[pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

If it is only $10 cheaper, I would fly from Vancouver.  Don't worry about the customs. You'll probably get searched as there is alot of BC hydro smuggling that goes on from Vancouver. Just don't bring anything illegal with you.  You will need a passport no matter how you want to cross the border, although the drivers license and birth certificate should get you through with just a lecture.  Or, it might not.  Or, it might go smoothly.  Border agents seem to have a lot of discretion with who they let in and how. With a passport, you can remove alot of their discretion. If you don't have a passport, I would get one NOW, before you are forced to do biometric stuff for it.

Another reason people get tickets out of Seattle is in case something goes wrong.  For example, you run out of time, or get hurt, or just decide to leave the trail in Washington (this happened to several thruhikers in 2003).  It is then a lot easier to get to Seattle than to go to Vancouver.

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of Eric Yakel
> Sent: 	Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:42 PM
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> Subject: 	[pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal
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> Yo Listers:
>      Hoping some one out there has done this and can tell me about it.  I found where the guides, yogi's book, etc. all recommend taking a bus or train to Seattle and flying 
> from there.  However, I noticed while researching ticket prices it is only about 10 dollars cheaper from Seattle to Ontario, CA than from Vancouver to Ontario.  I was wondering if it is hard to get through Canadian Customs at the Vancouver airport.  If so, I can see why it might be better to take the bus to Seattle.  If it isn't difficult, it seems much easier to fly straight from Vancouver to Ontario.  I will have a Drivers License and my Birth Certificate with me, not a passport.  Any one have any experiences to share?  Thanks.  Eric Yakel
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