Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits

Canadians avoiding travel in US under Trump administration

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.”

Diana and Rick Bellamy had planned to take a Caribbean cruise from Houston and then head to Laurel, Mississippi, and visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV programs, “Home Town.” Calgary’s partner cancelled those plans and traveled last month along the Mexican coast in the Pacific Ocean, discouraged by the US President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, the insults he has launched to his home country and the stories about U.S. border ag…

Windsor and Detroit were close-knit cities on the US-Canada border. Then Trump ripped them apart. - The Boston Globe

His actions and rhetoric have strained that cross-border kinship like nothing since the War of 1812.

Canadians, put off by Trump's bluster and border arrests, are booking far fewer U.S. visits

Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.”

Canadians are booking far fewer U.S. visits. Here's why.

Lesley Keyter, the CEO of the Travel Lady agency in Calgary, said she’s seen people actually forfeit money to cancel their U.S. trips.

Canadians are avoiding the U.S. over Trump’s bluster and border arrests

Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.” The Calgary couple scrapped those plans and vacationed last month along Mexico's Pacific coast instead, put off by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, the insults he's hurled at their homeland, and stories about American border agents searchi…