This where Canadians are travelling instead of Florida, Hawaii and other U.S. spots

Goodbye Hawaii, hello Mexico.

That’s the travel plan for a reader of this newsletter who answered a call for how U.S.-bound vacation plans have been revised as a result of the trade war.

“I’ve gone to Hawaii 32 times, the last 25 years in a row except for covid, where I missed one year,” this resident of Mont Tremblant, Que., said by e-mail. “But this year, after four months in Hawaii, we closed it down. We’re never going back. Furthermore, I’ll never enter the U.S. again. We’ve made reservations in Mexico for next winter – November until March. We’re looking forward to it.”

A recent story in the Globe and Mail documents a widespread shift in travel plans away from the United States as a result of the trade war. A highlight: The number of Canadian residents returning by vehicle from the U.S. in March fell 32 per cent from the year before, to 1.5 million. At major U.S. airports, international traffic from Canada and elsewhere has fallen 10 to 15 per cent compared with last year.

Here are some of the travel substitutions being made by newsletter readers:

Out: A NASCAR race in Martinsville, Va.

In: Jamaica

Out: A one-week cultural trip to New York City and a two-week visit to Skaneateles in upstate New York for the annual music festival.

In: The Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ont.

Out: A Vancouver to Alaska cruise

In: A driving trip from Calgary to Banff, Kelowna and Vancouver

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Out: A Tokyo to Seattle cruise and Myrtle Beach golf trip

In: Guadeloupe and Spain’s Costa del Sol

Out: Visiting friends in Wisconsin

In: Stratford, Ont.

Out: Clearwater Beach, Fla.

In: Capa Cana, Dominican Republic

Out: Universal Studios in Florida or a cruise departing from Virginia

In: Costa Rica

Out: A van-camping trip in the U.S. desert or the Oregon coast

In: The Haida Gwaii in B.C.

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Out: Nashville

In: Mexico City

Out: A cruise on the Snake and Columbia rivers in the U.S. northwest

In: A cruise in the Canadian Arctic

Out: Sarasota, Fla.

In: Barbados

Out: Hilton Head, S.C.

In: The Algarve in Portugal

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Out: Palm Springs

In: A South American cruise

Out: New York City

In: Quebec City

Out: A three-month road trip to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and the U.S. northwest

In: Newfoundland, Turkey and Thailand

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