Canada holiday plans - advice please

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:37:09 GMT, LJE wrote:

Hello everyone

Next year we are planning to take our two children (aged 15 and 10) to
Canada for 2 weeks in either late July or early to mid August. We
particularly want to visit Niagara Falls, would like a scenic train trip
and my husband and kids would love to go somewhere wild and lonely
(though I confess this last one scares me a bit!).

We live in the UK and the extent of our foreign travel so far is just
France and Spain, so we are looking for any advice we can get to help
us plan our trip. We are not that well off financially and have saved
hard to fund this holiday. A few things I can think of that I could use
advice on are as follows:-

1) What is the weather likely to offer and what are the normal
temperatures day and night in July and August?

Depending on location, weather can be anything from snow in July in Alberta,
to tropical storms in Ontario!!

2) Are there any bugs to worry about (mosquitoes, gnats things that bite
or sting)?

Canada is flooded every summer by hordes of foul mosquitoes, and in some parts
of Ontario and Alberta, huge black flies that can chew large chunks of skin
out of your body!

3) Is tap water safe to drink?

Definitely not in many places, such as Walkerville Ontario, and Edmonton
Alberta, to name two places that have made the news.

4) We plan to move around a bit to see as much as possible, is there any
particular type of accommodation, motels, hotels, or self-catering
places that you could reccommend to either stay in or stay away from?

With the sky-high costs for hotels/motels in Canada, plus double sales taxes -
GST PLUS PST, do you really want to waste so much money here?
Eastern Europe is much better, and cheaper.

5) What is the usual cost of hotel rooms, do Canadian hotels offer
family rooms that sleep 4 people, and what facilities are regarded as
usual in rooms?

$100 to $400 per person,per room, taxes extra!!

6) What is parking like in Ontario, are the roads very busy?

Roads are atrocious, and some highways even are toll roads charging for every
kilometer, without any better condition!

I'm sure I'll think of lots more questions the minute I hit the 'send'
button, but thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer - it
will be greatly appreciated!

Lynda

If you enjoy being swindled daily, then you may enjoy travel in Canada.
On the other hand, why not consider Dominican Republic? They have fantastic
all-inclusive package tours - airfare,hotels,meals.
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"Ariadne" wrote in message
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Are you still here , you arrogant pussy?

Please do not hesitate to ask more questions about Canada in this group, we
are out of ideas to initiate fresh new OT threads

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"Ariadne" wrote in message
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Are you still here , you arrogant pussy?

Ariadne wrote:

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:37:09 GMT, LJE wrote:

Why in the world you decided to add rec.travel.europe to the response to
the original post I cannot fathom. Trying to start a troll war?

Frank F. Matthews wrote:



Ariadne wrote:

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:37:09 GMT, LJE wrote:


Why in the world you decided to add rec.travel.europe to the response to
the original post I cannot fathom. Trying to start a troll war?

Judging by the questionable nature of her "facts", I'd say
that is a distinct possiblity!

1) What is the weather likely to offer and what are the normal
temperatures day and night in July and August?

Depending on location, weather can be anything from snow in July in Alberta,
to tropical storms in Ontario!!

Stop your nonsense !! ****ing TROLL.