Will you reconsider traveling to the USA?

[The_Squid]

Curious as to what the thoughts are of the Canadians on the board abOut traveling to the USA.

[Smallc]

It doesn't worry me.

[Canuckistani]

Haven't been for years. After 9/11 and the Bush years it just became the land of the loons. I have no interest in going there.

[Guest American Woman]

I'm considering moving to Canada - where I'll feel safe living among the Khadr's.

[Guest Derek L]

I'm considering moving to Canada - where I'll feel safe living among the Khadr's.

Exactly........they won't bomb their own backyards

[Guest American Woman]

Exactly........they won't bomb their own backyards

Yep.

"Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer"

[Shady]

If there's any worry about traveling anywhere, it would be Mexico.

[Guest American Woman]

If there's any worry about traveling anywhere, it would be Mexico.

Even with Mexico one just has to be smart and avoid the trouble areas.

[Moonlight Graham]

you'd have about the same chance of getting hit by lightning than getting killed via gunshot in the US, so not worried. And most gun murders are by people the victims know, so just kind your acquaintances lol.

Edited December 15, 2012 by Moonlight Graham

[kimmy]

Yeah. Seems like a silly question.

-k

[bush_cheney2004]

More Canadians travel and end up permanently staying in the USA than vice-versa. And the USA has ten times the population....think about that.

[Smallc]

blah blah, your shtick gets old.

[guyser]

It is at once a silly question, and a normal one people will ask themselves.

For me, not a hindrance to going over. I just cant see the concern, be it naivete , ignorance or I dont care.

But it is a questions many people will ask themselves. And people who rely on the tourist trade, they too are concerned about this question. We say it TO when the SARS cases showed and knee jerk reactions became prevelant. Tourism suffered even though no one was really in any risk in this city.

All said though, it isnt what is bright or right or rational, for some its the question and if anyone feels unsafe and stays home, then that hurts the pocket book of the tourism vendor.

Edited December 15, 2012 by guyser

[bush_cheney2004]

blah blah, your shtick gets old.

.....an American, Mexican, and Canadian walk into a bar....

[bush_cheney2004]

....All said though, it isnt what is bright or right or rational, for some its the question and if anyone feels unsafe and stays home, then that hurts the pocket book of the tourism vendor.

This seems to be offset by the stronger Canadian need to travel, if only for warmer vacation climes. I can see it in travel media...the depressing winters push some Canadians to "take the risk" for beaches and warmer sunshine.

[guyser]

This seems to be offset by the stronger Canadian need to travel, if only for warmer vacation climes. I can see it in travel media...the depressing winters push some Canadians to "take the risk" for beaches and warmer sunshine.

Absolutely.

Afterall, the best bars pubs and dance halls are generally located in the seedier parts of town. Makes the fun more exciting.

[Guest American Woman]

It is at once a silly question, and a normal one people will ask themselves.

For me, not a hindrance to going over. I just cant see the concern, be it naivete , ignorance or I dont care.

But it is a questions many people will ask themselves. And people who rely on the tourist trade, they too are concerned about this question. We say it TO when the SARS cases showed and knee jerk reactions became prevelant. Tourism suffered even though no one was really in any risk in this city.

All said though, it isnt what is bright or right or rational, for some its the question and if anyone feels unsafe and stays home, then that hurts the pocket book of the tourism vendor.

Not going to Toronto during SARS was silly - my daughters and I went during its peak, and it was almost like a ghost town. Never saw a major city so deserted.

At any rate, Canadians are just as safe coming to the U.S. as they've ever been. They're not at any greater risk.

[scribblet]

Can't believe anyone would ask that. We go to Florida every winter, I wouldn't give it a second thought and I'm there now, aven't seen one gun yet. Mexico, wouldn't go there now.

[bush_cheney2004]

Not going to Toronto during SARS was silly - my daughters and I went during its peak, and it was almost like a ghost town. Never saw a major city so deserted.

Many Canadians form their opinions and decisions about the U.S. based on the copious amounts of American media they watch, which often leads with bleeding headlines. During the SARS fiasco in Toronto, they got a taste of their own "medicine".

[Bryan]

I'll drive to the US occasionally, but I won't fly there anymore. It's not the citizens with guns that bothers me, it's the TSA. There are other warm places to go in the winter that are far less of a hassle to go to. We don't get searched or scanned when we go to Cuba, it's far more relaxed across the board.

[Smallc]

I have never had any problem crossing the US border by air. It's a five minute thing.

[bush_cheney2004]

How many Canadians face the "evil TSA" because they are trying to get cheaper airfares to vacation destinations?

[Bryan]

How many Canadians face the "evil TSA" because they are trying to get cheaper airfares to vacation destinations?

None that can do math. It's far cheaper to bypass the US altogether. All inclusive packages are often cheaper than the flight alone.

[Moonlight Graham]

More Canadians travel and end up permanently staying in the USA than vice-versa. And the USA has ten times the population....think about that.

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[bush_cheney2004]

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Edited December 16, 2012 by bush_cheney2004