Hi peeps, My big trip through Canada is only three weeks away now and I’m starting to feel nervous 😬 So I thought I’d post here to ask y’all a few things, mainly about socialising and meeting folks. - specifics about my travels at the bottom
1.) I’m still looking for couch surfing hosts in Vancouver and Toronto. People on beWelcome aren’t really answering. Is there some advice? Or advice on cheap accommodation for 1-3 nights in those towns? Or maybe even some of y’all who’d like to hosts me :)
2.) what are some good ways to meet people on the road? Are there social media apps that are favoured in Canada? Specific places for travellers? (YMCA, hostels, clubs…?)
3.) any other things you’d like to tell me? XD
My trip is: arriving in Vancouver on the 25th of Juli, renting a car on the next day. Plans to travel the west for about 3 weeks. Domestic flight to Toronto on the 16th of August, rental car in Toronto on the 17th, driving around Ontario and the east for two weeks. Departure from Toronto on the first of September.
If you’re going to be in the West for 3 weeks, make sure you get over to Vancouver Island for a few days. The ferry with a car is pretty expensive, around $100 each way, but the ferry ride itself is beautiful and then island has lots of wonderful places to visit from the City of Victoria at the south end with the BC Legislature, Empress Hotel, Butchart Gardens, etc. then you can take a trip up to some pretty spectacular locations in the mid-island like Cathedral Grove (Giant Douglas Fir Trees) and Coombs Market, and then maybe into Tofino (Expensive accommodations but amazing surfing and ocean beaches)