For non-booked travelers, the next available routes between Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver and Departure Bay in Nanaimo, BC, are late afternoon. The same goes for the Tsawwassen-Duke Point route, according to the company. By mid-morning, routes from the South Gulf Islands to Tsawwassen were fully booked for the rest of the day. “If you are traveling without a reservation, we recommend booking a trip in advance on Tuesday,” BC Ferries tweeted to passengers leaving the South Gulf Islands. Return services between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay were canceled until the morning due to strong winds in the Georgian Straits. The winds through the strait were expected to reach 70 km / h on Monday, with gusts of up to 90 km / h. An opinion from Environment Canada stated that the weather is expected to calm down by noon. The ship en route between the South Gulf Islands and the Tsawwassen was also slightly delayed from the program on Monday, but not due to weather: the ship was delayed due to a mechanical problem with one of its watertight doors. BC Ferries officials had warned travelers to prepare for a busy day Monday as the first major weekend without public health restrictions draws to a close. The advice from Vancouver International Airport and the RCMP was similar, urging travelers to prepare for possible large queues at the airport and on the Canada-US border on land.

Sunwing Airlines travelers are excluded

In a separate issue, travelers trying to return home with Sunwing Airlines were delayed due to a system outage across the network on Monday. The problem has affected check-ins, boardings and delayed more than 40 flights for more than 12 hours. The passengers were stranded at the airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Monday, after Sunwing Airlines ran into a serious network problem. (Offer from Alyssa Kelly)
The Toronto-based airline said in an email that the problem came from its booking system provider, which also serves other airlines, which is shuffling traffic. “People are trying to find the best, I guess, but it ‘s incredibly frustrating to end the holiday this way,” said Alyssa Kelly, who was due to return to Vancouver from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Sunday. By Monday morning, Kelly’s flight had been delayed by more than 18 hours. She said she paid for her hotel stay on Sunday night with “very little communication” from Sunwing. Canada eased pandemic re-entry restrictions on April 1, meaning fully-vaccinated travelers no longer need to take a negative COV test for COVID-19 before entering the country by land, air or sea.