Flying to Ottawa

£800 is fairly ridiculous for a 7 hour transatlantic flight really, surprised you think its 'not too bad'.

Go in June, not July, and wait to book for a sale that includes your dates. £800 to the East Coast is a ripoff.

If you are happy to blow 800 quid on flights fly to the other side of Canada instead and go to Vancouver.
 
[TW]Fox;29053036 said:
£800 is fairly ridiculous for a 7 hour transatlantic flight really, surprised you think its 'not too bad'.

Go in June, not July, and wait to book for a sale that includes your dates. £800 to the East Coast is a ripoff.

If you are happy to blow 800 quid on flights fly to the other side of Canada instead and go to Vancouver.
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Thanks seems moving to June has lowered the price to about £470 will wait until closer to the time and book up.

Anybody know of good hotels to stay at in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto?
 
There are thousands of hotels ranging in price from very little to very much. Prices fluctuate considerable depending on demand, too, so one persons good value recommendation can be another persons expensive ripoff.

That said, we did stay in the Courtyard Marriot Montreal City Centre and it was absolutely excellent, it was brand new at the time (2014), reasonable rate wise and IMHO had a standard of accommodation more becoming of a full service Marriott rather than Courtyard.

Toronto was a total nightmare for accommodation - very high rates anywhere near the city centre, even a comparatively crap place was pushing £100 a night.
 
[TW]Fox;29053373 said:
That said, we did stay in the Courtyard Marriot Montreal City Centre and it was absolutely excellent, it was brand new at the time (2014), reasonable rate wise and IMHO had a standard of accommodation more becoming of a full service Marriott rather than Courtyard.
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Why would you go to a characterful city like Montreal and stay in a Marriot? There's plenty of amazing B&Bs and small hotels in Montreal. My favourite was Le Petit Prince but sadly the owner has now retired.
 
I've been to Ottawa a few times, tbh its better to visit in the winter when the canals are frozen but aside from the museum of anthropology and the Parliament, there's not loads to do... Toronto is just a major city, there's some interesting bits and some not so interesting bits, but its more north American than Canadian if you know what I mean... Montreal is interesting, can be pretty dodgy in places too!! Quebec city is good for an overnighter too if you've got time.
The accommodation in Montreal is so varied you really need to figure out what you want first then start looking - if there's a few of you air bnb might be a good shout - do any of you speak French?
 
last year i few to Vancouver with a 3 hour stop over in Toronto, by the time i made it threw customs and security i had 15 minutes to spare, security was full off people begging to be let in front as they only had a few minutes to get get their next flight

one thing that shocked me was the difference in price by flying from a different country. As i live in N.I. i can fly from dublin, and and when i priced flying from belfast to london and then on to Vancouver and flying from dublin to london and getting the same flight to vancouver, it was £400 cheaper
 
Btone said:
last year i few to Vancouver with a 3 hour stop over in Toronto, by the time i made it threw customs and security i had 15 minutes to spare, security was full off people begging to be let in front as they only had a few minutes to get get their next flight

one thing that shocked me was the difference in price by flying from a different country. As i live in N.I. i can fly from dublin, and and when i priced flying from belfast to london and then on to Vancouver and flying from dublin to london and getting the same flight to vancouver, it was £400 cheaper
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Thats what would scare me in a connection flight hardly any time think I would rather fly direct.
 
bingham67 said:
Thats what would scare me in a connection flight hardly any time think I would rather fly direct.
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If its on the same ticket you would just be put on the next flight by the airline, but generally, especially in smaller airports like St Johns, 2 hours would be plenty.

If the fight is delayed they may quite often delay the corresponding flights depending on how many people there are from the delayed transatlantic flight. They would also have people making sure everyone knew where they are going so a tight transfer was made as quickly as possible.
 
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bingham67 said:
Thats what would scare me in a connection flight hardly any time think I would rather fly direct.
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They are responsible for getting you there so you'll just end up on the next flight, its no big deal unless you are connecting to somewhere obscure where there is only one flight a day or something.
 
[TW]Fox;29054279 said:
Because I'm not interested in characterful B&B's? Everyone has different tastes.
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Sure but you're hardly going to Montreal for the fine weather and sandy beaches. Youre missing out on part of the local culture of you stay in a bland multinational hotel chain.
 
[TW]Fox;29057260 said:
They are responsible for getting you there so you'll just end up on the next flight, its no big deal unless you are connecting to somewhere obscure where there is only one flight a day or something.
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Or you miss the last flight of the day,
Or the next flights that day are all fully booked.

Sure if yo have time its almost certain you will get to your destination with 24hors but it is a pain getting shunted off to some rubbish airport hotel for the night and getting some awkward 5am flight the next day. Don't it too many times with delayed flights, its rarely a simply case of popping on a flight 2 hours later and driving a few beers in the mean time.
 
Or it's delta, in which case they tell you the next flight you can get is 4 days latter., despite many flights a day. And spend 3hrs sat on the airport floor on the phone, till you eventually get them to buy you aer Lingus flights which was still the next day.

Saying that haven't had problems with multi leg flights with other companies.
Aer Lingus were actually the best, who met you at the planes door and took us to the next flight.
 
Tunney said:
Sure but you're hardly going to Montreal for the fine weather and sandy beaches. Youre missing out on part of the local culture of you stay in a bland multinational hotel chain.
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There is plenty of culture outside the hotel. When we travel we prefer consistency which we get with a chain brand hotel. I appreciate that isn't everyone's priority, but its ours. The Courtyard Marriott gave us secure underground parking, a room on a high floor with a nice view, and a reasonable expectation of exactly what we'd get.
 
bingham67 said:
Is it that bad then :o
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I grew up there and it's not that bad but then it's not that great either. If u want fun then Montreal is probably the best place to go as long as you can stomach the French:p. Toronto is pretty fun as well but honestly I wouldn't spend that much time in Ottawa tbh, spend a day or 2 there then head to Montreal and Toronto.
 
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