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They current restrictions are implemented through an order in council (basically cabinet votes on it and the GG signs). When they were enacted they had midnight on the 29th as the expiry. The feds are going to let the order expire. That covers what happens at the border and what the customs people do. The way things work for airlines and cruise ships, is the operator has to prepare a safety plan and associated procedures that are specific to the way they operate the ship. That manual is submitted to Transport Canada ahead of time, reviewed and approved as being compliant and acceptable. The ministerial order defines what the government is expecting to see in the manual. Then going forward they are following that manual on a day to day basis. The testing requirements, how they handle and offload people who test positive, how they transfer patients to hospital or quarantine hotels. That is all in each of the cruise line individual manuals. They have to put all of that in before the start of the season. Some of the lines may try to revise their manuals before the end of the season, but I would be surprised. I think that is something that will happen for next year.

If you traveling in November, I would wait a week before doing anything, or check back. The current COVID requirements in Canada are set of expire on Sept 29. The government needs to decide if they will renew them as is, modify them or simply allow them to expire. They are expected to make an announcement in the next day or two on what they plan to do.

Your going from a fairly small narrow body aircraft to a widebody. The overseas aircraft is going to have a lot more baggage space. I would not be worried. At check in they should print both boarding passes. If my years of flying Air Canada I have never had them not print all the boarding passes. Even if they still had not sorted out seat assignment or being standby on the second flight it always prints out with an annotation. I have walked by those doorway scanning in Montreal several times, but never had to use them.

I have a Sony Alpha DSLR. Great Cameras, with multiple lenses. The chip in the DSLR is physically larger than an iPhone. Have a couple of interchangeable lenses. Dynamic range especially in low light and high light conditions is much better with the DSLR. Optical zoom on the DSLR is always going to be better than the software zoom in an iPhone. Shutter control is much better on the DSLR. If by 35mm you mean a SLR camera with film instead of a sensor the same will apply especially if you have good quality lenses. If its not a "professional" SLR style camera but one of those low cost 35mm cameras that were popular in the day, your likely going to do better with your iPhone. Would I take the DSLR or just the phone? Depends. If it is a cruse where I am expecting to see some great landscapes or want to photograph things at night I will bring the DSLR. If it is the Caribbean then probably not. I went from the 35 mm SLR to the DSLR years ago to avoid all the hassle of dealing with film.

The order in council that made these requirements legal will expires at the end of September. Federal cabinet will need to meet and decide if they extend it or let it expire. Rumor floating around is most if not all of it will be allowed to expire. However we are not going to know until that cabinet meeting happens and they make an announcement. Yes, lots of things can happen between now and a year from now. They could re-introduce some or completely different rules. Same applies to the US and virtually every other country.

martinclad - Gave you some great info to search for options close by. Some may even be closer. The only one I have experience with is Hertz at 413 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H5 They also operate under the Dollar and Thrifty banner. They are a few blocks away from the cruise ship terminal. Depending on how many bags you travel with the walk is doable.

That does make sense. The AriveCAN 2.0 is expected to replace the airport kiosks or paper customs declaration forms for airports without kiosks. The article also mentions that the order in council that imposed the requirement for vaccinations on entry into Canada and wearing masks on aircraft expires on September 30 and it is likely that cabinet will not be issuing a new order to extend it.

Honestly not surprising. With COVID many of these hospitality business let go of their staff and two years later when they hired back this is what you end up with. The baby boomers in Canada are entering retirement age and the 20 year old demographic is much smaller. Canada has ramped up immigration but it is still a hard to find people wanting to go into industries like hospitality.

Looks like some posted a description of the process from back in February. https://boards.cruisecritic.com.au/topic/2829995-discovery-princess-using-pier-46-at-la-harbor/

i Have never sailed out of that terminal. It looks to the overflow when the two main terminals are occupied. The port authority claims there is a cruise ship terminal there and that area is frequently used for special events and has a very big parking lot, The google map satellite image does show a building that could be a small terminal near where the ship would tie-up. https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/terminals/multi-use/outer-harbor

I travel by ferry between Vancouver and Victoria every other week. It is not a difficult journey and there are lots of options. Annoying, yes. Not what you expect when booking a cruise, yes. What the cruise line should have done when building its schedule, was reposition empty from Seattle to Vancouver or Victoria. Started the Alaska cruise out of Canada, then it would not have had created this problem when people booked the B2B.

It has been years since I have been in IST, so no recent info. I would say if your traveling on Delta your just as likely to connect through Paris with Air France as Amsterdam with KLM.

Your three options in Canada would likely be Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. You would clear Canadian customs at your first entry point into Canada. Then it is a domestic flight from their forward. If your on Air Canada through Toronto all the baggage transfer happens behind the scenes. The other thing to add is that Toronto-Vancouver is one of the busiest domestic routes in Canada. There are a lot flights (at least hourly) with both Air Canada and WestJet. Many of them are widebody. That means if you miss your connection for some reason it is easier for the airlines to reaccommodate. Delta in years past did have a late afternoon flight from Atlanta that would arrive into Vancouver around 8 pm. If your not familiar with Canadian airlines. WestJet is Delta's partner in Canada. Air Canada is United partner in Canada.

