Share They call from six in the morning to 12 at night, John Arnet, general manager of 716 Limousine in Buffalo, N.Y. said. We ve had so many requests for border crossings that we re turning them down.
Canada s harsh travel restrictions
While most foreign travelers are banned from entering Canada, people with Canadian citizenship or Canadian relatives are allowed to cross the border.
Anyone entering the country has to quarantine for 14 days, which includes a mandatory three night pre-paid booking at a government-authorized hotel for people who fly into the country.
Travelers are expected to make their own plans and those without prearranged quarantine arrangements could be placed in a facility for 14 days or face a $3,000 fine for failing to book a hotel.
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U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.
While both Canadian land and air travellers are required to take a test within three days of departure, and again on arrival, only those flying to Canada must spend up to three days of the country’s 14-day required quarantine period in a hotel.
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U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.
While both Canadian land and air travellers are required to take a test within three days of departure, and again on arrival, only those flying to Canada must spend up to three days of the country’s 14-day required quarantine period in a hotel.
That has led to a surge of calls for taxi and limousine services from Canadians who fly through U.S. airports in states like New York and then cross over the land border, representatives of four companies told Reuters.
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