The staycation goes Canada-wide: Scrapped U.S. trips could be a domestic boon

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Many Canadians rebooking trips in Canada after cancelling trips to the U.S.

A Kentucky bus tour. A five-day cruise to Alaska. A multi-state road trip, already postponed once by COVID-19.

These are just a handful of the trips to the U.S. that Canadian residents have cancelled in recent weeks — costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars — to spend their time and money exploring Canada instead.

"With everything going on in the United States at the moment, it doesn't sit well with me to be putting our hard-earned money into their economy," Michelle Gardner, a B.C. resident who recently cancelled a U.S. spring break trip, told CBC News.

"In the next four years, we will be looking at spending our money here and exploring all that Canada has to offer."

The "Buy Canadian" movement is growing in popularity, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump placing massive U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and repeatedly threatening to annex Canada. Provinces and territories are seeing increased interest from Canadian tourists — and they're looking to capitalize on that momentum.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-travel-provinces-1.7481824

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1. With more and more Red States now crossed off our travel list

we are seriously considering travel in Canada. We were watching David Suchet's travels with Agatha Christie and thought a train journey across Canada would be great.

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2. A train journey is wonderful...

As a child my family travelled from Vancouver, BC to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia by train and it is still one of my favourite memories.

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3. If you go high end it's like $10,000 per person

Though that is Canadian dollars so what is that, $7500 American? Lots of great day trips included, Nova Scotia to Vancouver.
Weekends to Quebec or Ontario probably to start.

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4. It is expensive but ...

it is a once in a lifetime adventure allowing one to experience the vast expanse and variation across Canada excluding the far north territories which, they, too, are beautiful in their own way.

If one has the time, travelling by vehicle allows one to take more time in each province to visit so many different places and people.

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5. Hope to do it someday.

Thanks

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6. ".. Staycation.." LOve it! Canada has So Much to Offer..

Take it from this person who got to Visit Canada a lot when I lived in Little Falls, New York!

Mahalo, Spazito!

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"With everything going on in the United States at the moment, it doesn't sit well with me to be putting our hard-earned money into their economy," Michelle Gardner, a B.C. resident who recently cancelled a U.S. spring break trip, told CBC News.

Exactly!