Event with 30,0000 HS students in Detroit.

[ScottM]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Random question, for all you Canadian/Michigander teams. If a team going to the Detroit event were worried for their safety in the city and didn't want to stay in Detroit, how feasible would it be for them to stay in Windsor instead?

15+ years ago this would have been feasible. Nowadays the border crossing is torture. Going to the Canadian side, you will be held up and interrogated to make sure you're not importing student workers. Going to the US side, you will be held up and interrogated to make sure you're not importing student terrorists. Then, if you're unlucky, the crossing may be closed at a moments notice while you're in line. This could range anywhere from 15 minutes up to two hours. On average, you would need to plan for a 1 hour border crossing - each way.

On the plus side, our dollar is pretty strong right now, and buys more in Canada.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by ScottM

15+ years ago this would have been feasible. Nowadays the border crossing is torture. Going to the Canadian side, you will be held up and interrogated to make sure you're not importing student workers. Going to the US side, you will be held up and interrogated to make sure you're not importing student terrorists. Then, if you're unlucky, the crossing may be closed at a moments notice while you're in line. This could range anywhere from 15 minutes up to two hours. On average, you would need to plan for a 1 hour border crossing - each way.

On the plus side, our dollar is pretty strong right now, and buys more in Canada.

We always hear of the border horror stories, but every time I've been across the border we've been waved through. Make sure anyone who isn't an American or Canadian citizen has ESTA, have everyone wear team clothing, and just be quiet and respectful, and you get can a bus of 55 people though in 20 minutes. The biggest issue we've had was when 1114's bus managed to squeeze in front of us and we had to wait for hhem to go first.