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Tadpole Raisin

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1. I saw an article about a guy in southern Maine who has run a bed and breakfast

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 12:16 PM

Apr 2025

for decades with ~80% of his yearly returning customers being Canadian and almost all of them had called to cancel their reservations. They really love the place and this guy and would apologize but said they just couldn’t do it because of the Felon in Chief.

This will play out across the United States for the next 4 years with a lot of foreign travelers and the potential ripple affect scares the hell out of me.

This has not been discussed much in the media.

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Statistics Canada data shows drop in Canadians making return trips from U.S. [View all] Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 OP

I saw an article about a guy in southern Maine who has run a bed and breakfast Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #1

Not in mainstream media, but mwmisses4289 Apr 2025 #8

When you're awful to people, they don't want to be around you. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #2

Maybe it's just me, but I read that as 'Canadians are not returning home from the states tinymontgomery Apr 2025 #3

Canada counts people coming in, not going out. They ask if they are returning from a vacation. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #4

Okay, thanks. Interesting way of saying they aren't visiting the states anymore. tinymontgomery Apr 2025 #5

The excerpt says that Canadians visiting countries other than US is up 9 %. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #6

Yea, I read the piece, just the head line seemed confusing till you told me tinymontgomery Apr 2025 #7

Sounds like a Britishism Retrograde Apr 2025 #9

In Las Vegas Andy Canuck Apr 2025 #10