Daily Archive for June 11th, 2007

Niagara Falls and other wild water

Published
by
Graham
on June 11, 2007
in Niagara Falls News
. 0 Comments

From Newsday:

After recent trips to Spain and Ireland, and cruises to Alaska and Panama, I racked my brain for a jaunt worthy of our 35th wedding anniversary. After all, for our 25th, we’d stayed at a seaside resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. How could we top that?

“How about Niagara Falls?” my husband, Paul, suggested. And that idea blossomed into a vacation about a force of nature so powerful it’s been a tourist magnet since the early 1800s, when Napoleon’s brother visited with his bride, kicking off Niagara’s reputation as a honeymoon destination.

Confusing passport situation just got worse

Published
by
Graham
on June 11, 2007
in Niagara Falls News and Niagara Falls Travel
. 0 Comments

From the Niagara Falls Review:

Tourism advocates in Niagara say Friday’s decision by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security to temporarily suspend the need for Americans to have a passport to return home after a trip to Canada or Mexico is going to make an already confusing situation even worse.

“It definitely adds to the confusion,” said Niagara Falls Tourism executive director Anna Pierce.

The decision came after American travellers, frustrated their travel plans may be quashed because of the length of time it takes to obtain a passport, complained to state and federal politicians. The suspension is intended to clear the backlog of applications while the U.S. government tries to process applications more quickly.

But it won’t apply to everyone.