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Leffe Beer, TravelBloggers.ca

Belgium – Home of Chocolate, Waffles… And Beer

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When we decided to go to Belgium and Germany this year – first and foremost on our to-do list was to sample real authentic Belgian Chocolate – not the store-bought stuff, it HAD to be from a chocolatier. Second on the list was to try the beer and hopefully get a tour as well. Hoegaarden is one of the best beers you can buy, so drinking that while in Belgium would be a slam-dunk – right? Wrong, more on that later. Google is a wonderful thing because Belgian Tourism (country, town or region) has a long way to go when it comes to marketing to tourists – they don’t even have a Twitter account!! Every time we found something interesting and thought about finding more information, it was a dead-end as far as any tourism office website was involved. Thankfully Google and TripAdvisor filled in the requisite information satisfactorily and made it a wonderful trip.

Westjet 737-800, TravelBloggers.ca

Belize Welcomes WestJet As Its First Non-Stop Flight From Canada

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CALGARY, Oct. 29, 2016 /CNW/ – Today, with the departure of flight 2604 from Toronto Pearson International Airport, WestJet officially becomes the only Canadian carrier directly connecting Canadians to the beautiful country of Belize. “Leaving Canada and hitting the beaches in Belize by mid-day is something that Canadian travellers are not used to and we have absolutely changed the game with our twice-weekly service from Toronto,” said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive Vice-President, Commercial.

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Canadians Leaving Vacation Days Unused, Handing More Than $5.5 Billion In Wages Back To Employers

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TORONTO, Oct. 19, 2016 /CNW/ – Most Canadians would like an additional 11.5 more vacation days per year, according to the latest annual “Vacation Deprivation” survey from Expedia.ca. But would they take them? In 2016 Canadians received an average of 17.3 vacation days but will use only 14 of them. That adds up to nearly 31 million unused vacation days and more than $5.5 billion in wages handed back to employers! But that’s not all… 27% of Canadians go a year or more without taking a vacation, with an additional 36% going six months to a year without a break.

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Renewing Your Passport? Will that be for four-and-a-half years or nine-and-a-half?

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  We were in the middle of booking our next trip to Europe when we discovered that our passports would expire 2 days after our scheduled return home. Uh oh… some countries require you to have 6 months available after your departure date – otherwise they won’t let you in. It’s a bit excessive, but that’s the new world we’re living in. No problem, we’ll just renew our passports and they’ll tack the remaining 6 months on to the end of our new expiry date – after all we’ve paid for that six months and it’s not our fault other countries make that rule – right? You’d think that would be so, but not if you’re Canadian.