After two years of lockdowns and travel restrictions, many Canadians are eager to pack their bags and finally hit the road.
However, there’s a hitch. While travellers no longer have to worry about a COVID-19 test to return home, they face a new hurdle: rising travel costs fuelled by increased demand and sky-high oil prices.
“Even though the travel restrictions have been removed, a new restriction has been added, which is a financial restriction,” said would-be traveller Chanakya Ramdev of Waterloo, Ont.
Ramdev hasn’t seen his parents, who live in India, since 2018. In April, after Canada lifted most of its travel restrictions, he started researching
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