[net.travel] Any recommendations for hotels?--Niagara, NY...Toronto...Montreal

shorty@homxa.UUCP (M.SAMANTA) (07/20/84)

My spouse and I are planning a trip in late August to Niagara Falls,
then plan to drive up through Canada (Toronto, Montreal) and down through
Maine, NH, Mass, and back to NJ.  Anyone have any recommendations
for lodging (motels, hotels, country inns) along this route?
I am aware of country inns in New England, but don't have any info
on Canada or Niagara.  I assume we should probably chart our course
ahead of time and make reservations accordingly, but it would be
easier to just go along and stop when we feel like it. (But I have
a suspicion that in August, we may find every place booked for the
night.)
Another question: what is involved in driving into Canada and then
driving back into the USA?  Should we bring our passports? (My spouse
is a permanent resident, but not yet a citizen of the US.)
What kind of border patrol should we expect? (We don't anticipate
carrying anything illegal into or out of Canada.)
Any help you can give me on these concerns will be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks.
					homxa!shorty
					AT&T CP, Holmdel, NJ
P.S. I should mention that we plan
   to spend only a week vacationing.