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Canadians promised to boycott travel to US. They meant it
- josefritzishere 8mo agoIt's almost like Trump is making a series of consistently terrible decisions that are economically and socially bad for America.
- randomNumber7 8mo agoWhy didn't more people vote for the side that understands that illegal migration is needed for cheap labor in the agricultural sector?
- upboundspiral 8mo agoWhile our agricultural sector does use cheap labor, I specifically take issue with the word "needed". I may be nitpicking, but read a certain way it implies the "cheap" aspect of the labor is the essential part. Certain industries employing quasy-slave labor to this day and getting away with it is one thing only: a stain on our society. Long has been the fight for freedom from oppression and it is not over yet. Just like Martin Luther King was assassinated fighting for colored civil rights, Cesar Chavez was assassinated fighting for humane conditions for immigrant workers. If immigrants are what's "needed" for America to function then they should be naturalized and granted fair wages just like anyone else.
- stronglikedan 8mo ago[flagged]
- lgleason 8mo agoIf only that was to translate to cheaper hotel room prices in the US. Currently they are sky high.
- josefritzishere 8mo agoTrump has been devaluing the dollar quite rapidly. Give it time. The US will become a like developing nation in no time.
- abe_m 8mo agoCanada's policy is to keep the CAD cheaper than USD. No matter how fast USA goes, Bank of Canada can keep up.
- direwolf20 8mo agoThe US is, and always has been, a developing nation. What sets it apart from all other developing nations is that it controls the de facto world currency, making it a very wealthy developing nation. All of the cultural factors are closer to a third world country, but the wealth is first world, more like Russia than like western Europe.
- klardotsh 8mo agoTell me about it. I remember being able to snag a nice room at a Courtyard/Hampton caliber of hotel for like $100 in 2016-18 timeframe. Based on https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2016?amount=100 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2016?amount=100 I would expect that to cost about $135 now if adjusting only for (hyper)inflation. It instead tends to cost something like $175-225/night. WTAF.
- screye 8mo agoSurprised Canadians would pick the US as a tourist destination to begin with. Europe is cheaper and more fun. America's one advantage: nature, is matched and at times exceeded by Canada. Flights to warm places like Miami and SD take just as long as Mexico or the Caribbean. Other than NYC and Utah-area national parks, I can't think of unique reasons for Canadians to vacation in the US specifically.
- baxtr 8mo agoAn 8 hour flight vs a 2 hour flight maybe?
- jmclnx 8mo agoUS is far easier to get to. Just go to a Maine or NH beach the the summer. People from Quebec are everywhere. FWIW, you have not lived until you see a way overweight man wearing only a tiny bikini bathing suit :)
- jeffrallen 8mo agoTabernac!
- elevaet 8mo agoThere were lots of places in the USA that (as a Canadian) my family and friends loved visiting - Kauai for hiking and beaches, Mt. Baker for skiing, bay area for all the weird stuff that goes on there, Nevada for that thing in the desert, Oregon coast for surfing, Utah-area parks like you said, hiking in Washington. Lots of amazing outdoor adventures to be had in the USA. Now days I don't know anyone that goes to the states.
- readthenotes1 8mo agoAt one point, the largest cohort of illegal immigrants in the US was Canadian visa overstays. They must have liked something about the place...
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- bobomonkey 8mo agoUS prices are insane if you're paid in CAD. The good news is that Canada is great if you're paid in USD and are used to costal prices. It's like going to a third world country.
- klardotsh 8mo agoNot quite third world country, but yes, the 25-35% built-in discount when visiting Vancouver or Victoria from Seattle or Bellingham is quite nice :) Similar discounts to visiting the Midwest, with none of the Midwest part!
- footy 8mo agoUS prices are no less insane for people paid in CAD than they were two years ago.
- FartinMowler 8mo agoIt's not really a promised or conscious boycott. It's after weighing the pros and cons, many of them intangible, the feeling is visiting the US right now could result in unpleasantness ... and if there is anything Canadians are adverse to it is unpleasantness. Anecdata: a friend of ours crossing the US border, despite being a VP at a bank, for her first time ever had to surrender her phone for examination by US border agents. Who needs that!
- vkou 8mo agoI assure you, there is also a conscious boycott from many people. You are right that it might not necessarily be a hard boycott, but it will take a hell of a lot to lure them into giving Trump and his supplicants a cent of leisure travel.
- orwin 8mo agoYeah, it's the same for me, I'm in Europe but I have places to sleep in the US. I was supposed to go this summer with my family but the uncertainty on how we'll get treated at the border (last time wasn't great for those of us who struggled with English already, I can't imagine what would have happened under this admin). It's sad because WV might have like 15 European tourist every year and we're 5-9 of them depending on the year, but we'll take a year off, that's OK.
- pseudohadamard 8mo agoSame here. I have friends in the US but I've resigned myself to not seeing them again for a long time because I won't subject myself to that amount of harassment. If ever a country hung out a giant "Please stay away, you're not welcome here" sign, this is it.
- bartonfink 8mo ago[dead]
- vondur 8mo agoI would imagine the economic situation in Canada isn't helping either.
- kimos 8mo agoCanada is also experiencing record travel from domestic travellers, so I don’t think that’s the case no. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-tourism-travel-destination-canada-record-2025-9.6959500 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-tourism-travel-d...
- vondur 8mo agoI would think that would be an indicator of economic issues; it's usually cheaper to stay in your own country vs traveling abroad. Especially vs. the US Dollar, although it's got better the last couple of months.
- footy 8mo agoI know it might be hard for a population who elected the current POTUS twice, but some of us mean what we say. I fail to see what's so surprising about this.
- jumpman_miya 8mo ago[dead]