Re:Tripling Down Against USA Conference Hosting
by cperciva on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:29AM
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As I said, Canada is not ideal for people coming from Central or South America. But I can't think of any other starting point where you'd want to transit the USA rather than taking a direct flight to Canada.
Re:Tripling Down Against USA Conference Hosting
by graeme on Monday January 30, 2017 @08:34AM
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I've noticed a lot of flights from Montreal to Asia will transit through the US. So having to avoid the US probably increase some flight expense?
Of course if the US becomes even worse to transit through airlines will probably route around it.
But holding conferences in Canada would leave many people with few good options, other than to transfer in the USA.
Transiting through an American airport requires a visa, and [1] had her transit visa cancelled last week, leaving her stranded in Costa Rica.
It was policy at my previous employer, which had lots of work in Central America and an international staff, to avoid transiting through Florida, and use Madrid or Panama instead. The hassle wasn't worth at most a minor saving in cost or time.
Southern Europe would be a cheaper location for conferences, with few visa issues, and is also a lot closer to Asia.
[1] http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38786119