Canada is NOT for Tourists

socks_uk

travellerboy wrote: »

No it was not a budget holiday, far from it, Canada has little to offer and was glad to move on into Glacier National Park and Yellowstone. The scenery here is awesome and thankfully made up for the disappointment of Canada.

I'm not sure any transatlantic holiday can ever be described as a budget holiday. To me a budget holiday is 4 days in Prague for about £150 - £200!
Our last trip to Canada was at Easter 2009 and then we went to California at Easter 2010. We spent over our budget when we went to California but that was because we were stuck there an extra week because of the volcanic ash cloud but we got to see more than we planned, like the dolphins swimming in the waves while we were sat on the beach.

Maybe with the exchange rate being very low (I've never known Can dollar to be less than US dollar!) next time you should look for somewhere where your ££££s will go further!

*smurfy*

Well i will enjoy myself as i like embrasse any new place,petrol prices seem fair to me,after last weekend in Germany where i was paying around 1.80euro.
I've pre booked and paid for all hotels,and few tours including nigara falls.
Anyone have any tips for any must see things in Montreal,Ottawa,kingston,Toronto?

eliza_spendlittle

Flew into Toronto, took bit of camping gear, hired car drove niagra, ontario, montreal, ottawa, algonquin then dumped car and last few days Toronto. Fuel is cheaper than UK, food is fair price and good quality, camping and motels are cheaper. museums are free after a 4pm(?) on certain days. Dont need to spend loads. Had great time. More expensive for me than London but although
London maybe expensive to visit but its so cheap to live here almost everywhere seems more expensive to me.

Enterprise_1701C

*smurfy* wrote: »

Well i will enjoy myself as i like embrasse any new place,petrol prices seem fair to me,after last weekend in Germany where i was paying around 1.80euro.
I've pre booked and paid for all hotels,and few tours including nigara falls.
Anyone have any tips for any must see things in Montreal,Ottawa,kingston,Toronto?

Go up the CN Tower in Toronto - fantastic views!

VestanPance

The OP so has the wrong user name. I've had some great trips to Canada.

I'm pretty sure the millions of boarders that head for Whistler every winter would argue about it not being a great tourist destination too.

mick_vandick

I had the most amazing trip to Vancouver, Victoria, Jasper, Calgary and Banff with time on the Rocky Mountaineer train and the Canadian. How anyone could knock it is beyond me.
Vancouver is a clean and vibrant city and seeing a bear by the side of the road in Jasper causing a 'bear jam' was great.
The people were friendly and as we were there on Canada Day the Mounties were dressed in their full uniform so got some great pics.
Definitely recommend the train journeys. Although i got no sleep on the Canadian, it's an experience winding through the Rockies in the night and watching from your little bed.

nesssie1702

Been to Canada once and loved the experience! Visited Vancouver and Victoria, BC. Found it a great place to visit and it was definitely cheaper than the UK

travellerboy

nesssie1702 wrote: »

Been to Canada once and loved the experience! Visited Vancouver and Victoria, BC. Found it a great place to visit and it was definitely cheaper than the UK

It must have been many years ago when the exchange rate was $2.4 to 1 GBP and before the Canadians were taxed to high heaven. Today everything and I mean everything is at least 40% more than across the border in the US.

My gripe with Canada is VALUE for money, from hotel overcharging for inferior accomodation to National Parks Passes costing almost double the USA. Any decent meal (if you can find it) in Jasper or Banff will cost at least $75/head minimum unless you eat at a subway.

And as for scenery, the best we experienced was that in leaving Canada via Road to the Sun highway into Montana.

claire16c

travellerboy wrote: »

It must have been many years ago when the exchange rate was $2.4 to 1 GBP and before the Canadians were taxed to high heaven. Today everything and I mean everything is at least 40% more than across the border in the US.

My gripe with Canada is VALUE for money, from hotel overcharging for inferior accomodation to National Parks Passes costing almost double the USA. Any decent meal (if you can find it) in Jasper or Banff will cost at least $75/head minimum unless you eat at a subway.

And as for scenery, the best we experienced was that in leaving Canada via Road to the Sun highway into Montana.

Im sorry but 40% on everything is just a lie/major exaggeration.

I was in Canada a year ago and the exchange rate was bad then I think around 1.5, worse than the US dollar which was about 1.6. If you went in a clothes shop where the labels showed both CAD$ and US$, the US price was of course always lower, and then you had the lower exchange rate too, so it cost more, but not by 40%! More like maybe 15% or so.

I found some train tickets in Canada to be of good value if you booked them in advance - much cheaper than in the UK and same with petrol, again cheaper.

We ate in restaurants and paid no where near $75 a head - maybe you were ordering lots of drinks or something.

GlennTheBaker

claire16c wrote: »

Im sorry but 40% on everything is just a lie/major exaggeration.

I was in Canada a year ago and the exchange rate was bad then I think around 1.5, worse than the US dollar which was about 1.6. If you went in a clothes shop where the labels showed both CAD$ and US$, the US price was of course always lower, and then you had the lower exchange rate too, so it cost more, but not by 40%! More like maybe 15% or so.

I found some train tickets in Canada to be of good value if you booked them in advance - much cheaper than in the UK and same with petrol, again cheaper.

We ate in restaurants and paid no where near $75 a head - maybe you were ordering lots of drinks or something.

Maybe the OP just talks utter !!!!!!!!?