Michael ........ you must live in the wrong province! Heightened Security
........ what's that ? My wife and crossed into Maine at the St Stephen, NB /
Calais, ME road crossing late last November. Dealing with the US Customs border
person was as relaxed as meeting the door greeter at our local Wal-Mart absent
only a cursory look at our passports and a question of where we were going
[Acadia NP for my nephew's 50th birthday]. We wished him a Happy Thanksgiving
and he returned the same wish, he even smiled and waved us goodbye. We were the
only car in the line. He might have been lonely!
jh
On 02/04/19 11:52 AM, "Michael R. Collins" <Michael.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Weather in March: it's a gamble, it could be nasty or just fine. That
> northwest part of New York State is the real issue, it can get huge
> snowstorms in winter, and sometimes roads/highways are closed; years ago I
> drove regularly between Toronto and Rochester in December/January, including
> snowstorms, so have had that fun. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have
> experience driving in that sort of weather, plus you'll be on the "wrong"
> side of the road. If you do drive, from the Toronto airport it's about 90
> minutes to the border best case (but could be a couple of hours in rush-hour
> traffic), highly variable wait time to cross the border (could be 1/2 hour,
> could be two hours or more), and about 90 minutes from there to Rochester.
>
> Crossing in a Canadian hire car: you will need first to ensure that the car
> is allowed to be driven into the US, some contracts will only allow Ontario
> or Canadian provinces; also, insurance may be an issue cross-border. Second,
> given the (how shall we say - heightened?) scrutiny of visitors to the US,
> you'd need to be *very* sure that you're well documented, with a credible
> story of why you're taking this route rather than flying into Rochester after
> entering at a major airport (e.g., NYC).
>
> Am I trying to dissuade you from option 2 :-) ?
>
> Michael
>
> On 2019-02-04 9:31 a.m., Mike Bloor wrote:
> >I am planning to visit Northern New York State, near Rochester. My travel
> >options are (1) fly Dublin to New York, 3 1/2 hour wait, fly on to
> >Rochester, taxi to destination and (2) fly Dublin to Toronto, hire a car,
> >drive to Rochester. Option 1 involves around three hours of passing through
> >pre-immigration at Dublin Airport, which is a nightmare, so option 2 looks
> >attractive. Does anyone have any idea how easy it is to cross the border in
> >a Canadian hire car? How long does it take? What are driving conditions like
> >in March? I was last in Toronto during a very snowy February and although
> >all the city roads were cleared I'm not sure about further out.
> >
> >Mike
>
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