Thanks Michael,
Driving on the wrong side of the road is not an issue. My driving is
split roughly 50/50 RHD/LHD.
We're spoilt in Europe. I often hire a car at a central European
airport knowing that I will be visiting multiple countries and it
won't be an issue with the hire company or insurance.
Mike
At 15:52 04/02/2019, you wrote:
Weather in March: it's a gamble, it could be nasty or just fine.
That northwest part of New York State is the real issue, it can get
huge snowstorms in winter, and sometimes roads/highways are closed;
years ago I drove regularly between Toronto and Rochester in
December/January, including snowstorms, so have had that fun. I
wouldn't recommend it if you don't have experience driving in that
sort of weather, plus you'll be on the "wrong" side of the road. If
you do drive, from the Toronto airport it's about 90 minutes to the
border best case (but could be a couple of hours in rush-hour
traffic), highly variable wait time to cross the border (could be
1/2 hour, could be two hours or more), and about 90 minutes from
there to Rochester.
Crossing in a Canadian hire car: you will need first to ensure that
the car is allowed to be driven into the US, some contracts will
only allow Ontario or Canadian provinces; also, insurance may be an
issue cross-border. Second, given the (how shall we say -
heightened?) scrutiny of visitors to the US, you'd need to be *very*
sure that you're well documented, with a credible story of why
you're taking this route rather than flying into Rochester after
entering at a major airport (e.g., NYC).
Am I trying to dissuade you from option 2 :-) ?
Michael
On 2019-02-04 9:31 a.m., Mike Bloor wrote:
I am planning to visit Northern New York State, near Rochester. My
travel options are (1) fly Dublin to New York, 3 1/2 hour wait, fly
on to Rochester, taxi to destination and (2) fly Dublin to Toronto,
hire a car, drive to Rochester. Option 1 involves around three
hours of passing through pre-immigration at Dublin Airport, which
is a nightmare, so option 2 looks attractive. Does anyone have any
idea how easy it is to cross the border in a Canadian hire car? How
long does it take? What are driving conditions like in March? I was
last in Toronto during a very snowy February and although all the
city roads were cleared I'm not sure about further out.
Mike
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