The Via Rail corporation offers intercity rail services across Canada. It provides holiday packages throughout all four seasons in the following categories: adventure, city touring, cultural, festivals - events, fishing, gay friendly, golf, learning travel, outdoor, rail-air, rail-cruise, rail-drive, shopping, ski, spa, sporting events, wildlife, and wine tours. The company also has travel packages for specific Canadian destinations such as Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Perce.
This program takes travelers to Banff and Jasper National Parks in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The package includes seven nights' accommodations, a two-day rail journey from Jasper to Vancouver and scheduled transfers between Calgary and Banff. As of March 2011, prices start at $1,574 for the package.
The Montreal-Halifax travel package takes travelers across Canada's maritime provinces and features a guided tour of Cape Breton and its highlands. The package includes six nights' accommodations, an overnight rail journey from Montreal to Halifax, a tour of the city of Halifax, guided tours of Cape Breton, three dinners, two breakfasts, and one picnic lunch. Prices start at $1,263 as of March 2011.
This travel package takes travelers from Toronto to Vancouver, two of the great metropolitan areas in Canada. Along the way riders go through the lake regions and grain fields of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. In Alberta travelers embark on a tour of the Canadian Rockies. As of March 2011, the package includes accommodations for eight nights at a starting price of $1879.
