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Honestly the day trip people would annoy me if I were a border patrol officer. Commuting in and potentially exploiting economic loopholes or something. That or
by wangchow 10y ago
Honestly the day trip people would annoy me if I were a border patrol officer. Commuting in and potentially exploiting economic loopholes or something. That or smugling drugs across the border.
Especially given the strength of the USD over CAD these days
- jdavis703 10y agoThen perhaps you shouldn't be a border patrol officer. It would be like waiters being annoyed at being asked what's in the food they're serving.
- wangchow 10y agoTrue. :) I suppose that's why I'm not!
- pjc50 10y agoThere is a similar border near Basel, between the EU and a small country with a very high currency, that people routinely commute across. Last time I went through it (admittedly many years ago) I barely noticed it.
- rjsw 10y agoSwitzerland is in the Schengen Area so the border guards won't usually check your passport. There are sometimes customs checks though, you are only allowed to bring really small amounts of meat into the country for example.
- saiya-jin 10y agoOn the way to EU, no problem at all. Entering CH, depends on your plates, they check these first. When with Swiss plates, you have much better chances of hassle-free slide. Once I was stopped, checked thoroughly for about 40 minutes, in the middle of the night. They did some sort of exercise on me, taking away all my money, put them into envelope, then returning back and so on. Went through whole car, backpack, everything. Not a nice experience
- rjsw 10y agoI went into CH at the Basel crossing twice this year in a car with GB plates, nobody was interested. Drove through Geneva several times too without being stopped.