Originally Posted by
Falco16
There may be some trepidation from US citizens on what welcome they'll receive, but I honestly would place more weight on economic reasoning. I think there's a lot more belt tightening. The cost of living is quickly becoming an issue for people at home.
We're headed to the Maritimes in September and the hotel cost in Halifax was an eye-opener. Even Dartmouth was pricey The cottage in PEI wasn't the bargain of 20-25 years ago, but still affordable.
We get a lot of cruise ship customers from US here in Victoria, and AFAIK there have been no reports of locals taking it out on Americans.
As for your PEI trip, if you are driving, the cost of driving on the bridge from/to the mainland dropped by half less than a month ago, so you have good timing