That would make customs more complex for everyone. To perform the stop in Victoria the cruise lines need to clear the ship (and all the passengers) into Canada. The sailing from Victoria to Vancouver would then be domestic and would not require Canadian border control in Vancouver when everyone else leaves the ship. Introducing a stop in Seattle, would invoice the ship leaving Canada when it sales from Victoria, getting cleared into the US in Seattle. Then getting cleared back into Canada when it arrives in Vancouver.

CBSA clears the ship into Canada in Victoria, otherwise passengers would not be able to get off the ship and visit the city for the stop. I would not expect CBSA entry into Canada to be a problem. There are several ferry services between downtown Victoria and the US. Float plane service from downtown Victoria to Seattle. Private boats/ships or float planes use Victoria as a port of entry into Canada all the time, when that happens the CBSA meet the boat at the relevant marina if they can't do it virtually for some reason. I have been at the Airport in Victoria where it is swamped with cruise ship travels connecting on to charter flights back to the US. It is extremely rare but does happen. Not certain which cruise ship line that would have been.

The BC Ferries Connector bus service is likely your best bet. Slower than flying but you have time. The pickup is in downtown Victoria and you have your choice of several drop off location in downtown Vancouver. The Heliject service is fantastic (departs from near the crush ship terminal in Victoria and arrives near Waterfront station in downtown Vancouver. They have a free shuttle bus at both ends that will take you to where ever you want to go in the downtown core. The float plans (Harbor Air) is also good however it departs from downtown Victoria and arrives at the convention center (one pier over from the cruse ship terminal). The one problem with Helijet and Harbour Air is baggage is limited. If the cruise line lets you keep your bags on the ship this is not a problem. I would push the cruise line for an onboard credit equal to the cost of one of these services and the hotel.

Air Canada this summer had non-stop flights from Quebec City to Vancouver and Calgary. I think they are season, summer only.

Quebec City has a small be reasonable sized airport give the small size of the city. Good connections through Air Canada or WestJet to major Canadian cities. International is more limited, Air France to Paris, United to Newark, American to Philadelphia. Montreal is a much larger airport with flights to major airport in Canada, US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. For reasons that make no sense, NCL books people through Montreal while leaving people with the impression it is the local airport. If you want to fly from Montreal, you may want to look at VIA Rail website for train schedules from Quebec City to Montreal Airport. On the VIA Rail site if you select Montreal Airport that includes the train to Dorval Station and a 10 minute shuttle bus to the airport terminal.

Sounds like it will be permanent. The next revision of the app is suppose to have all the question that you normally answer on the customs declaration card or answer on the airport kiosk. I suspect the COVID questions will eventually disappear. I hope they give you the option of still doing on paper if you have problems with the app. However, they have not released any of the details yet.

As Globalister indicated it has to be in a special clear plastic bag that is sealed by the duty free store. Usually with a red boarder and a green happy face/tick market on the front. What is critical is don't break the seal on the bag until you get home. The duty free store knows the drill and if you tell them your making the connection they will package and seal the bag correctly. If your making a domestic connection back in Canada they will let you through security with it as well.

Translink (Bus, seabus and skytrain) use an integrated fare system with free transfers between them. These is an extra surcharge of a few dollars when leaving the airport on Skytrain. Aquabus is not part of the transit system, but its cost are modest. During business hours on weekdays the system is divided into three fare zones at all other times it is one zone. Skytrain service is very frequent. Canada Place houses the cruise ship terminal in the lower level. Convention center in the upper level. It is close to Waterfront Station. Victoria is a different city that is accessed by taking a car ferry. On the Vancouver side BC Ferries docks at Tsawwassen terminal. It about an hour to reach by public transit (skytrain/bus), about 90 minute cross. Then BC Transit on the Victoria side. BC Transit, BC Ferries and Translink are separate systems. However they are times to work correctly.

Here is the warning from the Government of Canada. There are no fees for Arrive CAN app. https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/features-vedette/2021/11/arrivecan-eng.htm

In addition to the question of what to see, there is how to get around. Many tourist oriented venues are downtown and in walking distance to many of the downtown hotels. Vancouver is also well connected by public transit through the skytrain metro system. Being near a skytrain station may be helpful if some of the destinations are out a bit. Driving in Vancouver is also an option, however it is slow going in the downtown area.

I would also say the Bard & Banker and Irish Times are good choices. Personally I would go with 10 Acers Common. https://10acres.ca/commons-restaurant/ They operate on the "farm to fork" philosophy. So the food is good. The Commons part of the establishment is more Lively the Bistro part quieter. The Fairmount has excellent food. Not as lively as the other locations.

Agreed. You have people who are on flights that get cancelled, miss their connections somewhere overseas or travel plans change before they get to Canada for some reason to add to the mix. I don't think they they are going to allocate human resources to investigate any of that. There is always going to be some Arrive CAN submissions, where the passport is never scanned into Canada. They probably let those submissions expire and you need to re-submit.