Don't Just Book A Canadian Tour...
Book A Canada RAIL Tour

Here’s a thought that is often overlooked when vacation planning for Canada.  If you add a rail portion to the trip, you transform a standard, run of the mill vacation into something really quite special.

By its very nature, rail travel is both nostalgic and quintessential.  In a time when most people are zooming around at 600 miles per hour in long metal tubes thirty thousand feet above the tree line, breathing the same recycled air for the duration of the flight, a train offers a civilized alternative. 

For starters, travelers can breathe fresh air in their rail car as it hums past the ever-changing beauty of the Canadian landscape.  Your clients can experience a change in their surroundings within the car, as well.  Depending on which service they elect to take, VIA Rail offers everything from at-seat snacks to elegant dining cars set with fine linen. The dome-equipped cars are also very popular, allowing people to garner a true 360° view of their world.  Finally, if any of you have ever tried to get a good night's rest on a long air flight, you know that sleeping in the “fetal position” is nothing compared to cozying up in your own private cabin.  And when it comes to personal refreshment, VIA Rail Canada sleeper cars offer a refreshing shower to its passengers.  Add all of this to the nostalgia inherent in this type of travel and you have a real winning option for your clients to enjoy.

With this in mind, think about how your clients will react to your addition of a rail component to their vacation.  On one hand, they may return home saying, "We had a nice trip in Canada that included our air and hotel,” or they could say, “What a memorable and unique vacation we had.  Enjoying Canada by rail made this holiday so different than all of our past ones.”  Which would you rather have them say when it came time for their next trip?  The point that I’m trying to make is that when you add a rail trip to your client’s package it makes the entire vacation special.  When a vacation is special, people remember it.  When they remember that special vacation, it endears them to you and assures a repeat customer.