Car
Driving tends to be the most economical mode of transportation, as well as the most convenient. It's a nice option if you live relatively close to Montana and/or if you have a lot of time and want to incorporate a road trip into your vacation.
Driving can also be the most time-consuming way to get to the park. From Austin, Texas it would take 31 hours of driving to get to Glacier, translating to at least 4 days of the vacation dedicated to getting there and back. To have a proper vacation, in my humble opinion, transportation to and from your destination should NEVER constitute more than 1/3 of your time.
Airplane
This is recommended if you're traveling a long distance to get to Glacier.
The best place to fly into is Kalispell, 30-45 minutes outside the park. There are other somewhat close cities and towns with airports, but airfares are not significantly lower into these airports, especially when you factor in the price of gas to drive the extra miles to the park.
I’m not an expert in airfares, but in my experience, buying tickets early is best. We bought our tickets in March for a trip in late July. I have checked ticket prices periodically since then, and they have only risen.
A drawback of flying is that things like stove fuel and bear spray can’t be brought on the airplane. If you intend to cook on a camp stove, plan to stop someplace in town to buy fuel.
Another thing to consider is how you will get to and around the park once you fly in: rent a car or public transportation?
Train
There is an Amtrak stop at East Glacier. If there is a fairly direct Amtrak route from where you live to the park, check out this option. Otherwise, the cost of taking the train is comparable to that of flying and the time to get there is comparable to that of driving.
The benefits of taking the train are that you can see some things you might not have seen otherwise and meet some interesting people.
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