Re:No visa required
by kristiandupont on Thursday August 26, 2010 @04:18PM
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When are you in a situation where you "have to go to North America", but where it still makes sense to choose Canada instead of the US?
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When I have meetings with multiple NA-based people who are already spread out and already have to fly to one place.
We used to do Seattle, Chicago or NYC. Now we nearly always do Toronto, and occasionally Vancouver. No-one objects to my having set the location north of the border, and the Hong Kong attendee greatly prefers it too (for the same reason, though he has extra hassle at immigration).
Speaking of Toronto, there's a ridiculously good restaurant there. One worthy of saving up for months in advance... North 44. If you get the chance go.
Flights from central america to europe often have connecting flights in the US - and, unlike Canada and most of the rest of the world, the US requires people to pass through US Customs & Immigration to change airplanes.
In the rest of the world - you simply stay in the secure international area of the airport, and never have to deal with customs & immigration until you land in your destination.