8/6/2019 Take a Royal road trip

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KATE SCHWASS-BUECKERTQMI Agency

If you want to take a royally-inspired road trip this summer,it's going to cost you more than$4,000 if you pull out all thestops, or a little more than$1,500 if you do it on the cheap.

at includes gas, accomoda-tions and admission into someof the sights the Duke and Duch-ess of Cambridge will take induring their eight-day tour — butnot the taxes or food.

  A BMO survey found Canadiansrank aordability as "the numberone factor determining their summercation plans this year," customercommunications and marketing vicepresident Su McVey said in a release.

"Of course, not everyone has

access to a royal budget." When it comes to where to stay,

not everyone can be guests atRideau Hall, where Kate and Wil-liam will be staying when they're in thenation's capital. So you'll need twonights in an Ottawa hotel, then one inQuebec City, one in Charlottetown,three in Yellowknife and one in Cal-gary.

For those who want to visit thesites Kate and William will visit, thecost is about $109 for admissionfor two into the Canadian Museum

of Civilization, Canadian WarMuseum, Green Gables in PEI, thePEI National Park and the Calgary Stampede.

e good news, though, is thatCanada Day celebrations onParliament Hill and a tour of Rideau Hall are both free.

But it's not just Canadians dis-covering their own country. DaliaBlumenthal of CheapFlights.ca saysnumbers of travellers to the Great

 White North are up."Maybe the U.K. got its ll of the

royals with the wedding or know they can see them at home as, rightnow, Cheapights is seeing a biggerclimb in searches from the U.S.than from the U.K. is is always apopular time for travel to Canada, somaybe it's not all royal fever, but thenumbers for U.S. travellers searchingon Canada destinations are the high-est we've seen this year and hasbeen climbing steadily since Willand Kate took their vows in April,"she said.

kate.schwass@sunmedia.ca

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Take a royal road tripFind out what it's going to cost you to take a trip around Canada, much like the one the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took.

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$2,660 for the tripfor a couple to stay in the mostexpensive spots, including the

Blachford Lake Lodge in N.W.T.

$1,582 if you swap the

lodge out for a hotel

$798 if you opt for

the cheapest hotels

• Canada Daycelebrations: free 

• CanadianCitizenshipCeremony atCanadian Museumof Civilation:$12 per person

• Canadian WarMuseum:$12 per person 

• Green Gables:$7.80 per person

• Dalvay-by-the-Sea/PEI National Park:$7.80 per person 

• Calgary Stampede:$15 per person 

Charlottetownfor 1 night• Delta Prince

Edward: $249

• Sherwood Innand Motel: $79 

Where to stay  Whatto do

Ottawa for 2 nights• Fairmont Chateau Laurier: $199

• Embassy West: $99 

Calgaryfor 1 night• Kensington

Riverside Inn: $229

• Ramada: $85 

Blachford LakeLodge, N.W.T.

How to get there

Cost for the tripin an Aston Martin:

$2,200 in gas

According to BM

O, the visit will cover9,969.6 km, and would require1,760 litres of gasin the average car

Quebec City for 1 night• Hilton Quebec: $250

• Hotel Motel Le Chateauguay: $61

The trip in a Toyota Prius:

 just $593 in gas

Yellowknife for 3 nights• Blachford Lake Lodge,

where Kate and William willbe visiting: $1,135 for a cabin plus $399 for the extra day

• Capital Suites: $125

• Super 8: $152