dbd33

Hard to beat that price. Wow.

Biiiiink

We had a week in Cuba and a week in Mexico, from Winnipeg, both Februaries we were there. For 7 days all inc. package, iirc it was around 1100-1200 plus tax per person

I doubt we'll do a package again, DIY from Detroit will save us a fortune.

We used http://www.canadatravels.com/ both times as they were the cheapest we could find.

Paradisefound

We live across from the beach so we are on holiday all the time. Other people come here to experience the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait.
We have never been ones for the traditional summer hols and tended to go away whenever we liked. Much easier now we just fly or drive into the rest of Canada or America from here.

johnh009

Have a look at the following site, it will give you an idea of the holidays/last minute deals available. Unlike some, these people include the (significant) taxes in their prices:

http://www.tripcentral.ca/

Cookie

From what I gather from the locals here, they all head off during the winter months to Orlando/Mexico/Carribean/Cuba. March Spring Break being the busiest since the kids are off school (and the prices hike up of course).

Canadians have no need to head south in the summer months as the weather is georgous here. Most seem to vacation in their own country.

The unpredictable summer weather is why the UK holidaymakers traditionally head off to warmer places during the summer months.

dbd33

Talk about gilding the lily. I think Canadians do not generally take vacations because:

- they don't get many days off

- they're immigrants and have to use the days they do get to go home for weddings and funerals

- those who aren't immigrants are highly risk averse, for example I have a business associate who has never taken the same flight as his wife for fear it crashes and there's no one to look after the children

- they tend to be parochial, a trip out of province is a big deal and a journey into America requires months of planning and an armed escort

Yes, some people have holidays now and then but there's not a culture of valuing leisure time the way there is in Europe. One can of course say that life here is so good that home and workplace are all anyone could want but I suspect that's only true on the North Shore.

Cookie

Did you quote me instead of someone else?

Anyway, I think that Canadians tend to make the most of their vacation days whether they head off to the sun or head off somewhere nice for the day. Vacation days are precious, as are long weekends, so in my experience, people tend to make the most of them. Plus, where I live all the stores close on public days - that encourages people to do family things too.

I wonder if the guy at your work travels business class on one flight and sticks his wife in ecomony seats on another plane - or worse than that, makes her travel with the kids and all the luggage

babsi

We will make the most of the long weekends when the summer starts and make the most of just normal days when the weather is good.

But I have to get away somewhere, have something to look forward to, get away from every day life for a bit, from the cleaning, cooking etc etc

We are all different, for example going on a beach holiday for me doesn't work, I would rather go to cities and see different things, for some people that wouldn't be a good holiday.

The 2 main reasons that people don't go away that much here is the terrible vacation days and the cost.

Ontheboatout

I wake up and look out at the sea in perfect quiet instead of houses and traffic - everyday is as good as a holiday.

Novocastrian

It's only quiet because its bleeding frozen.

Mrs Miggins

I am off to a villa in cancun, Mexico for 10 days, which backs on to the sea - www.itravel.com were the company all for under $5000 for the 4 of us....

Also use www.tripadvisor.com to check out where you are going - that can be really useful!

Mrs M X

JonboyE

If you are going to a city served by Alaska Airlines you can fly from Bellingham.

Less driving, cheaper parking, the adventure of a flight in a little Dash 10 turbo prop, stunning views over Puget Sound, and all the fun of trying to find the right terminal for your onward flight at Seatac.

dbd33

No, I thought this silly

"Canadians have no need to head south in the summer months as the weather is georgous here. Most seem to vacation in their own country"

people who don't travel on vacation generally don't because they can't. Living in Canada's alright but one of the things one tends to have to give up is holidays.


No. He's Canadian, he doesn't take vacations. I honestly believe that he's had three days off work (including stats and weekends) since we've worked together, twenty odd years.

rae

we are just looking at this for the first time. the initial attraction of staying in canada to holiday for the first few years has worn off.
mexico seems to be around $650, cuba $750, east coast of states for tours $2,000, vegas cheap $250-$400. these are mostly packages for a week or so in 3-4 star hotels with flight from edmonton.

dbd33

It's always cheap to get to Vegas and, if you don't stay there, the four corners area (where NM, CO, UT and NV meet) offers everything but ocean; spectacular moutain and desert scenery, surreal man made lakes in the desert, hot springs, even an organic vegetarian restaurant carved out of a mountain near nowhere in particular. I like the south-west, just not Phoenix.