{"id":350414,"date":"2025-08-17T00:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350414\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T00:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:43:20","slug":"skipping-the-u-s-and-taking-a-vacation-to-east-coast-this-year-it-will-cost-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350414\/","title":{"rendered":"Skipping the U.S. and taking a vacation to East Coast this year? It will cost you"},"content":{"rendered":"

In September 2024, Natasha Beitman Brener and her husband decided to take a three-week vacation to Canada\u2019s East Coast.<\/p>\n

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Beitman Brener, a lawyer in Kingston, Ont., spent about six months planning the trip, looking at various options to stay in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are young, we don\u2019t have all the money in the world, we have a mortgage. So we went on this trip and we thought, \u2018oh, this will be affordable compared to something like Japan\u2019 . \u2026 We were going to cook our own food,\u201d she said in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

They rented a recreational vehicle in Montreal for about $6,000, and between campground parking fees, gasoline, groceries, park passes, a round of golf, and a couple of dinners out, Beitman Brener said the total added up to $15,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the most incredible trip. We loved it. It was worth it. It was incredible. The East Coast is so extraordinary,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it was $15,000 and we talked to our friend \u2014 they went to Japan for three weeks for the same price, with flights. And I said to my husband, \u2018well, we could have gone to Japan for the same price.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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This year, as a trade war grinds on with the United States, Canadians who decide to vacation within their country are realizing their patriotism comes with a hefty price tag \u2014 and some are choosing to scale back their plans.<\/p>\n

For Alick Tsui, a St. John\u2019s, N.L., resident, a recent five-day, two-person trip to Port Rexton, N.L., cost him about $3,000. He is avoiding spending his dollars in the United States because of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war and comments of annexing Canada.<\/p>\n

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But high prices are forcing him to cut costs for future trips in Canada. \u201cBefore I would stay for four nights, now I may cut it down to three nights. But that won\u2019t change my plan to travel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tsui said he and his wife try to save money with \u201ceconomical\u201d lunches from gas stations. \u201cBut nighttime, we try to find whatever we can to have a good meal. Not expensive, but a good meal,\u201d he said. The couple went to Vietnam and Thailand earlier this year for about 10 days; that trip cost about one-third the price that he usually pays for a week\u2019s vacation in Canada.<\/p>\n

Beitman Brener, meanwhile, says she wanted to take a mother-daughter vacation this month after the lawyer had some unexpected time off. The duo sought to travel within Canada on a budget of $3,000 for four nights and five days. They too are avoiding travelling to the United States.<\/p>\n

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She looked into several locations, including\u00a0Quebec\u00a0City and Manitoulin Island in Ontario, but \u2014 even with sharing a hotel or Airbnb room \u2014 their accommodation costs would have been about $3,000. Along with food and gas, the total would have been about $6,000, she said.<\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t justify the cost so they chose to spend two nights at a boutique hotel in their hometown. The fact each vacation has to be planned down to every meal because of high costs has removed some of the joy of taking a spontaneous holiday in Canada, she said.<\/p>\n

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