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Thought of the Day - February 17 2022 - Mexico Bound
Well, it has been two years since we have travelled internationally and one year since the article entitled Mexico Bound ( Thought of the...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - February 11 2022 - Staycation Credits
With the tourism and hospitality sector reeling financially after two years of lockdowns and restrictions on travellers to Canada, at the...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 25 2022 - Transport Disruption Setbacks
It is fascinating how policy changes continue to be put in place that at their core seem to be designed to disrupt transport. Two recent...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 11 2022 - Cancelled Flights
I saw the headlines over the weekend that "For a second time in two days, the majority of passengers arriving in India on a flight from...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 27 2021 - Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
As you know Canada started allowing cruise ships back into Canadian ports last month, however, as it is not really the northern cruising...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 17 2021 - No More Holiday Travel
It has been a busy week for bureaucrats as they do their final preparations for the holiday season and the arrival of Omicron. At the...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 17, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - November 22 2021 - The Spice Must Flow
With the US border fully open, Canada will be scrapping the PCR testing requirements for trips less than 72 hours ( Thought of the Day -...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - November 9 2021 - The Border is Open!
Well after 20 months the Canada-US-Mexico borders are now open for "non-essential" land/sea crossings. Canadians wishing to enter the US...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 9, 20211 min read
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Thought of the Day - October 18 2021 - Borderline News
As I am sure you are all aware, the US finally decided to announce that it will loosen restrictions on cross-border non-essential...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 18, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 30 2021 - Vaccine Passports Across the Board
Well, once Quebec broke the ice in August, with the official announcement they would be introducing a provincial vaccine passport on...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 30, 20216 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 28 2021 - A Pilot's Message
It has been a while since we talked about pilots ( Thought of the Day - February 9 - COVID Hangover ) and the impact that the significant...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 21 2021 - Borderline Progress
Canadian Restrictions Eased As planned, last month Canada eased restrictions for Americans coming to Canada ( Thought of the Day - August...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 21, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 15 2021 - Travel
It was almost exactly a year ago when I took the identical road trip from Vancouver through the mountains to Calgary ( Thought of the Day...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 15, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 3 2021 - Cruising
With cruise ships plying the waters around the USA, their CDC has introduced a COVID-19 status reporting system for ships operating or...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 4, 20213 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 27 2021 - Border News
As you are all aware, most Canadian restrictions concerning the US border were lifted on August 9th ( Thought of the Day - July 23 2021 -...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 27, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 25 2021 - BC Vaccine Passports
BC has become the second province, after Quebec, to announce the implementation of a Vaccine Passport ( Thought of the Day - August 16...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 25, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 23 2021 - Domestic Travel
Like many of you it has been quite a while since I last flew. This week I took the opportunity of the lull before the next storm to...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 23, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 15 2021 - By the Numbers
Looking across the world, the US continues to have the highest official total of new cases (up over 20% this past week). On a per-capita...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 15, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 9 2021 - Annual Sabbatical
Hey, guess what? I am taking my annual sabbatical from the blog this week ( Thought of the Day - July 24 - Taking a Short Sabbatical ),...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 9, 20211 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 5 2021 - Travel Impediments
After decades in the IT Industry, when I retired I gave up my cellphone. No more emergency texts, no more checking email every ten...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 5, 20212 min read
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