Some notes that may come in handy - I'll update this irregularly between now and September as I think of things.
Fill your tank at the border. Gas prices in the US have been at least 10% lower than gas prices in Canada for over a decade. If I did the conversion correctly, we just hit $6/gallon up here. (We have a lot more freeways than you do, but TANSTAAFL - gas taxes (are supposed to) pay for the roads.) Likewise, soda and snack foods cost less on your side of the border.
We don't have a penny any more. If you pay cash, the change you get will be rounded to the nearest five cents. Credit-card payments still go to the penny. (Debit cards are popular here, but I doubt your bank is part of the Interac system.)
Most fast-food chains are different, unless they're really big. Yes, we have McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Subway, and Denny's. I think those are the only US chains that established any notable market share in Canada. You're more likely to find a Tim Hortons (or Second Cup) than a Starbucks, or a Mr.Sub than a Quizno's, or a Swiss Chalet (or St. Hubert) than a Kenny Rogers' Roasters.
Related: At Tim Hortons, a "double double" is a coffee with two cream and two sugar. The most common order in a Timmie's drive-thru is "a large double double."
Related: Yes, you can find plain M&Ms if you look hard enough, but Smarties are far more common.
Related: What Texans call "cookout" we call "barbeque." What Texans call "barbecue" we call "covered in sauce."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Fill your tank at the border. Gas prices in the US have been at least 10% lower than gas prices in Canada for over a decade. If I did the conversion correctly, we just hit $6/gallon up here. (We have a lot more freeways than you do, but TANSTAAFL - gas taxes (are supposed to) pay for the roads.) Likewise, soda and snack foods cost less on your side of the border.
We don't have a penny any more. If you pay cash, the change you get will be rounded to the nearest five cents. Credit-card payments still go to the penny. (Debit cards are popular here, but I doubt your bank is part of the Interac system.)
Most fast-food chains are different, unless they're really big. Yes, we have McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Subway, and Denny's. I think those are the only US chains that established any notable market share in Canada. You're more likely to find a Tim Hortons (or Second Cup) than a Starbucks, or a Mr.Sub than a Quizno's, or a Swiss Chalet (or St. Hubert) than a Kenny Rogers' Roasters.
Related: At Tim Hortons, a "double double" is a coffee with two cream and two sugar. The most common order in a Timmie's drive-thru is "a large double double."
Related: Yes, you can find plain M&Ms if you look hard enough, but Smarties are far more common.
Related: What Texans call "cookout" we call "barbeque." What Texans call "barbecue" we call "covered in sauce."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012