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Don’t bother taking a Discover card to Canada. Nearly no one takes it. I’ve been living on debit cards for two days.
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Quebec City is amazing. Montreal, however, is Detroit in French.
Thanks for the info. I’ll have to keep that in mind next time there’s a road trip. Congrats on being pseudo-euro.
America’s Hat Eh? Sit down and have a Labatts.
you have to call it a blue up there.
Canadian or Blue? That is the question. we should start a poll.
Did you need a passport to get back into the US?
I notified all of the proper authorities about his anti-American ramblings and should be on the terror watch list as of this morning.
I was just in Niagara what a shithole. $62 check for Dennys what a joke. The only thing that was good was the liqour store was open til 10pm on Saturday nights.
in MD you can buy liqour till 2am every night of the week!
I think I read somewhere that starts in Mid-February. I’m not 100% sure on that though.
not until june, by car.
This was my understanding -
starting January something, those traveling by air needed a passport. Land and sea are fine with government photo ID. I didn’t know you’d need a passport for land travel eventually?
I thought they were going to search my girlfriend’s car. Her and I were crossing back in a few weeks ago, and the guy in the booth asks “What’s your citizenship?” I had a brain fart and had no idea what the fuck the guy meant. I paused for a second, and said “Oh, we’re Americans!” He gave me this weird look and waived us through.
Edit : Niagara Falls, by the way.
Jesse, I know for a fact if you’re traveling by Air its been since around last January or so…
Edit - Here
From the Travel.state.gov website.
AIR TRAVEL
Implemented on January 23, 2007, ALL PERSONS traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States.
LAND AND SEA TRAVEL
The following summarizes information available on the Department of Homeland Security’s website.
* JANUARY 31, 2008
U.S. and Canadian citizens will need to present either a WHTI-compliant document, or a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, plus proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate. DHS also proposes to begin alternative procedures for U.S. and Canadian children at that time.
* LATER
At a later date, to be determined, the departments will implement the full requirements of the land and sea phase of WHTI. The proposed rules require most U.S. citizens entering the United States at sea or land ports of entry to have either a U.S. passport; a U.S. passport card; a trusted traveler card such as NEXUS, FAST, or SENTRI; a valid Merchant Mariner Document (MMD) when traveling in conjunction with official maritime business; or a valid U.S. Military identification card when traveling on official orders.
Note: The passport requirement does NOT apply to U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a U.S. territory.
U.S. PASSPORT AND OTHER TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
* U.S. Passport: U.S. citizens may present a valid U.S. passport when traveling via air, land or sea between the U.S. and the aforementioned Western Hemisphere countries.
* The Passport Card: U.S. citizens may begin applying in advance for this new, limited-use, wallet-size passport card beginning February 1, 2008. We expect cards will be available and mailed to applicants in spring 2008. When available it will only be valid for land and sea travel between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean region, and Bermuda.
* Other Accepted Travel Documents: SENTRI, NEXUS, FAST and the U.S. Coast Guard Mariner Document. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty traveling on orders are exempt from the passport requirement. DHS has more information on these travel documents. This information may be seen at www.dhs.gov.
ABOUT WHTI
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is a result of the Intelligence Reform and Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), requiring all travelers to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on February 22 its intent to propose, as part of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), significant flexibility regarding travel documents required for U.S. and Canadian children as part of WHTI requirements for U.S. land and sea border entry in 2008.
The goal of the initiative is to strengthen U.S. border security while facilitating entry for U.S. citizens and legitimate foreign visitors by providing standardized documentation that enables the Department of Homeland Security to quickly and reliably identify a traveler.
Weird, because I’ve been to all of them for work over the last year, and still have no 2007 stamps in my passport. They’ve not asked once. I thought that January 2007 was the deal, but they have yet to enforce it on any flight I’ve been on to those places.
But you can’t carry a gun, unless you prove to the police that someone has threatened your life.