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[Bruce Monkhouse]

Depends. When I went to Quebec we walked...

Thats great, you can have a great couple days in Vieux Quebec, but how was Ile D'Orleans, Montmorency Falls, or the Basilica of Mount St. Anne?

Oh yes, PMV required...

 

[dapaterson]

Thats great, you can have a great couple days in Vieux Quebec, but how was Ile D'Orleans, Montmorency Falls, or the Basilica of Mount St. Anne?

Oh yes, PMV required...

That's what CommunAuto is for. Local pickup and drop-off.

Lots of transportation options. Even more when you're not tied down to the fixed costs of a PMV.

 

[ytz]

Who goes on vacation and dreams of spending a quarter of their waking day in their car? And heck hotel parking is expensive as hell. And not very secure in a place like Old Quebec.

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Who goes on vacation and dreams of spending a quarter of their waking day in their car? And heck hotel parking is expensive as hell. And not very secure in a place like Old Quebec.

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[lenaitch]

Who goes on vacation and dreams of spending a quarter of their waking day in their car? And heck hotel parking is expensive as hell. And not very secure in a place like Old Quebec.

I do. The journey is the vacation; but then again, I'm a biker. I guess it's easier if your vacation destination is an urban area. I'm not sure Uber and its ilk cover Algonquin Park or Cape Breton Island.

You have to walk around 'old Quebec'. The last time we were there, we couldn't even find little niches to stick bikes in. Who thought allowing tour buses was a good idea?

 

[mariomike]

Good news about the Northlander.

I don't think rail means the end of always driving everywhere.

But, sometimes , it's nice to have an alternative.

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[ytz]

There's a time and place for driving vacations. Old Quebec isn't one of them.

 

[Furniture]

Thats great, you can have a great couple days in Vieux Quebec, but how was Ile D'Orleans, Montmorency Falls, or the Basilica of Mount St. Anne?

Oh yes, PMV required...

You pick your mode of transportation based on intention.

If I planned to visit the areas around Quebec, I might have taken my truck and found lodging in Levis. Instead, I chose the train, and spent my 5 days in Old Quebec. If a HSR option existed, I'd have taken it, so I didn't waste so much time in a train.

The train choice was entirely driven by intention at destination. If I planned to be outside the old city, I'd have driven in the same amount of time, and spent about the same amount in gas.