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Travel Insurance for Non-US Destinations

Posted date : Nov 7, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I was really pleased to see “Cuba a new option for seniors” which will now permit me to enjoy winter sun, provided I can get travel health insurance which I can afford. It would seem to me that your present insurance premiums are based exclusively for those that winter in the U.S. […]

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Beware of OHIP Coverage when Travelling

Posted date : Nov 7, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: I hope you will consider alerting other snowbirds to a terrible experience we had down south this winter. My friend was not feeling well, so I took her to the hospital. We were told that we could use their fast-track facility, which is like a clinic. After registering with the receptionist, she […]

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Licence Plate Programs/Canadian Credit Cards/Provincial Travel Insurance

Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Suggest that you would assist snowbirds in Florida if you could integrate this licence plate program with help in getting service stations to stop refusing to accept Canadians with credit cards with only five characters in their zip codes. Also to get provincial governments to honour federal obligations regarding travel insurance. V. […]

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Travellers’ Cheques

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: I wonder how many Snowbirds who have bank accounts in Florida realize that the tellers are NOT responsible for cheques??? I have a receipt for $400 deposited on December 7, 2005 in the form of 4 x $50, 10 x $20 and am in dispute with the bank regarding the amount of […]

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Travel Destinations

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Hello, I’m a widower and the kids are all gone and I’m tired of winter. I’m tempted to just load the dog in the truck and go, but then i think about buying a trailer here or…and I’m not sure where to head for, maybe the Texas coast or Arizona. Where do […]

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Importing a car to Canada

Posted date : May 30, 2026

We purchased a 2011 Honda CRV in AZ in 2013. We have our AZ home up for sale. We have collected a number of treasures over the years.

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Keeping your passport

Posted date : May 30, 2026

With my husband severely disabled and losing his driver’s licence, we sold our southern home. So I didn’t bother to renew his passport. Now I have all kinds of bureaucratic problems…

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Prescription drugs

Posted date : May 30, 2026

If I contact my Ontario doctor while in Florida and he gives me a prescription, how can I get it filled in Florida? Has anyone done this?

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Form I-94 validity

Posted date : Dec 16, 2025

My husband and I will be returning as snowbirds to Arizona in November. I assume we will be issued I-94 forms for six months when we fly out of Toronto. In February, we plan to take a cruise to Mexico for a week.

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183 days

Posted date : Dec 16, 2025

If you travel down to the states but come back to Canada for family events, etc., do the days you’re back in Canada still count towards the 183 days?

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