Flying to Newfoundland

[tim88]

has anyone driven to canada and then flown to newfoundland?

its about an hour or 2 longer to drive to Ottawa airport than the 2 closest airports in the US and makes it 5 hours of flying/layovers instead of 15+ hours. I know i will eat time at the border crossing going into canada and then again checking the gun into the airport but it still seems like 10 hours savings + $1,000 savings might make it worth the trip

 

[Bum8221]

I drove from West Virginia… if I didn’t want to being meat and antlers and hides, I’d have flown. Or paid to have had the meat shipp3d. M

 

[tim88]

I drove from West Virginia… if I didn’t want to being meat and antlers and hides, I’d have flown. Or paid to have had the meat shipp3d. M

i'd love to drive since i'm in upstate NY. I just don't have the time and the dropoff for meat isn't too bad of a drive. all cost $$ but to keep the wife happy and keep clients happy is worth something too

 

[Bum8221]

Do yourself a favor… take one of those yeti soft sided cooler things, and pack it full of your back straps and tenderloins… if you don’t, you will barely get any of it back. Ask me how I know.

 

[Sako76]

Just don’t fly Air Canada, they suck!

 

[Sako76]

Just don’t fly Air Canada, they suck!

 

[nomadicbohunk]

Just an FYI. I have a lot of friends who fly out of YUL. It's become a thing in Montreal where if you have a certain model of car and US plates it very likely could get stolen. I know about 5 people first and second hand who's vehicles have been taken including from the airport. I live very close to the border. I know it's less of a thing in Ontario, but it's still a thing from what I was recently reading as I was looking to go to Ottawa for some stuff. Long story short, they like American vehicles as we don't get insurance discounts for trackers so people don't have them. Your parking lot, etc have a lot to do with it too. You can also yank one of the main fuses or your fusable link to disable it. It's cut down on our Montreal trips as hotels with safe parking are way more money than regular ones.

 

[Short Track]

Just an FYI. I have a lot of friends who fly out of YUL. It's become a thing in Montreal where if you have a certain model of car and US plates it very likely could get stolen.

What type of vehicles do they like ?

 

[nomadicbohunk]

What type of vehicles do they like ?

Off the top of my head tundras, 4 runners, and honda crvs are like don't even go. I know I read our f-150 was fairly desirable too for the year range. You can google and figure out the deal pretty quick. People talk about it on reddit a lot. It's an organized crime thing and is very different than the sleep in your truck if you take snowmobiles thing.

I used to go to Mexico a lot. I'd feel less logistically stressed driving our car to Mexico cities in the right places now than I would parking on the street overnight in Montreal proper in most places. That is freaking absurd. If we go now, it's a little long for a day trip and driving there is horrid. I like NYC and Boston more. Now we just hotels out of the city proper with good parking and take the commuter rail in. We go enough that I've been thinking about installing a kill switch, but need to figure out the anti theft crap.

I mean, I sound crazy, but it really has happened to 7 people I know, I really don't know that many people here, and the amount that go up to Montreal for an overnight is much smaller. Most day trip it. I'd say half the people I know who fly out of YUL had their cars jacked. It's not that the rates are so incredibly high (they are high though). It's that US plates are much more of a sure thing to steal. Yesterday I found out my friend from NYC who used to live in Montreal had her NYC car stolen on a visit last weekend. She didn't know about the CRV thing.

I'm heading to Toronto for the PAL class in a couple months, so I looked into there and Ottawa. It's not as much of an issue, but is still a thing. I got a hotel out in the boonies so I'm not too worried. I'll just yank the right main fuse at night. Our crosstrek is much lower desirable.

 

[Short Track]

I heard it too. I know people who snowmobile and race cars in Canada. They say there's a 50/50 chance of needing a ride home. I went to moose hunting camp in NL, and a guy was using the guides rifle and camo. They bashed his window somewhere between the MI border on the way to NL. He lost all his hunting gear, including his rifle.

Now, when I drive anywhere in the USA to hunt, my rifle is literally chained down in the rear of my Suburban. No smash & grab is getting it out, without a bolt cutter. I spent too many hours sighting it in with a hold over scope to be ripped off. When I stop at a hotel, I ask the front desk 3 times. I look them dead in the eye. How is the parking lot security?. I have not had 1 problem.

 

[MallardSX2]

Drive and take the ferry. I hear its a good experience.

 

[tim88]

right now i'm leaning towards the wife's mini cooper instead of my f350 (she wants the truck anyway for the week) and fly out of either Ottawa or Toronto

Sako76: i don't see any other option than air canada, if i fly out of toronto it is a direct flight each way for $500 or less so i'm hopeful that means guns & luggage get there