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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-snowbirds-hotel-quarantine-land-border-travel-1.5980913
U.S. taxi services see business boost helping Canadians avoid hotel quarantine
Travellers entering Canada by land aren't required to check into a quarantine hotel
Sophia Harris ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 10, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Airport transport service, Buffalo Limousine, lost about 70 per cent of its business during COVID-19 pandemic. But the company said its luck changed recently, thanks to Canadian snowbirds returning from U.S. sunbelt states who want to avoid Canada's hotel quarantine requirement.
"This is a huge, huge shot in the arm for us, this Canadian snowbird travel," said Carla Boccio, owner of Buffalo Limousine. "It's a godsend."
Since February 22, air passengers entering Canada have been required to quarantine for up to three days in a designated hotel and pay for the cost ? up to $2,000. However, travellers entering by land are exempt from the rule.
To avoid the hotel quarantine, some snowbirds are flying to U.S. cities close to the Canadian border ? such as Buffalo, N.Y. ? and then hiring a ground transport service ? such as Buffalo Limousine ? to drive them across the Canadian border.
"When Canada imposed that hotel [quarantine], then it was just like our phones were exploding," said Boccio. "What I hear from the majority of these people, it's not even so much the cost, it's like you're in jail ? with this hotel quarantine."..
U.S. taxi services see business boost helping Canadians avoid hotel quarantine
Travellers entering Canada by land aren't required to check into a quarantine hotel
Sophia Harris ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 10, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Airport transport service, Buffalo Limousine, lost about 70 per cent of its business during COVID-19 pandemic. But the company said its luck changed recently, thanks to Canadian snowbirds returning from U.S. sunbelt states who want to avoid Canada's hotel quarantine requirement.
"This is a huge, huge shot in the arm for us, this Canadian snowbird travel," said Carla Boccio, owner of Buffalo Limousine. "It's a godsend."
Since February 22, air passengers entering Canada have been required to quarantine for up to three days in a designated hotel and pay for the cost ? up to $2,000. However, travellers entering by land are exempt from the rule.
To avoid the hotel quarantine, some snowbirds are flying to U.S. cities close to the Canadian border ? such as Buffalo, N.Y. ? and then hiring a ground transport service ? such as Buffalo Limousine ? to drive them across the Canadian border.
"When Canada imposed that hotel [quarantine], then it was just like our phones were exploding," said Boccio. "What I hear from the majority of these people, it's not even so much the cost, it's like you're in jail ? with this hotel quarantine."..