Oakland to Whistler
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From: bob edwards on 1 Mar 2010 01:19 My ladyfriend and I are going to go from Oakland to Whistler in a few months for a wedding and I'm trying to decide how we should go. It seems as if we have several options. We can fly to Vancouver via Seattle and then take a train or rent a car and drive to Whistler or we can fly to Seattle, rent a car and drive to Whistler from Seattle. My inclination would be to drive to Whistler from Seattle but I have no idea how long a trip that would be or if we would encounter any problem taking a rental car out of the US. Advice please.
From: Graham Harrison on 1 Mar 2010 03:21 "bob edwards" <bobed(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:c304744a-82c9-4932-91fc-28d157707232(a)t9g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > My ladyfriend and I are going to go from Oakland to Whistler in a few > months for a wedding and I'm trying to decide how we should go. It > seems as if we have several options. We can fly to Vancouver via > Seattle and then take a train or rent a car and drive to Whistler or > we can fly to Seattle, rent a car and drive to Whistler from > Seattle. > > My inclination would be to drive to Whistler from Seattle but I have > no idea how long a trip that would be or if we would encounter any > problem taking a rental car out of the US. > > Advice please. It's a good few years since I did it (pre 9/11) but I've certainly taken a rental out of the USA. Picked it up in Seattle went to Vancouver, Jasper, Banff and dropped it eventually in Spokane. I don't recall it was particularly onerous but I did have to tell people right from the point of reservation onwards. I think your main problem may be crossing the land border. I've seen various stories about the queues on crossings between Seattle and Vancouver (and probably worse returning to the USA). At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, you do know you need a passport for Canada these days?
From: Mark Brader on 1 Mar 2010 03:41 Bob Edwards: > My ladyfriend and I are going to go from Oakland to Whistler in a few > months for a wedding and I'm trying to decide how we should go. It > seems as if we have several options. We can fly to Vancouver via > Seattle and then take a train or rent a car and drive to Whistler or > we can fly to Seattle, rent a car and drive to Whistler from > Seattle. Uh-huh, that sounds right. The train from Vancouver to Whistler is a premium operation and actually leaves from North Vancouver. > My inclination would be to drive to Whistler from Seattle Then by all means do that. Don't forget that you'll need passports (or other "WHTI-compliant" ID -- Google it) at the border these days. > but I have no idea how long a trip that would be Seattle to Vancouver is about 140 miles of freeway (I-5 and BC 99). Vancouver to Whistler is about 60 miles (still on BC 99, but it's now an ordinary road). If you avoid delays due to traffic in both cities and also at the border crossing, you might do it in under 4 hours. (If my experiences last time I was in Detroit are representative, long delays at the border will be much more likely in the southbound direction. Allow for this if you plan to drive directly from Whistler to the airport to catch your flight home.) > or if we would encounter any problem taking a rental car out of the US. Depends on the rental company. Major companies don't mind you going into Canada (Mexico is another matter), but cut-rate ones might not allow it or, I suppose, might charge extra. Tell them where you want to go when you're making the reservation. Of course, the primary markings on a US car's speedometer will be in mph instead of km/h. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Asps. Very dangerous. You go first." msb(a)vex.net -- Raiders of the Lost Ark My text in this article is in the public domain.
From: Smiles on 1 Mar 2010 08:24 bob edwards wrote: > My ladyfriend and I are going to go from Oakland to Whistler in a few > months for a wedding and I'm trying to decide how we should go. It > seems as if we have several options. We can fly to Vancouver via > Seattle and then take a train or rent a car and drive to Whistler or > we can fly to Seattle, rent a car and drive to Whistler from > Seattle. > > My inclination would be to drive to Whistler from Seattle but I have > no idea how long a trip that would be or if we would encounter any > problem taking a rental car out of the US. > > Advice please. if you take a US rental in to Canada it must say permmission to enter Canada. otherwise you do not have insurance and will be turned back it can be added after the fact but at 2am you have to wait so do it when you rent
From: Hatunen on 1 Mar 2010 11:31 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:21:58 -0000, "Graham Harrison" <edward.harrison1(a)remove.btinternet.com> wrote: > >"bob edwards" <bobed(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >news:c304744a-82c9-4932-91fc-28d157707232(a)t9g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >> My ladyfriend and I are going to go from Oakland to Whistler in a few >> months for a wedding and I'm trying to decide how we should go. It >> seems as if we have several options. We can fly to Vancouver via >> Seattle and then take a train or rent a car and drive to Whistler or >> we can fly to Seattle, rent a car and drive to Whistler from >> Seattle. >> >> My inclination would be to drive to Whistler from Seattle but I have >> no idea how long a trip that would be or if we would encounter any >> problem taking a rental car out of the US. >> >> Advice please. > >It's a good few years since I did it (pre 9/11) but I've certainly taken a >rental out of the USA. Picked it up in Seattle went to Vancouver, Jasper, >Banff and dropped it eventually in Spokane. I don't recall it was >particularly onerous but I did have to tell people right from the point of >reservation onwards. I haven't taken a rental car across the border, but I have taken a rental trailer to Canada, and later one from Canada back into the USA. You need to keep in mind to return the vehicle in the country where you rented it or face an enormous extra fee. >I think your main problem may be crossing the land border. I've seen >various stories about the queues on crossings between Seattle and Vancouver >(and probably worse returning to the USA). It might not be too bad if you don't cross at the big one between Seattle and Vancouver. There are probably smaller towns and crossings where it might be easier. Time of day can make a big difference, too. I'd suggest renting the car in Vancouver and crossing the border some other way. There's a train between Seattle and Vancouver. Given a few days for travel back and forth, train from Oakland-Seattle-Vvancouver might be interesting. >At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, you do know you need a passport >for Canada these days? Or one of those travel cards. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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