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Any-Broccoli1062 t1_ivi2ixx wrote

I drive to IKEA in Canada. It's only two hours but be prepared for long waits to get back in the usa

Edit: only two hours from Burlington

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Hell_Camino t1_ivi6mea wrote

Go through the Alburgh crossing. Zero wait.

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theburg2 t1_iviajul wrote

We came back (to VT) through Alburgh a few weeks ago. Two lane road, so single file line. American cars pretty much got waved through, while Canadian cars no exaggeration took 15-20 mins each. So about a 12 car line took us 1.5 hours. Can’t even imagine how far the line backed up behind us.

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KeeganDoomFire t1_ivn1bzz wrote

Sounds like you might have hit Canadian thanks giving weekend. Been there, done that and don't recommend.

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theburg2 t1_ivo2tvc wrote

Yes! I think it was that weekend. Interesting. But who is crossing borders to celebrate the other country’s Thanksgiving??

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philly1750 t1_ivieqiq wrote

Wow that's weird, I've never seen Canadian cars being screened for that long, and usually the Alburgh crossing is dead unless it's a major holiday. But in your situation, I would've just gone to the 133/89 crossing at that point, would've been much faster, (it definitely wouldn't have taken 1.5 hours for 12 cars to go through.) Unless it's a holiday, I've never waited longer than 30 minutes there, and I'm not even American.

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theburg2 t1_ivj9p4e wrote

Yeah, part of the issues was it was our first time to Canada in a long time so we kind of wondered if this was normal. In reality the wait had became a sunk cost, but so hard to think that way in the moment. Also we were in an EV, so taking alternative routes become even more limited! Thanks for the suggestions though, will do next time.

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