Canada-U.S. border reopening: Here’s what you need to know

The Canada-U.S. border crossing near Abbottsford, B.C. (Photo by zemistor/Flickr Creative Commons)

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As the Canada-U.S. land border reopens today, officials are expecting it will be busy. Canadian snowbirds will begin their annual migration south to places like Florida and Arizona, but government restrictions and social distancing regulations will inevitably slow things down, and traveller hesitance will prevent numbers from reaching pre-pandemic levels for some time.

Add the cost of travel insurance and expensive COVID-19 tests required by the Canadian government to return, plus the tests your destination country needs—not just for vaccinated adults, but unvaccinated children as well. It adds up.

To discuss these issues and more, we’re joined by three Jewish travel agents: Dinah Reich-Kuttner, from El Al’s Canadian office; Jay Mandelker, a senior travel advisor with YYZ Travel; and Neal Chark, a senior travel advisor and sports tourism expert with Uniglobe Carefree Travel Group in Vancouver.

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