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From: pector@ihuxw.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: CANADA
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Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 12:40:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 12:40:30 1983
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I've been to Canada three summers in a row now.  The first time included
southern Quebec (Quebec City and Montreal) and south eastern Ontario
(Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara, and Windsor).  The second time included southern
British Columbia and Alberta.  The third time was in southern Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Canadian Rockies, and Waterton Glacier Park.
In all three vacations, my overall expenses were less than those for
comparable vacations (including comparable restaurants, hotels, etc.)
in the U.S.  I will point out that gas is more expensive in Canada than
the U.S. except for the province of Alberta (I think).  I know that
gas prices are always much lower than the rest of Canada.  This comes
about from the fact that Albertans got mad at the Canadian Government
over some issue and took revenge by selling their oil at a higher price
to the rest of the provinces (this was in the Wall Street Journal two
years ago).  I believe that acceptable hotels are cheaper in Canada
than in the U.S.  I also think that meals are cheaper.  Some of my
memories about prices may be mistaken, but when I checked my trip logs
I found that I and my wife spent 10-20% less in U.S. dollars per day
in Canada than in the U.S.  If you go there, make sure you exchange
currency at banks or else you may save nothing overall.

					Scott W. Pector