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U.S. Visitors to Canada
International Visitors to Canada
Passports & Visas FAQ
Soon Americans returning home via land and sea from any international destination will need to show a passport or other secure travel document.
By June 1, 2009, or earlier, a new American law, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), will require anyone, including U.S. citizens, entering or re-entering the United States by land and sea to have a passport or other appropriate secure document.
WHTI currently requires anyone, including U.S. citizens, entering or re-entering the United States by air to have a passport or a NEXUS card when used at a NEXUS kiosk at designated airports.
At this point, only requirements for travel by air to the United States have changed. Americans can continue to use documents such as their birth certificates and government-issued photo identification (e.g. driver's license) to cross the Canada-U.S. border by land and sea until the WHTI is fully implemented. |
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Come For Dessert Stay For Dinner
 Our Chef loves dessert, and he wants to share that passion with you.
Come to the Ocean's Edge Restaurant and enjoy his freshly made desserts. You can indulge in Chocolate French Silk Pie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie,
Chocolate Cream Pie,Walnut Chocolate Chip Pie or Brownie Sundae. Not a chocolate fan? Try Banana Cream Pie, Coconut Cream Pie, Carrot Cake, Apple
Pie, Or Hawaiian Pistachio Pineapple Pie. We also have the ever-popular Molten Fudge Cake and Cheesecake Xango. The Chef's recommendation for those
on a diet: "Skip the meal and go straight to dessert."
Our Chef was honored in 2006 as having the Best Dessert in Waldo County by the readers of "The Citizen" newspaper.
Wedding Visitors of Captain A.V. Nickels!
The Captain A.V. Nickels Inn In Searsport is closed. The telephone number listed in the telephone book has been disconnected. Hopefully, they contacted everyone who has a wedding booked for 2009. We do not have further information. We just wanted to give adequate warning if the Captain A.V. Nickels was unable to contact their clients.
94% Isn't Good Enough For Us
 In the hotel business, we measure guest satisfaction with the question, "Would
you recommend this hotel to a friend or business associate?" The industry average is 68%. Yes, that's sad. That means to us that 32 out of every
100 guests who stay with our competitors are unhappy with some aspect of their stay. Here at the Comfort Inn Ocean's Edge, 94% of our guests say, "yes". That's
38% better than the industry average. But, 94% isn't good enough for us. When you stay with us, we want to make sure that you have a clean, comfortable
room, everything works in the room, the view is breathtaking, the breakfast is appealing, and our staff treat you like you are welcome in our home.
This is why we are the proud recipients of the Gold Award for Hospitality (2005), The Platinum Award for Hospitality (2006), Best of Brand(2006), and The Platinum Award for Hospitality (2007). Here's a sampling of comments from recent guests:
"Thank you for being a family-friendly hotel. It's a great convenience to have a yard, pool, beach & free breakfast available for us!!"
"This really was a great hotel. I would definitely stay again, during our next trip."
"The off-season rate was reasonable. Had a wonderful stay. Hope to come again."
"Great cleaning ladies! Everything looks and smells good."
"Thank you ever so much! Your hospitality was totally outstanding! I am going to send your questionnaire to HQ to let them know that you people here have gone above and beyond. Thank you again."
(Child scrawl) "You guys r a 4 star hotel out of 5 stars. We put all the stuff in one spot so it would be easy. Thanks for letting us stay. But add 1 more star for effert. 5stars!!!!"
"Our stay was superb. Kudos to all the staff at that hotel. I wanted to send this to HQ, but I didn't have the address."
"You have an excellent restaurant here. I had a great meal."
"Very clean, good view & water temp on pool - perfect. Barry was so nice and personal - excellent at customer service. Breakfast excellent - Good food, nice area. Very nice personnel."
"Very quiet and peaceful. Beautiful location."
"Basically, a very good place to stay."
"Your restaurant is really good. I had a great steak there."
"Always a stay here is a great joy for me and Mike. All staff are exactly as one would wish. Thank you."
Very quiet and restful."
"Staff was great! Enjoyed the pool and Hot Tub"
"The view is the crowning feature of our stay."
"Please add glazed donuts to the breakfast. Everything else was just perfect! Loved the extra touches such as nightlight in the bathroom, wonderful pillows, newspaper at the door. May we take your beds home with us?"
"Everything was great, as always.
"The attitude of your staff was unbelievably great!! Hope to return soon - will definitely recommend to others - want to return for vacation!!"
"Nicest Comfort Inn I've stayed at. I travel a lot and I usually stay at Hampton or H.I. Express, but if Comforts were all like this one, I'd never stay at the others."
The Benefits of Taking a Maine Vacation
"Most of us know intuitively that taking a break is good for us, but you may be surprised to
know that a number of studies have confirmed the health-enhancing effects of vacations." That's what Dr. Mel Borins says. He's a family physician and a travel
and health writer. Here's what some of the research shows:
- Live Longer: Research done on 749 women aged 45-64 in Framingham, MA showed both homemakers and women who worked outside the home who took fewer vacations had a significant increase in the risk of heart attacks. Homemakers who took vacations once every six years or less had almost twice the risk of developing a heart attack as homemakers who took vacations two or more times per year.
- Maintain Brain Cells: James Sands, from the South Coast Institute for Applied Gerontology, studied 112 women, aged 65-92 and found that there was a relationship between more stressful life events and a decline in intellectual functioning. However, there was a positive relationship between vacations and intellectual functioning.
- Increase Life Satisfaction: The University of Tennessee Department of Psychology surveyed 128 employees before and after vacation. They found that there was an increase in life satisfaction after the vacation.
- Decrease Burnout: External stresses and life events leave us feeling overwhelmed, tired, discouraged, disinterested, and even uncaring. Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that feelings of all 76 employees studied decreased significantly during their vacations.
- Improve Family Life: Reported in Science Journal 1968, researchers analyzed the responses of 390 steel workers to an extended vacation. Workers reported more interactions and shared activities with spouses and children. 25% of the respondents felt that their work efficiency increased and that their jobs were more interesting after a vacation.
- Reduce Job Stress: Two recent studies have each clearly demonstrated that an annual vacation significantly defuses job stress and cuts risks of most diseases by 20-30 percent the following year. An ongoing trial of 12,000 American men revealed that, during the five-year study, those who had the most vacations had a 20% lower risk of dying from any cause than those who took the fewest vacations. A similar Dutch study in 1999 provided similar results.
There is something therapeutic about getting away from the stresses of home and work. Every vacation has unique merits. For some people, an organized one week
package or a weekend or holiday getaway can have lasting benefits. Leave the stresses of life at home, and come to Maine, the way life should be. You owe it to
your health.
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