Canada's Ocean Playground

Advantages: Stunning scenery, friendly welcome, so much to see!
Disadvantages: You have no choice but to drive - don't rely on public transport

...make sure that you're not bringing anything untoward into Canada. Halifax is well served by flights from other cities across Canada, and you also have a choice of direct connections from London, Frankfurt and a host of US cities. Many of the airlines only offer a restricted service outside of the period from May to October, however. There are a host of rental car companies with desks at the airport, but no rail connection, so the only other way to get into Halifax itself is to take the airport shuttle bus. Depending on the time of day, the route is served by 24 or 48-seater buses, and it runs to and from the airport approximately 20 times per day, stopping to pick up and drop off at a large number of hotels (a complete list of the hotels served by the bus is available from the Airporter website - link below). The fare is 19CAD per person...

JVL 29.11.2008 · Read review
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Thomas Cook Tour. Eastern Canada

Advantages: Guided tour, Spendid views, Great company.
Disadvantages: Occasional extra costs

...The Saint Lawrentian of Eastern Canada is an excellent way of discovering this part of Canada as my wife and I found out during Sept/Oct 2000. On this tour were 44 people from different walks of life, and we got on well with all of them. This made a great atmosphere, especially in the hotels. All the hotels are hand-picked by Thomas Cook and are of high quality. (minimum 4*). Thomas Cook have a holiday manager with you from your arrival at Heathrow airport, right through your tour until you arrive back at Heathrow. You are treated to Executive lounge facilities at the airport until your flight is called. Included are free drinks and nibbles. The tour of Canada commences in Montreal. After overnight stay there is a morning city tour of Montreal which includes the Notre Dame Basilica ,The Olympic Park (of 1976 games). The rest...

ray52 22.08.2001 · Read review
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Blame (Air) Canada

Advantages: decent service, good flight itinerary
Disadvantages: pervading sense of incompetence, baggage disasters

...an experience I'd like to repeat) and were delivered promptly to our hotel. Warning: Should you choose to miss your flight in order to reclaim your baggage, you will have to shoulder any and all expenses incurred, including hotel stays. Air Canada accepts no liability, although lost luggage will of course be subject to compensation, and if you have decent travel insurance you should be able to recoup money for essentials replacement if your luggage is delayed for more than 12 hours. (Anyone else wish their luggage came, Pratchett-style, with feet?!) We laughed it off. Return: (spot the slight of brain here) We arrive at baggage reclaim. Alex spots the first of her two (the one with her laundry and not much else in it, the other one has the good stuff). Martin gets his two. Alex waits. Alex waits some more. Hold on a second, haven...

ruth_cole 29.07.2004 · Read review
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Oh canada.

Advantages: Great airline
Disadvantages: none

...If you are ever deciding to fly to Canada, always be sure to check out their own airline before hopping onto a British Airways flight. Air Canada is simply one of the best airlines I have flown on. Their staff are warm and friendly, their fleet is modern and comfortable and the whole company are a 1st class outfit. They have a website for you to check out too: www.aircanada.com/index.htm When you log on, you will have to make a choice! Canada, for those of you that dont know, (I should hope you all do!) is situated and joined onto USA along its Northern perimeter. They speak 2 languages there, with a high proportion of French speaking residents. There are actual French Orientated parts of the country with most roadsigns being dual nationality. This extends to their website. On logging on, you must make...

andycharger 27.09.2001 · Read review
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TomTom USA/Canada Maps Add-On

Advantages: Helps guide you around other countries. Easy to install
Disadvantages: None as yet

...TomTom Map of the USA and Canada Maps TomTom Maps are a 2gb SD card with route maps stored on them that are made to work with the TomTom satellite navigation system. They originally come with UK/Europe maps so these are a brilliant upgrade if you are considering taking your car abroad or hiring a car and driving over there. These are a lot easier than using a standard map when you are visiting another country and make getting around easy. We have just bought one of these as we are planning a trip to the USA and decided one of these would be useful. I have never been abroad so certainly wont know my way around. It was very easy to install onto the TomTom. We also decided the points of interest feature would be really useful as we use the UK based one on our current maps a lot. It has lots of features that include...

Hsaxo 08.05.2008 · Read review
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Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

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* CANADA - Part 3: CALGARY *

Advantages: Very nice and clean city
Disadvantages: -

...a beautiful view on the valley and the mountains... On the mountain we then also walked a few meters, but that was not all so simple due to the snow... After we had seen Banff, we continued to drive a few kilometers to LAKE LOUISE. The blue sea was covered with lots of ice and snow. On the lake one had built a small ice castle and a few meters away there were some figures made from ice. I also liked the small river, which flowed between the high snow. Directly at the lake there is an expensive hotel, where you can have a tea for example. Now well, the category is called Calgary and not Rocky Mountains...;) HOTEL ~~~~~ I would say, in Calgary there are every kinds of hotels. Cheap ones and expensive ones. We sleept in the Sandman Hotel Downtown (report follows). Sandman is a hotel group in Canada, they are quite good but cheap. We paid...

Rini 01.04.2005 · Read review
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West Coast Canada shows off it's Asian credentials

Advantages: Good food, good service, great prices, huge menu
Disadvantages: It's a 10 hour trip to get there

...a packet. CONCLUSION Noodle Express was a good example of excellent, authentic Japanese food in Vancouver, of which we saw several. The sizeable portions filled both of us up, and the friendly service kept us happy. The bill of $25 seemed fair enough to me. It looked like the sort of place that would be bustling at its peak time and it would be a great place to be then. In summary then, one to add to the recommended list. CONTACT DETAILS Noodle Express, 747 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Telephone: 604 669 1234...

larsbaby 03.09.2008 · Read review
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* CANADA - Part 1: Frankfurt-Calgary-Vancouver *

Advantages: Attractive offers, Member of Star Alliance, Very nice and helpful employees, Good seat comfort
Disadvantages: -

...program of Air Canada and has around 6Millionen members! One can collect miles on Air Canada flights but also on all code-sharing flights, flights with other Star Alliance members as well as in selected hotels etc. 1.1. The fleet ~~~~~~~~~ Air Canada possesses a large fleet with small turboprops, as well as larger Airbus and Boeing jets: 5 Beech 1900D (18 seats) 54 Dash 8-100 (37 seats) 18 Dash 8-300 (50 seats) 35 Canadair Regional Jet (50 seats) 10 Bae 146-200 (77 seats) 9 Boeing 737-200 (1oo seats) 48 Airbus A319 (120 seats) 52 Airbus A320 (140 seats or Air Canada Jetz 159) 13 Airbus A321 (166 seats) 14 Boeing 767-200 (198 seats) 33 Boeing 767-300 (210-212 seats) 8 Airbus A330-300 (272 seats in wintertime/292 in summertime) 9 Airbus A340-300 (284 seats) 3 Boeing 747-400 Combi (Jumbo Jet) (296 seats) 2...

Rini 01.04.2004 · Read review
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sachas hotel

Advantages: good price,great location
Disadvantages: no window

...****Sachas hotel- Manchester**** I booked this hotel last minute as i had a job interview in Manchester and needed somewhere quite cheap ,that was also near the centre. **Location/Getting there** This hotel is located in Tibb street which is a 2 minute walk from Piccadily Gardens or 10 minutes away from Chorlton street bus station.The Train station is a little bit further away say maybe a twenty minute walk but i don't think that this is that bad .You can also get a tram from Piccadily gardens and this goes to quite a few places.You could also get a taxi to the hotel but i am not sure what parking is like if you were to take your own car. **Reception/staff** Since i had never been to Manchester before i phoned and asked the staff for directions -they were very nice and helped me out.When i got there i think i got the same...

katie22008m 04.09.2008 · Read review
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