to be the best option.

If we do this would it be possible to visit one of the plantations en route or is that going out of our way?

Middleton Place Plantation and Magnolia Gardens would both be on your way into Charleston. Get a SC map when you get here so that you can plan your way in by going by them.

Neither of them are what you may be thinking of when you say Plantation. They once were, but now they are fantastic gardens.

http://www.middletonplace.org/

http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/