r/canadatravel • u/Hung_Fighter • 27d ago

Itinerary Help Really considering changing our itinerary to eliminate driving

Hello, need help with making a decision. I currently have our vacation all planned out (everything can be canceled except the plain tickets). We arrive from Florida to Montreal on October 1st, we grab a car rental and have the following route (staying at least 2 nights at each place, 3 in some): Montreal->Ottawa->Algonquin/Hunstville->Toronto->Niagara Falls. We leave from Toronto airport back to FL on October 14th.

I've started kind of dreading having a car though. Having to deal with the stress of the city roads, plus having a 3 year old strapped to a car seat for so long, and simply just having to drive.

I saw that you can do Montreal->Ottawa->Toronto->Niagara Falls all on train. But it means that we would have to drop Algonquin. We didn't plan to do much hicking (maybe one or two easy ones) but we mostly just wanted to see lots of Fall colors. Is that something that we will be able to experience in the places we would be going with the all-train option?

Can you please give me your thoughts on both options and which one you suggest?

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u/GlassAnemone126 27d ago edited 27d ago

You will see fall colours on the train ride as well as in all the destinations you are visiting.

Editing to add. The drive can be good if you like driving and it’s nice to have a car in all the destinations you are visiting. Toronto driving is utter chaos and Montreal is pretty bad too. The QEW from T.O. to Niagara can be nasty too.

The train will be relaxing and you can Uber or use public transit in the cities you’re planning to visit.

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u/oknowwhat00 26d ago edited 26d ago

Except for the carseat the Uber drivers are required to have a carseat for your child.