Niagara Falls, Ontario

[sk8jdgca]

Just make sure your car insurance covers you in Canada.

 

[Ngwira]

Just make sure your car insurance covers you in Canada.

I'm so glad you told me to do this, turns out we need Canadian I'd cards.

 

[Ngwira]

I'm so glad you told me to do this, turns out we need Canadian I'd cards.

Got them. We should be all set.

 

[garrsmom]

Jumping back on. We are leaving July 15th. We will take the train to Chicago and rent a car to drive the rest of the way. Spending four nights in Niagara, Canada at the Embassy Suites.

 

[sk8jdgca]

Jumping back on. We are leaving July 15th. We will take the train to Chicago and rent a car to drive the rest of the way. Spending four nights in Niagara, Canada at the Embassy Suites.

The Embassy is a great hotel and a good location. That is a heck of a drive are you splitting it up or doing it all in one day?

 

[garrsmom]

Have you ever stayed at Embassy? They have gotten mixed reviews. We are staying in Sarnia on the way to Niagara, but plan on driving all the way back to Chicago in one day on our ride back. It says 9 hours, should I expect way longer?

 

[Eureka]

Just make sure your car insurance covers you in Canada.

Hmm, guess I should call about that. Never even thought of it.

 

[sk8jdgca]

Have you ever stayed at Embassy? They have gotten mixed reviews. We are staying in Sarnia on the way to Niagara, but plan on driving all the way back to Chicago in one day on our ride back. It says 9 hours, should I expect way longer?

Just the typical large hotel in a tourist area annoyances. If you want to not stand in line for breakfast get there early, same thing about the free drink happy hour. It is a large hotel, there will be a lot of people there so the elevators might be busy at times. Niagara Falls area is expensive. Pick up some water, snacks and drinks when you are in Sarnia. Overall though it is a nice hotel and great location.

It is probably cheaper to park at the casino parking lot if you are not going to use your car. ( we walk or use Wego). You only pay when you leave but the price can be from $5 to $30 Depending when you leave. I think valet was $35 a night so even at the top price you will save money.

As for the drive depending on traffic it probably will take a bit longer. Depends what time you leave and hit the border at.

 

[Ngwira]

We leave saturday. My last question is I did not buy trip insurance. Will we be covered if there is a medical emergency?

 

[garrsmom]

How about a cell phone question. I have an iPhone 5s with at and t.. What do those coming from the US do about their phone?

 

[sk8jdgca]

How about a cell phone question. I have an iPhone 5s with at and t.. What do those coming from the US do about their phone?

Call your cell provider or check on line. When we go to the states, we can buy a us coverage package for a month or a couple days.

 

[sk8jdgca]

We leave saturday. My last question is I did not buy trip insurance. Will we be covered if there is a medical emergency?

Does your credit card have coverage? If not you will not be covered.

 

[Ngwira]

Does your credit card have coverage? If not you will not be covered.

I have health insurance in the US through blue cross. Maybe I should call them to make sure we are covered in Canada.

 

[Eureka]

How about a cell phone question. I have an iPhone 5s with at and t.. What do those coming from the US do about their phone?

That's on my list of to-dos...to find out how much coverage costs.

 

[Narnia_girl]

How about a cell phone question. I have an iPhone 5s with at and t.. What do those coming from the US do about their phone?

That's on my list of to-dos...to find out how much coverage costs.

So glad this was brought up, or I never would have thought to check. I have a 5s with U.S. Cellular and they told me the phone model will work, but the costs are outrageous!
80 cents a minute to talk
40 cents per sent text
25 cents per received text
$1 per MEGAbyte of data

They offer a one-month Canada add-on for $35 but that only gets you 125 Megabytes of data. (for comparison, our family of five has a 17 GIGAbyte plan) I guess we will purchase the $35 add-on, put our phones on airplane mode and use wifi as much as possible.

 

[Narnia_girl]

We are doing a few extra days in Ontario that are not at Niagara. Anyone here familiar with the area in general that could answer some questions, or should I start a new thread?

 

[rramsr]

All this info is overwhelming. We are planning on driving from MA for 3 days in July. Just got the Canadian id info from our car insurance company. Cell phones will work on our plan. I may get a deal off Groupon but all the other ticket stuff is really confusing me. It will be me, dh, ds 11 and dd 7

 

[Eureka]

So glad this was brought up, or I never would have thought to check. I have a 5s with U.S. Cellular and they told me the phone model will work, but the costs are outrageous!
80 cents a minute to talk
40 cents per sent text
25 cents per received text
$1 per MEGAbyte of data

They offer a one-month Canada add-on for $35 but that only gets you 125 Megabytes of data. (for comparison, our family of five has a 17 GIGAbyte plan) I guess we will purchase the $35 add-on, put our phones on airplane mode and use wifi as much as possible.

That's what I'm thinking too. I'm also hoping that being busy will reduce the likelihood that DS15 will be using data.

 

[CarlisleMom]

Thank you for the reminder to check about our cell phones! We will only be just over the border for 4 days but do not want to be out of touch! We use our phones DH needs to wait for DD and I outside a store! Will have to check with Sprint before our trip in August.

 

[Ngwira]

Leaving tomorrow. Will update this thread periodically!