Canada offers almost every conceivable type of vacation tour to fit a traveler’s budget, whether it’s hiking in British Columbia, indulging in the nightlife of Montreal, taking historic walking tours of Toronto or savoring the grandeur of Niagara Falls. Transportation options for rental cars, train travel or coach tours are plentiful and are conceived for the cost-conscious tourist. U.S. citizens are now required to have a passport or passport card for entering or leaving Canada.
Coach tours and guided walking tours are available on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Visitors can also drive their cars to the natural attraction and enjoy the Maid of the Mist boat ride and visit the Cave of the Winds. Before planning a trip to Niagara Falls in the winter, visitors should determine whether these tours are operating. However, a skating rink, Rink at the Brink near Horseshoe Falls, is open during the winter. Many hotels, like the Hilton and Marriott and Embassy Suites, offer special-rate packages throughout the year.
Some tour companies, such as PersonalTours, offer guided walking tours of historic sites in Toronto, Ontario. Toronto was originally named York, after Fort York. Toronto's Fort York today is a museum and a Canada National Historic Site. The venue features historic buildings, including blockhouses, gunpowder magazine storage houses and officers' and enlisted men’s quarters. Buildings throughout Toronto, including Osgoode Hall, an 1832 office building for Toronto’s Law Society and the city’s first post office, also are on featured on tours.
Perhaps the most efficient and economical way to see the great expanse of Canada is to take a train tour. Tours range from two to 22 days on such iconic Canadian railway services as VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer. Dozens of tour packages are available. Prices vary, but as of 2010 a five-day, four-night train tour of the Rocky Mountains starts at about $1,500 for two people. Prices can climb to nearly $3,000 per couple depending on the region, railway and length of tour. Some tours also include off-rail side trips on a luxury motor coach with driver and guide.
Luxury bus or coach tours are available from virtually every Canadian urban center to many of the country’s most beautiful lakes, mountains and remote towns. Bus tours, for example, as of 2010 average about $880 for two people for a five-day, four-night trip from Edmonton to Calgary through the Rocky Mountains. Packages can include partial rail travel, self-drive side trips and additional hotel nights at an extra charge. Some companies, such as Brewster's Canadian Coach Tours, allow tourists to design their own budget, itinerary and schedule.
Wagner, Rob. "Canadian Tours." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/canadian-tours-1088.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.