Travel Tips: Getting to Newfoundland
Getting There by Air:
St John's Airport
1-709-7588-8564
(Serviced by most airlines listed below)
St
Anthony Airport
Airport Management: 1-709-454-3192
Airlines Servicing St. John's, St. Anthony:
Air Canada
Reservations: 1-888-247-2262
Flight Information: 1-888-422-7533
Continental Express Airlines
Flight Arrival Information: 1-800-784-4444
WestJet Airlines
Reservations 1-888-937-8538
(Services 30 Major Cities)
Provincial Airlines
Customer Service 1-902-873-3575
(provides air service to small/remote airports)
Air Labrador
Reservations 1.800.563.3042 or 1-709-758-0002
(flights to Goose Bay, Labrador)
Argentia, Port aux Basques:
Marine Atlantic Ferry
355 Purves Street
North Sydney, NS B2A 3V2 Canada
Telephone: 1(800) 341-7981
(Sydney, Nova Scotia to: Port aux Basques or Argentia, Newfoundland
Argentia
Argentia Chamber of Commerce
1-709-227-0003
Port aux Basques
Port aux Basques Chamber of
Commerce
St. Anthony:
Taxi:
Danny's Airbus/Airport Service/Tours
Box 82, St Anthony, NL A0K 4S0 Canada
1-709-454-2630/ cell1-709-454-7858
Email: dannysairbus@aibn.com
(We used Danny's Airbus for all of our guest travel to & from
the airport, and for tours of L'Anse Meadows - very reliable & most helpful)
Car Rental:
Woodwards Rent-A-Car Limited (National Rent-a-car)
1-709-454-8522
Accomodations:
There many accomodations of varying quality and size for you to choose from, including several small B&B's featuring a room in a typical Newfoundland home, where you will experience that wonderful Newfoundland hospitality.
Valhalla Lodge B&B
Box 265 Gunner's Cove
L'Anse Aux Meadows, NL A0K 2X0
(Recieved a pleasing review from a long time WANDERBIRDER)
Haven Inn
P.O. Box 419
14 Goose Cove Road
St. Anthony, NL
709-454 -9100 or 1-877-428-3646
(Great reviews from last season's WANDERBIRDERS)
St. John's:
Taxi:
(We have used the following company, but there are many choices
- see this
directory)
Bugden's Taxi Ltd./Tours
5 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NL A1C 2G4 Canada
1-709-726-4400
CityWide Taxi & Bus Company (24Hour Service)
PO Box 2072
St John's, NL A1C 5R6 Canada
1-709-722-0003
Car Rentals:
Avis Rent-A-Car
139 Airport Road
St John's, NF A1A 4Y3 Canada
1-709-722-6620
Email: rodpike@nf.aibn.com
National Car Rental
PO Box 21297
St John's, NF A1A 5G6 Canada
1-709-722-4307
Email: o'gradyc@nationalcar.com
Thrifty Car Rental
PO Box 29088
St. John's, NL A1A 5B5 Canada
1 -709-722-6000
Email: pamd@thrifty.nf.net
Accomodations:
There are unlimited Accomodations is St. John's, see the "Found
Locally" Guide to St. John's
Fairmont Hotel
115 Cavendish Square
St John's, NF A1C 5W8 Canada
1-709-726-4980
(We were treated to a fantastic stay here while attending a cruise
conference in St John's)
Bonne Esperance House
18-20-22 Gower Street
St. John's, NF A1C 1N1 Canada
1-709.726.3835 or 1-888.726.3835
(A beautiful victorian heritage home in the downtown historic district)