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2024 Tour code: TC-TCRE-24
About the tour
Two of Canada's most popular cities combine with an exciting train journey across Canada to create one amazing Canadian train vacation. Enjoy all the pleasures of train travel as the Canadian takes you from Vancouver through an ever-changing landscape east to Toronto.
Your 7-day tour includes time at leisure in Vancouver, first-class sleeping accommodations aboard VIA Rail's Canadian, and access to the Skyline Car and the Park Car for amazing views of the passing scenery. You'll arrive in Toronto relaxed, refreshed, and ready to discover all the treasures of this city.
This itinerary is also available from Toronto to Vancouver based on your travel preference.
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Arrive in the coastal city of Vancouver and check-in to your hotel. Located in the heart of the city, you're close to many of the city's attractions, shops, and restaurants. Spend time exploring this scenic city on your own. Opt to add admission to FlyOver Canada, a thrilling multisensory journey across Canada aboard the latest in flight ride technology. Or, choose to explore the Capilano Suspension bridge and park. Overnight Vancouver.
There is so much to see and do in this iconic city. Speak to your rail specialist about adding additional nights and sightseeing experiences in Vancouver. Some highlights include a city or food tours, a day trip out to Victoria, or whale watching.
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4.6 / 5 · 37 reviews
ALLEN KOHLER
Submitted 8/Nov
When you consider the service provided: 1) Book train w/chosen sleeper, 2) Book accommodation at each end of trip, cost of service was on expensive side. Next time we would do our own booking and save the hundreds. Trip was spectacular.
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BECKY FRANZEN
Submitted 2/Nov
This trip was so wonderful, I could have turned around and repeated it.
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BECKY FRANZEN
Submitted 29/Oct
If I could have I would turn around and do the whole trip over again. It was that spectacular!
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ROBERT ALLAN FRINIER
Submitted 3/Aug
Food - outstanding Accommodations / cabin - great except that it was very hard to exit the bed when there are two people. Staff - dining and concierge - great Views - super across Canada
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Judy Pest
Submitted 10/Jun
I booked the Trans Canada by Rail Moderate tour, from Vancouver to Toronto. I know that booking through a tour company can be quite expensive but I’d booked a tour with another tour company and expected a comparable level of services so I may not have done due diligence in exploring what was included in the tour. Best I can tell, the only services provided were booking the train with VIA Rail and booking 2 nights in hotels. There were no meals or gatherings other than the ones that were included in the VIA Rail fee. Most of the transfers between hotels and train stations were not included, which is unusual. There was no representative from Vacations by Rail on site, at the pre and post trip hotels or on the train. But unfortunately that was not the issue I’m writing about. Due to wild fires in Canada, the train only made it to Jasper and had to turn around and go back to Vancouver. Clearly, no one was at fault for that. And the rail company, VIA Rail, handled the situation beautifully. They paid airfare for everyone to get from Vancouver to Toronto and paid for a hotel for the night in Vancouver before our flights home. They announced on the public address system that passengers would receive a refund that would be the difference between the economy fare and the upgraded fare that we had paid (through Travels by Rail). My traveling companion spoke with a representative of VIA Rail after the trip and was told that the refund would be $908, which would be refunded to Travels by Rail and then they would refund us. So I assumed that would be the refund we would receive with maybe a small percentage deducted for administration. But the refund that Travels by Rail provided was $352! So you gotta wonder, where did the other $550 go? Several requests for an explanation as to how the refund amount was determined went unanswered. My advice—book with the rail line yourself. These people are not honorable.
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KATHRYN CLAIRE BORDAGARAY
Submitted 18/May
The part of the trip we had was wonderful. However, we spent a lot of money for this trip. We were stopped at Jasper due to wildfire and had to return to Vancouver, We spent the night in a hotel in Vancouver. In the morning when we went downstairs to catch the shuttle, we were informed that several people had returned to the rail station because they were going to reboard the train and take the planned trip from Vancouver to Toronto. Neither my sister nor I were informed of this option. We paid for the prestige and were royally screwed. Kathryn C Bordagaray
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