Airline capacity between Canada and the US is cut and forward passenger bookings on routes between the two countries significantly reduced.
    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      4 days ago

      Jesus, I had heard that Canadians were starting to refuse to travel to the US, even if only for a layover. This is WAY more of a drop than I expected. Good on them for standing up for a good cause.

      • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        4 days ago

        I know more than a few Americans where I live that are wary to fly anywhere now that Chucko Fucko and Mr. Angry Mangled Inch are gutting Air Traffic Control.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        4 days ago

        To be clear, we’ve been reluctant to connect through America for a while. It’s just too much hassle and risk of getting a TSA droid on a bad day and missing a flight because of some guy’s ego. So we often go around.

        I watched the second tower fall with my own eyes. I was so ground-zero in the weeks following that I get PTSD from the nuts4nuts carts. I suffered troopies on the MTA platforms, thankful I profiled ‘harmless’.

        But America has been Too Much for about a decade. If I was going to Atlanta or Queens, okay. I’m not even connecting through LA, though, otherwise; and never, now. And YYZ burns brain cells, but that’s where we are.

  • WhippetBowie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    4 days ago

    We were planning to road trip to the US in the summer with Bowie our dog.

    The idea of a border agent getting anywhere near our dog is absolutely terrifying.

    Trip cancelled, driving through small town Ontario instead.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 days ago

    And for Americans traveling outside of the US - If you want to have a relaxing vacation, iron-on Canadian flags are about $2 a flag.

    • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zipEnglish
      51·
      3 days ago

      Sorry to break it to you but Americans are identified by sound way before they are identified by sight

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      I remember a time when a lot of US backpackers would sew Canadian flags onto their packs so they could travel Europe in relative safety.

      • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        When I took a travel job in my early 20s I was handed some Canadian pins/luggage tags/etc for this exact reason.

        I’m definitely still tempted to tell people I’m from Canada