Fredericton-In September 2024, Natasha Beatman Brener and her husband decided to take a three-week holiday on the eastern coast of Canada.
Kingston, a lawyer at Onts, Beatman Braner spent about six months to plan the visit, looking at various options to live in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brearswick.
“We are young, we do not have all the money in the world, we have a hostage. So we went on this journey and we thought, ‘Oh, it will be cheaper than something like Japan. … We were going to cook our food,” he said in a recent interview.
He hired an entertaining vehicle in Montreal for about $ 6,000, and among the campground parking fees, gasoline, groceries, park passes, a round of golf, and a couple of dinner, Beatman Braner said that a total of $ 15,000 has been added.
“This was the most incredible journey. We loved it. It was worth it. It was incredible. The eastern coast is very extraordinary,” he said. “But it was $ 15,000 and we talked to our friend – they went to Japan for three weeks for the same price with flights. And I told my husband,” Okay, we could go to Japan for the same price. “
This year, grinds with the United States as a trade war, Canadians who decide to leave within their country, realize their patriotism that their patriotism comes with a heavy price – and some are choosing to return their plans.
For Alik Tsui, one St. John, NL, resident, recently five-day, Port Rexton, two-person traveling for NL, its cost is approximately $ 3,000. He is avoiding spending his dollars in the United States due to US President Donald Trump’s trade war and Canada’s Anexing comments.
But high prices are forcing him to cut costs for future trips in Canada. “Before I stop for four nights, now I can cut it in three nights. But it will not change my plan to travel.”
Tsui said that he and his wife try to save money with “affordable” lunch from gas stations. “But at night time, we try to find whatever we can do to have a good meal. Not expensive, but a good meal,” he said. The couple went to Vietnam and Thailand for about 10 days earlier this year; The price of that trip is about one -third of the price that he usually pays for a week off in Canada.
Meanwhile, Beatman Braner says that she wanted to take a mother-daughter leave this month when the lawyer had some unexpected times. Both demanded to travel within Canada on a budget of $ 3,000 for four nights and five days. They are also avoiding travel to the United States.
He looked at several places, including the Cubek City and Manitolin Islands in Ontario, but – even a hotel or AirBNB room sharing – their housing costs approximately $ 3,000. With food and gas, the total would be around $ 6,000, he said.
They could not hold the cost right, so they chose to spend two nights at a boutique hotel in their hometown. He said that each holiday plan has to be planned for every meal as high costs have removed the joy of taking a spontaneous holiday in Canada.
A scan of individual -round flights from Toronto to cities on the East Coast for the week of August has shown prices for Halifax in 18 -23, ranging from $ 700 to Westjet for Flair Airlines to approximately $ 1,700; Air transit for about $ 1,200 $ 2,500 via Air Transit via Air Canada; And between $ 1,500 and $ 3,000 up to Charlottown in Air Canada.
A vehicle for five days rental Halifax, St. Johns, and Charlottown in the week of 18 -23 August, ranging from $ 1,500 at an average of $ 1,500 for SUV for a sedan for a sedan. For the week, the hotel rooms in Halifax, St. John and Prince Edward Island were around $ 200 per night to $ 500.
Joseph L. of the University of Toronto. Richard Power, Associate Professor at Rotman School of Management, said that two main reasons can help explain why the journey within Canada is so expensive.
He said that the airlines have not restored some routes that they have cut at the height of the epidemic. How long will the result be from Kovid -19, someone is estimated, the Power said. “This is a question of million-dollars.”
When it comes to housing, he said that high prices can be blamed on a minimum supply. “I am just booking Vancouver for a decline, and I am having trouble finding a place under $ 500 at night,” he said. “This is too much.”
Restaurants add bills in Canada – when compared to those in Europe – because of the tipping culture adding 15 to 20 percent to each food, he said.
With push to support Canadian tourism, Power said, people are ready to pay the “premium”.
“How much premium the question is? And it is almost going out of control.”
This report of Canadian Press was first published on 16 August 2025.
Hina Alam, Canadian Press