WestJet to St.John's, Newfoundland (Also Featuring ScotRail, easyJet and Yotel) Let The Fun Begin :)

A raw look at what a trip from Montrose to Canada looks like. Join us as we make the tiring journey with ScotRail, Airport Bus, easyJet, Yotel, WestJet and finally some very friendly Canadian folks! We hope you enjoy the video :)

Filmed on 14th/15th May 2024
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This video is not sponsored and all opinions are my own

I don’t pretend to be a travel expert, but I love what I do and would be honoured if you came along with me. My channel focusses on the wide-eyed wonder and excitement of finding somewhere new, and my genuine reaction to it. You may not get a history lesson in my videos, but who knows, you might pick up some useful travel tips along the way, add a few destinations to your bucket list and hopefully be entertained by what you see. Thanks for watching, it means a lot to me :)

I do ALL of this myself. Planning, filming, editing, promoting, all with a weekly upload schedule, so please understand not every video will be an epic adventure. But my pledge is to always do my best in any situation and KEEP THE CAMERA ROLLING :)

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FAQs:
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I was born in Glasgow but have lived in Carnoustie, Dalgety Bay, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Montrose, and further afield (Salamanca, Spain & Devonport, New Zealand)
WHEN DO YOU UPLOAD?
Saturdays at 10am Scottish time. Occasionally a bonus midweek video will pop up (in which case, likely to be Tuesday at 5pm)
WHY IS THERE A DELAY BETWEEN TRIP AND VIDEO APPEARING?
This is both my business model and a result of doing everything myself. Editing takes time and I also like to schedule videos a bit in advance in case of any problems/illness/cancellations etc. Keeping my uploads appearing every Saturday is important to me, so I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. Also, I occasionally need some time off to recover from trips! But more than anything else, it's about budgets. I generally need to film a number of videos on each trip to break even. And each one of these take a while to fall into place on a Saturday morning.
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE?
WHY DON'T YOU SPEND LONGER AT DESTINATIONS?
The usual suspects I'm afraid - time and money! Hotel prices especially these days make my eyes water like a true Scotsman. Also my weekly upload schedule means I need to keep on the move.
WHERE'S ALICJA?
Alicja will feature whenever possible, but she has her own life and a proper job so it can take a while for our schedules to match up. Trust me though, I prefer it when She is there too!
DO YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN TRAVEL?
Yes I do. I've only ever accepted a complementary ticket as compensation for a previous problem. All my opinions are frank and honest reflections of travel as I experience it.
WHY THE ADS?
It's my income, I can't do this for free. Notice I don’t have mid-roll ads though!
CAN I CONTACT YOU?
I used to list my email address but felt bad not having the capacity to respond to everything so took it down (and I got a LOT of spam so missed many genuine messages along the way).
HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?
Watching my videos is of course support enough, but if you'd like to support further, I'll pop links in here for Paypal and Patreon. All kind donations are super-appreciated and will go 100% towards future filming trips.
DO YOU ACCEPT SPONSORSHIPS?
I don't like to upset the flow of my videos, so I don't even include mid-roll ads anymore (at significant loss of income to myself), so I prefer not to include sponsorships either. I'm open to a small slide at the start/end of each video, but I don't want to get into talking about products, it's something I don't like as a viewer myself (especially as a viewer who pays for YouTube Premium). So it's probably a polite no, although all of this goes out the window if you offer me something which can give me the chance to make a video for my audience that would otherwise be impossible.

#SteveMarsh #Canada #WestJet

[steve-marsh]

Thanks for watching! Just to let you know, due to all the content filmed on this trip there will be MIDWEEKERS coming up as well (Tuesdays at 10am UK time). And these will be FULL VIDEOS, not just bonus uploads, so I'd better get back to editing eh? A lot of work still to do :)

[VAELX]

I’m a pilot for Westjet and a fan of the channel. Welcome to Canada! Hope you enjoyed the flight, wish it was me taking you guys across the pond. Looks like you had a typical foggy St John’s approach.

[TheUluxian]

Two complete strangers offering you a lift = A typical day in Canada..
We do love our neighbors to the North.
Have a good time. Don't forget the poutine!

[davidreeves-turner]

West Jet are wonderful people. We missed a flight from Las Vegas back to the UK a few years ago (taxi didn’t turn up!).The BA staff basically didn’t give a sh**, but the West Jet ground crew overheard us - arranged our flight back to the UK via Toronto and upgraded us!

[tommarshall]

Alicia lights up everywhere she goes, Looking forward to the rest of your trip, you pair deserve it.

[peteedwards]

Thank you, you have just saved me the time and expense of ever booking into a Yotel!

[murraypremiseshotelnlcanad]

Thank you for staying with us, we are glad you enjoyed your room and we can't wait to see the rest of your travels in St. John's!!

[Myramhall]

Welcome to my homeland - Newfoundland. My hearts aches for her. Enjoy

[PetrosMathioudakis]

I don't know how I ended up stumbling across this video but that was me in seat 2A, small world! Hope you enjoyed my home town!

[HabaneroTi]

I've been nursing a really bad flu the past 10 days and unable to get out or do much and I can't tell you how comforting your videos have been during this otherwise unpleasant time. Something about travel videos in general and yours specifically really hit the spot. You and Alicja are such a delight to watch, I hope you can keep on doing it for a long time to come. Trains, planes, automobiles, even buses and motels, you've got some sort of special sauce of travel videos going on that I really enjoy watching. All the best!

[mikeclarkson]

I am 77 and lived in Canada my whole life. Newfoundland is the only province i have not been to. The others many times. Born in Ontario. Stepfather was in the armed forces so we were stationed at many bases around Canada. Last base was in Alberta, and i stayed. So thank you for Newfoundland.

[thomaswilson]

The people of Newfoundland are super, really kind and hospitable.

[trbltmd]

Ohhh St. John’s, lived there for 4 years. Most humble people I have ever met.

[judybee]

So lovely to see people you don't even know prepared to give you a lift like that out of the blue. Kindness goes a long way. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Canadian adventure x J x

[cindi]

This was the most fun. Newfoundland people are the best! Love the harbour and your mini meals on the plane 🙂

[mgrizz]

Welcome to my country! This is so exciting! So nice of that couple to show true Canadian spirit and drive you to your hotel. Can't wait for the next video.

[Time]

30:03 It is fun to hear a Newfie and a Scot exchange words... probably to two most extreme accents in the English language😀

[markblackwood]

Born and raised in Newfoundland. Hope you two had a great time.

[rbejva]

I loved that Alicia was wearing Canadian sweatpants on the way :)

[mojogaucho]

Great to see the dynamic duo back together on another ripsnorting adventure!