Here is some of the best travel news and notes from around the Internet:
- Mileage running makes for some interesting immigration questions (“wait, WHY are you here?”).  Michael from DemFlyers gives his account of going to Dublin on a mileage run and some answers I do NOT recommend giving to your immigration officer.  I’ve had my share of awkward border crossing questions myself (“WHY are you coming into Manitoba?!)
- Mommy Points shares some thoughts on what a combined Marriott / Starwood loyalty program might look like….. do I hear “Marriott Preferred Guest?”
- The TSA paid 1.4 million dollars for an app that essentially just randomly chooses left or right.
- Having just gotten back from Disney and given my own 5 money saving Disney tips, Dia the Deal Mommy shares a trick that can get you double the Disney days for barely nothing
- I haven’t driven in a non-Canada foreign country in 20 years, but Brian from The Gate’s 8 tips on how to drive in Cairo reminded me of my time driving in the Dominican Republic
- I’m hosting a Twitter Party on Monday night about packing for a vacation – enter to win a suitcase from Ricardo Beverly Hills
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The Canucks are uptight. I was asked at the Canadian border if I had any firearms or weapons and I replied as a joke, “Not today” and I then got interrogated for at least five minutes:
“What kind of guns do you own?” “Has there ever been any guns in this car?” etc.
It wasn’t pleasant and he was trying to figure out a way to detain us but he didn’t. A year earlier I had said the same thing and the border control agent just laughed and waved me on.
Needles to say, I will never make a joke when asked about firearms or weapons at the Canadian border again.
When I was on a county trip in Minnesota / Wisconsin, we crossed the US / Canadian border 4 times. Sometimes it was easy, other times they really grilled us. And especially since we were essentially driving around doing nothing, it was tricky to know what kind of answers to give that didn’t sound super suspicious