Travel Deals!

Our two newest staff members like to keep abreast of “travel deals” within Canada in order to advise backpackers of airline, train or bus “special offers”.

Canada is a vast country, the second largest in the world and spans six-and-a-half  time zones. The distances are so great that is is usually cheaper to fly from Toronto to Cancun, Mexico than it is to fly to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Or it costs less to fly to London, England that to Vancouver on the Pacifilc coast.

Indeed, it is usually more expensive to fly to Calgary than to the Caribbean or cCentral America and Calgary is a mere four hours west by jet.

Marcella (our dancer from Columbia) and Katie (our multilingual receptionist from Ottawa) came across a bargain that was too difficult to pass up.

They found airfares from Toronto to Vancvouver and return for less than $300!

To give you an idea of what a good deal that is, a Greyhound Bus Ticket to Vancouver (one way) costs about $240 and involves almost four days of discomfort! And remember, that’s just ONE WAY!

So not only did our ladies share this information with our visiting backpackers, they booked a flight for an impromptu getaway! The picture below shows them on a three day escape to the warm, sunny  beaches of B.C.

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Marcella and Katie on their Great Escape.

Marcella

North America in 6 minutes

In October 2009 we travelled from the east to the west coast (Vancouver to Halifax) in a rented motorhome (RV) from Fraserway. It was a great time ...

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