Bourques Go the Distance

08/09/2025

✈️ “Your dream trip can disappear in a heartbeat - here’s how to protect it.” 🧳🌍

Flights cancel. Bags vanish. Weather turns. Now what? 🤔

These are the 5 travel insurance must-haves every traveler should know:

1. Emergency Medical Coverage
• Covers illness or injury while abroad — including doctor visits, hospital stays, and even air ambulance evacuation.
• Crucial if your destination doesn’t offer free healthcare.
• Some plans also include emergency dental and repatriation.

2. Trip Cancellation & Interruption (Including Weather!)
• Reimburses non-refundable costs if you cancel before you go or cut your trip short.
• Covered reasons may include personal illness, family emergency, extreme weather, or airline strikes.
• Some policies cover rebooking missed flights or unused hotel nights.

3. Lost, Delayed, or Stolen Baggage
• Helps cover essentials if your bags are delayed.
• Replaces lost or stolen luggage and personal items.
• Often includes passport and electronics coverage too.

4. Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Offers a payout if a serious or fatal accident occurs on your trip.
• Includes accidental loss of limb, sight, or life.
• Recommended for adventure or high-risk travel.

5. Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR)
• Cancel your trip for literally any reason — not just “approved” ones.
• Used to require purchase within 48 hours of booking — now available anytime before your trip starts.
• Typically reimburses up to 60% of your total insured trip cost.

Note: Written in Canadian Context

✈️ Bottom line: If you can’t afford to lose it, insure it.

📌 Save this post before your next trip — it could save your vacation.

08/04/2025

✈️ Travel Tip: Know Your Phonetic Alphabet! 🌍

Ever had to spell your name or booking code over a bad phone line at an airport? That’s where the NATO phonetic alphabet comes in handy! Pilots, crew, and agents use it daily to avoid miscommunication.

Save this photo list for your next trip:
🗣️ Clear talk = smoother travel.

🧳✈️ Because “B as in Banana” just doesn’t cut it when you’re calling from gate 42.

07/29/2025

I can’t choose. Can I choose them all????

What’s your “travel” love language?

07/28/2025

More fun in Atlantic Canada!

TOLLS AND FARES SLASHED ON CONFEDERATION BRIDGE AND PEI, NEWFOUNDLAND + DIGBY FERRIES—Starting this Friday, August 1, the federal government is slashing the cost of travelling to Prince Edward Island, making it more affordable for tourists to visit the province and business to transport good. The toll to cross the Confederation Bridge — previously $50.25 for an average family vehicle — will be reduced by more than half to just $20. Meanwhile, the PEI ferry fare for a typical family vehicle will drop by 50%, down from the current $86.

The federal government will provide funding to Marine Atlantic to reduce fares for passengers and passenger vehicles travelling to Newfoundland by 50% and freeze commercial vehicle fares. Marine Atlantic's ferries travel between North Sydney, N.S. and Newfoundland.

Ferry service between Digby, N.S. and Saint John N.B. along with service from PEI to Quebec's Magdalen Islands will also see passenger and vehicle fares drop by 50%.

The reduced fares are intended to ease transportation costs for residents, visitors and businesses that import and export goods.

07/28/2025

✈️Plane Emergencies: The Race Against 90 Seconds.

Here’s why the first 90 seconds are critical:

⏱️ Survivability Drops Sharply
•Smoke, fire, or collapsing structure makes survival harder after 90 seconds.
•The odds of escaping unharmed drop dramatically with each passing second.

🔥 Fires Spread Fast
•Jet fuel fires can consume a plane in just 2–3 minutes.
•Most fatalities in survivable crashes are due to smoke, not the impact.

✅ Certification Requirement
•Planes must pass evacuation tests clearing all passengers in 90 seconds.
•These tests only use half the exits, simulating blocked or damaged doors.

😨 Passenger Behavior & Panic
•In emergencies, people often freeze or grab their bags, wasting precious time.
•The 90-second standard accounts for this human delay.

🛫 Aircraft Design is Optimized
• Exits, slides, lighting, and even crew positions are built for speed.
• Every detail is engineered to support rapid, orderly evacuation.

Would you make it out in time?

🎯 Always listen well to safety briefings, you’re better prepared to act quickly and confidently—just in case.

07/22/2025

💸 Travel Allowance for School Age Kids: 5 Smart Tips to Stay on Budget Without the Whining 😅✈️

Ever hear “Can I buy this?” 500 times in one trip? Here’s how we keep spending fun but fair for our school-aged kids — while teaching a little money smarts too! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💰

✅ 1. Equal Allowance for All
Each child gets the same set amount for the entire trip. Fair and square!

✅ 2. It’s Their Choice (With Our Guidance)
They can choose what to buy, but every purchase is still a conversation.

✅ 3. Use a Simple Ledger or Envelope
A notebook or Ziploc system helps them see their money and pace it.

✅ 4. Mid-Trip Check-In
Halfway through, we count what’s left and reflect. Did they love what they bought? What’s worth saving for?

✅ 5. Set a Souvenir Goal 🎯
Help them pick one meaningful item to remember the trip — not just random things.

🧠💡 Do you give your kids a travel allowance too? What works best for your family?
👇 Let us know below — we’re always up for new ideas!

07/19/2025

Oh. This is amazing. For those who want to visit the Philippines and want to land in Cebu!

Easy transfer to your next island adventure!!!!

✈️🛥️ "SEA YOU SOON!" Cebu Airport Launches Jet-to-Ferry Transfers for Island Hoppers
By: Your Travel Pulse Desk

CEBU CITY — Fly in, sail out!
That’s the new pitch from Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), which just announced its latest flex: a seamless air-to-sea transfer service connecting the airport straight to nearby islands like Bohol, Siquijor, and Camotes — no taxis, no drama, no wasted time.

The system, rolled out under the "Cebu+" program, will let travelers book ferry tickets right at the airport, hop on a free 5-minute shuttle, and board their ride at Mactan Marina Wharf, just in time for their next tropical escape.

“Instead of competing with island destinations, we’re bundling them,” said Christine Villanueva, the strategic brain at Aboitiz InfraCapital Cebu Airport Corp., during a launch event on July 10.

🧳 From Runway to Reef
Dubbed “CEB Connects”, this innovative blueprint marks a big leap in intermodal travel — turning Cebu into a true central hub where planes, ferries, and vacation dreams collide.

The first wave of this initiative includes:

✅ 2 scheduled Supercat trips daily

🧭 Access to Bohol, Camotes, and Siquijor

🎯 Plans for Malapascua, Bantayan, and Dumaguete in the pipeline

Travelers arriving at MCIA can now book, ride, and sail in under 30 minutes — cutting out the chaos of taxi lines and third-party port transfers.

🌐 International Push
Even global travelers are part of the plan. The airport has partnered with Klook to help market the service abroad, so tourists from Japan, Korea, and beyond can now plan multi-stop island trips with ease.

“This is part of a larger vision — Cebu as a superhub,” insiders say.

And it doesn’t stop there. More expansions are underway under the "Cebu Balik" program, focused on providing better air-to-air transfers and OFW support services, especially for arrivals from the Middle East.

⚓ Fast Facts:
🛫 MCIA → 🚌 Free Shuttle → 🛥️ Mactan Marina Wharf → 🌴 Island Destination

🎟️ Ferry ticket booths inside the airport terminal

🤝 Backed by Supercat Fast Ferry Corp and Mactan Wharf Corp

🚀 Launch backed by February 2025 MOA signing

🌍 Promoted internationally via Klook

💬 Bottom Line?
Forget layovers. Cebu just became the official springboard to the Visayas. With MCIA’s air-sea express, your next white-sand paradise is just a boarding pass and ferry ticket away.

07/19/2025

Splashifax 💦 at Hatfield Farm — Summer’s Biggest Splash!

Is it really summer if you haven’t made waves at Splashifax? 😎

Located at Hatfield Farm in Hammonds Plains, this floating inflatable water park is packed with nonstop fun and laughter for the whole family!

It was Big Sis’s second time and Lil Bro’s first — and they had an absolute blast! 🛟💙

🎥 Stay tuned — we’ll be sharing our top tips, must-know safety reminders, and a special giveaway you won’t want to miss!

👉 Have you been to Splashifax yet? Would you give it a try?

💙 Like and follow to stay in the loop!

07/19/2025

Travel plans? Slay. Dinner plans? Pray!

Anyone else relate?

🤣

07/19/2025

Falling for the Fog (and the Ice Cream!) ☁️🍦

The Fog Company is serving up summer magic in a cone! Big Sis went for Choc-a-lot, Lil Bro picked Strawberry Shortcake, and I couldn’t resist Seas a Day — all topped with a cloud of cotton candy fluff. 🍫🍓🌊

📍 The Fog Company – Halifax, NS

Go treat yourself — it’s like a dessert and a show in one!

07/18/2025

✈️ What do you want to be when you grow up… if you already dream of the clouds?

Career day at French day camp today!
Big Sis and Lil Bro are pilots. 🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️

Their love for travel made it an easy choice for today’s dress-up adventure.

future pilots ☺️



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🇫🇷 Que veux-tu devenir quand tu seras grand… si tu rêves déjà des nuages ?

C’était la journée des carrières au camp de jour en français aujourd’hui !

Grande Sœur et Petit Frère sont devenus pilotes. 🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️

Avec leur amour pour les voyages, le choix de la tenue était évident pour l’occasion.

futurs pilotes ☺️