Re: [81attendees] Ways to Quebec City from Toronto by ways other than Airlines

["John R. Levine" <[e-mail]>]

> I would not recommend anyone (even if you have a VISA) to try to connect
> through the US as that puts you into the hands (figuratively and literally)
> of the TSA.

Having connected in both the US and Canada many times, I can report that 
CATSA is more polite than the TSA, but there's not much practical 
difference between them.  Yes, I've done the TSA nude-o-scope opt-out, 
which was nowhere near as kinky as reported.

I agree that renting a car in Montreal is a reasonable alternative.  It's 
a four hour drive, starting with a slog through Montreal city traffic, but 
that's a lot shorter than the ten hours from Toronto.  Avis has an office 
in the Hilton next door to the conference centre, Hertz has one on the 
Cote de Palais in the old city which is walkable.

> I also did not find that there is a lot of air service directly to QC from
> the US when I was booking my flight (from Dallas)

Of course.  It's a regional airport, it has service from hubs in the 
northeast.

R's,
John