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Montreal, QC to Cayo Largo, Cuba
February 3 to February 10, 2008 for in 1 room
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- 1 child
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- 2 adults
- 2 seniors
- 2 children
- 2 infants
Sandals & Beaches
A MORE rewarding Luxury Included® Vacation
Some conditions apply. Consult our promotions section for more details.Melbourne
Bayside beauty
Entry requirements
All travellers to Australia require a visa, which can be acquired electronically, to enter the country. A passport valid 6 months after the planned return date is also required for travel to Australia. For all other nationalities, consult your consulate or tourist board for details. You can also visit www.voyage.gc.ca for up-to-date information.
Baggage
Please refer to aircanada.com for baggage information.
Airport check-in
It is recommended that you present yourself at the airport counter of the airline indicated on your voucher 3 hours prior to departure. Air Canada or Air Canada Vacations representatives will be available starting at 5 a.m.
During your stay
Currency
The currency is the Australian dollar. Notes come in $100, $50, $20, $10 and $5 denominations. Coins come in $2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c and 5c denominations. Prices are rounded to the nearest 5c.
Shopping
From locally-designed originals to the best international brands, the possibilities in Melbourne's shopping areas are endless. Explore department stores and shopping centres and meander through the city's myriad arcades and laneways. Melbourne is also home to the famous Queen Victoria Market. Opened in 1878, it has become a historic landmark and is a must-see for any visitor to Melbourne!
Credit cards
Visa, MasterCard and - with exceptions - American Express are accepted in virtually every hotel in major cities throughout the country, as well as in most stores and restaurants.
Eating & Drinking
Melbourne's melting pot of cultures is reflected in its variety of restaurants, cafés, bistros and bars. Fashionable, eclectic and eccentric, Melbourne’s dining spots offer a dizzying array of the world’s great cuisines, serving meals from the classic to the truly exotic. In the city, it’s possible to enjoy an afternoon tea in the genteel surroundings of a nineteenth-century hotel, watch and be watched in buzzing laneway cafés and bars and handpick a bottle of Yarra Valley Chardonnay at the latest über-chic hangout.
Tipping
Tipping is not a custom in Australia and service charges are not added to bills by hotels and restaurants. Porters at airports, taxi drivers and the like do not expect to be tipped although you may do so if you wish. In higher end restaurants, it is customary to tip up to 10 per cent.
Climate
With the seasons being the opposite of the Northern Hemisphere’s, the summer in Australia starts in December and the winter runs from June to September. Due to its size and geographical location, Australia experiences a wide array of climates. It is consistently hot and dry in the desert of the Outback, while the hot tropical north is subject to heavy rains from December to March. In the southern part of the country, the seasonal variations become clearer, with warm summers and cool winters.
Health
Australia has an excellent health care system. It’s a mixture of privately run medical clinics and hospitals alongside a system of public hospitals funded by the Australian government. There are also excellent public health facilities for women and children in Australia’s major centres.
Telephone
The country code is 61. The city code for Melbourne is 3.
Electricity
Electricity: 220V / 50Hz.
Time zone
Australia covers 3 different time zones. Located in the state of Victoria, Melbourne is at GMT+10. The state observes daylight saving time.
Your departure from destination
Hotel checkout
Hotel checkout times may vary depending on the property but generally you must vacate the room by 12 p.m. (noon).
Duty-free shopping
After an absence of 7 days or more, Canadian residents are permitted to return with a maximum of 750 CAD of merchandise per trip without paying duty. Each time you leave Canada for at least 48 hours, you are eligible to declare up to 400 CAD of merchandise. A written declaration may be requested. Each adult is allowed 1.1 litres (40 oz.) of liquor, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or cigarillos, 200 tobacco sticks and 200 grams (7 oz.) of manufactured tobacco. To calculate the number of days absent, do not count the day you left Canada but include the day you return. If you include cigarettes, tobacco sticks and loose tobacco in your personal exemption allowance, only a partial exemption will apply. You will have to pay a minimum duty on these products unless they are marked “Canada-Duty paid”. Canadian made products sold at duty-free shops will be marked this way.
Airport check-in
Procedures are the same as for departure from Canada.
Customer care
For inquiries relating to extension of stay or change or hotel changes, please call Air Canada Vacations Customer Care department toll free at + 800 296-3408 or e-mail us at: prevoyageclientele@vacv.com. We are at your service seven days a week; from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday ET and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday.