Ya'Gotta Adventure Travel Blog

It's Getting Close to Folk Festival Season In Western Canada!

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:29:29 GMT

If you are planning to travel to western Canada, there is one tradition that music fans need to take in. During the last quarter century western Canada has become a hot-bed of roots based music and hosts a fabulous selection of folk music festivals. Many of these folk music festivals in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the northern territories in western Canada (Yukon and the Northwest Territories), feature top industry performers, from around the world, as well as the amazing talent developed in our own country! To provide visitors with regional sounds and songwriting flair, many of these festivals also feature local favourites.

For those folk festival fans that can't get enough during the summer; we've also included a few winter/spring folk festivals in western Canada.

Planning a trip, to visit the folk festivals of western Canada, from anywhere in North America, you can book your trip from our main Ya'Gotta Travel booking page, with flights, hotels and car rentals. From other worldwide locations, go to our international page.

Also, so you can find great trekking before or after the festival(s), we've included to our related Ya'Gotta destination feature articles about the locations.

Book Now For Alaska Cruise Season!

Sun, 11 May 2008 17:41:54 GMT

Many of the famous Alaska cruise lines, depart from Vancouver, BC (beginning in June of each year), with spectacular scenery, glaciers and possible opportunities for whale watching. Alaska cruises are either one week or two weeks, and there are two routes: the Inside Passage and the Gulf of Alaska, but they both take a similar route for most of the trip—travelling along the easterly coast of a long string of islands up the BC coast, on a waterway known as the Inside Passage.

From Skagway, Alaska travellers have the option of continuing into the interior of Alaska, or leaving the United States and returning Canada in the Yukon Territory, where you can visit famous Dawson City the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush.

If you're planning to take an Alaskan cruise go to Ya'Gotta Travel to book your trip. You can also schedule your Alaskan cruise from our main main Ya'Gotta Travel booking page with:

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Ya'Gotta - April 2008 - Most Popular Western Canadian Adventure Travel Destinations

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:39:08 GMT

During the month of April 2008, the following were the most popular western Canadian adventure travel route, park and destination articles, prepared by YaGotta.ca:

Click here for more western Canadian Ya'Gotta destination articles, then start planning your western Canadian vacation from the tourism gateway cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Vancouver, Victoria or Winnipeg; then let Ya'Gotta Travel book your flights, hotels and car rentals.

Our Ya'Gotta Western Canadian Adventure Travel Guide will help trekkers plan adventure travel trips to Western Canada, learn about Canadians, our peoples, history, culture, entertainment and traveling in and around Western Canada and the north. We also have information about accommodations, climate, weather, time zones and shopping as well.

Ya'Gotta - March 2008 - Top 10 Western Canadian Adventure Travel Activities

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:15:13 GMT

During the month of March 2008, the following were the top 10 most popular western Canadian adventure travel activities read on YaGotta.ca:

Western Canada Powwow Schedule Last Month: 2
Western Canada - Folk Music Festivals Last Month: 1
Western Canadian Roots Music Last Month: 3
Western Canadian Aboriginal First Nations Adventure Tourism Last Month: 6
Western Canada Downhill & Cross-Country Skiing Information Last Month: 5
Western Canada Dog Sledding & Mushing Last Month: 4
Snowshoeing In Western Canada Last Month: 7
Western Canadian Rodeos Last Month: 8
Bird Watching & "Birding" Events In Western Canada Last Month: 10
Canadian Football League Last Month: 9

YaGotta.ca includes information about western Canada's the well known adventure travel destinations and out-of-the-way destinations, for the benefit of those travelers that would like to trek and explore more of what's to see in western Canada. Click here for western Canadian Ya'Gotta destination articles, then start planning your western Canadian vacation from the tourism gateway cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Vancouver, Victoria or Winnipeg; then let Ya'Gotta Travel book your flights, hotels and car rentals.

Ya'Gotta - March 2008 - Most Popular Western Canadian Adventure Travel Destinations

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:59:38 GMT

During the month of March 2008, the following were the most popular western Canadian adventure travel route, park and destination articles, prepared by YaGotta.ca:

Drumheller - Centre of The Alberta Badlands Last Month: 2
Banff - Canada's First National Park Last Month: 3
North Saskatchewan River - Route of The Fur Trade Last Month: 1
The Canadian Rockies - Banff to Jasper & The Icefields Parkway Last Month: 4
Grande Cache and Willmore Wilderness Park Last Month: 8
Jasper - The Best of The Canadian Rockies! Last Month: 9
Southern Alberta's Cowboy Country Last Month: 6
Lesser Slave Lake - Centre of Alberta's North Last Month: 10
The Crowsnest - A Southern B.C./Alberta Mountain Pass Last Month: 13
Dawson City - Centre of The Klondike Gold Rush Last Month: 4 (New)
David Thompson Pass & Rocky Mountain House Last Month: 7
British Columbia's Vancouver Island & The Gulf Islands Last Month: 16
British Columbia's Three Trans-Canada Highway National Parks Last Month: 11
Queen Elizabeth II Highway - Calgary to Edmonton Last Month: 12
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - An Iceage Island Last Month: 17
Prince Albert - Outdoors Gateway To Northern Saskatchewan Last Month: 14
Churchill - Polar Bears and Beluga Whales in a Prairie Province! Last Month: 15
Hinton and Area - Gateway to the Canadian Rockies Last Month: 19
Kootenay National Park - An Original Not To Be Missed! Last Month: 20
Alberta's Kananaskis - Canmore to Cowboy Country Last Month: 18

Ya'Gotta: Dawson City - Centre of The Klondike Gold Rush

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:52:36 GMT

Dawson City
Photo Credit: Klondike Visitors Association

Our January 2008 Ya'Gotta feature destination takes us to the Canadian north with: Dawson City - Centre of The Klondike Gold Rush

YaGotta.ca specializes in those fantastic out-of-the-way destinations, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We can also help you find the right adventure travel destination in Cananda's north in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Just search for "YaGotta" for articles about great western Canadian destinations for adventure travel and book your flights, hotels and car rentals with Ya'Gotta Travel for Canadian, United States and worldwide trips and vacations. Ya'Gotta Travel also offers worldwide flights, hotels, car rentals and cruises also has a full range of year round cruises to all parts of the world.

Travel From Vancouver via the Canadian Rockies to the Calgary Stampede

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:51:51 GMT

Ya'Gotta Travel can arrange spring to fall exclusive combined rail trip through the Canadian Rocky Mountains, from Vancouver to though Mt. Revelstoke, Glacier and Yoho National Parks, via Banff/Lake Louise to Calgary. This trip also includes a travel coach trip on the famous Icefields Parkway to Jasper. During the first two weeks of July this trip is also includes a trip to world-famous Calgary Stampede*

* Booking Now! Click here to email Ya'Gotta Travel for more information.

Does winter get you down? Buy A SAD Lamp!

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:05:01 GMT

Ya'Gotta can now sell seasonal affective disorder (SAD) lamps, to help provide you with the natural light that you don't get during the winter months. To find out more about products made by The Litebook® go to our Ya'Gotta - Health & Wellness Page.

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Vacation!

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:04:13 GMT

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Vacation!

Where can I go for a sunny vacation this winter? Simple! Just go to Ya'Gotta Travel, for our extensive selection of:

Winter sun-spot vacations
Hot vacation deals
Cruise vacations
Flights
Hotels
Car rentals
That all-important travel insurance

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Cruise!

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:54:59 GMT

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Cruise!

Where can we go for a cruise this winter? Simple! Just go to Ya'Gotta Travel, for our extensive selection of:

Worldwide cruise vacations
Flights to get you to and from your port departure and arrival
Hotels for before and your cruise
Car rentals
That all-important travel insurance

American Vacationers - Book Online With Ya'Gotta Travel

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:12:24 GMT

Planning a vacation from a city in the U.S.? American vacationers can book online with Ya'Gotta Travel for vacation packages, cruises, flights, hotels and car rentals. Also check out our ever-changing deals!

Fall, winter, spring or summer...For your vacations and trips any time of year...Go to yagottatravel.globaltravel.com for great rates! Then start packing!

Don't forget to get your travel insurance also available from Ya'Gotta Travel!

Guaranteed Best Prices For Winter

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:15:51 GMT

There's no need to wait for a better price. It's already here! Make your plans early and rest assured that you made the right choice. After all, vacations aren't about stress, they're for relaxing and reconnecting!

We'll guarantee that if you find the same Funjet Vacation at a lower price after you purchased, simply provide us with the Funjet Vacations reservation number, a print screen of the lower price and email them to helper@funjet.com or call 1-888-558-6654 to request the lower rate and claim the savings!

Ya'Gotta: Likes The Canadian Football League (CFL)

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:05:22 GMT

Ya'Gotta: Canadian Football League

Credit: Tourism Saskatchewan

From late June until early November each year in Canada, there's a truly Canadian tradition that visitors, especially sports fans, should take-inâ€¦A Canadian Football League (CLF) game!

Although football in Canada and the United States are very similar and have their origins in rugby. History tells us that during the 1860's Canadian rugby teams were changing the game.

The CFL game is specifically Canadian, as the rules (see below) are much different than NFL football played in the United States and our annual championship Grey Cup Game is 58 years older than the American Super Bowl. Australian rules football (footy) is also much different than either variety of the North American Game.

The two North American games have their origins from a rugby type game played in the 1860's. According to the CFL website, they describe the origins of the game are as follows:

"The rules of a hybrid game of English rugby devised by the University of McGill (sic. Montreal) were first used in the United States in a game at Boston between McGill and Harvard. On May 14, Harvard won 3-0 using Harvard rules. The next day, the teams tied 0-0 while playing Canadian rules. Harvard liked the new game so much they introduced it into the Ivy League. Both U.S. and Canadian football evolved from these games".

Rules changed, during the later part of the 19th century and in 1909 Lord Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada, donated a trophy to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This became our cherished Grey Cup, now almost 100 years old! Two of the Eastern Conference teams, Hamilton Tiger Cats and the Toronto Argonauts, trace their origins directly back to 1868.

The post WWII period was when the CFL as we know it now. With teams in Vancouver (BC Lions), Calgary (Stampeders), Edmonton (Eskimos)*, Regina (Saskatchewan Roughriders), Winnipeg (Blue Bombers), Toronto (Argonauts), Hamilton (Tiger Cats) and Montreal (Alouettes). Since 1954 only CFL teams compete in the annual play-off, Grey Cup game that occurs in late November. Many of the games are played in league's outdoor stadiums at Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Montreal. If you take-in an outdoor Grey Cup, be sure to dress warm!

* Furthest north professional football team

For NFL fans, you will notice several distinct differences:

The are 12 players on a CFL team
CFL is 3 down football (e.g. 3 chances to make 10 yards)
Our time clock is only 20 seconds
Unlimited backfield motion of offensive receivers
Field goal or convert attempt kicks that are missed can be returned for touchdowns
Opposing teams line-up further apart on the line of scrimmage
No fair catch after a kick (i.e. If you catch it...you must run it and if you don't receive it, the ball's live and can recovered by the other team)
The field is longer (110 yd.) and wider (65 yd.) with longer end zones (20 yd.)

When you come to Canada be sure to take in a CFL game, which Ya'Gotta (being Canadian) feels is the most exciting game of football in North America!

If you would like more information about attending a CFL game visit the league's website.

Ya'Gotta: Alberta Folk Music Clubs - Updated

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:58:38 GMT

Because the folks at Ya'Gotta are big fans of roots music and know that many adventure travelers also like this type of music, we've updated our Western Canadian Roots Music Page and added new folk music clubs in Alberta.

We list folk music clubs for the Edmonton and Calgary areas as well as Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Athabasca and Rosebud. We also have links to many of the local singer-songwriter performers in Alberta.

This page is maintained by Ya'Gotta to give western Canadians and our guests a guide to roots-country, folk, bluegrass, blues, singer-songwriter and related music

New Images on the Ya'Gotta: David Thompson Pass Feature!

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:10:31 GMT

The David Thomspson Pass Ya'Gotta feature has had the images on the page updated! The David Thompason Pass is is probably the least known, but most scenic and historic route into the Canadian Rockies from central Alberta. The Route gives excellent access to both Banff and Jasper via Alberta's Icefields Parkway

Ya'Gotta Travel can help you plan your trip to the David Thompson Pass and other destinations in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with flights, hotels and car rentals.

In order to make the best of adventure travel in western Canada's David Thompson country, we suggest that you purchase a good, reliable guidebook. Suggested readings for this trip are:

Ya'Gotta: Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - An Iceage Island

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:30:41 GMT

Reeson Lake Lookout - Cypress Hills
Photo Credit: Bob Kenyon© 2007

Our Latest Ya'Gotta western Canadian adventure travel feature destination takes us to southern Alberta and Saskatchewan with: Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - An Iceage Island

At Ya'Gotta Travel you can book your flights, hotels, car rentals online. You can also visit our Ya'Gotta Travel (Canada) page for more information about our services.

Ya'Gotta: Tourism Consulting Services

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:22:34 GMT

The tourism consulting services of Ya'Gotta Communications & Marketing provides specialist management and development to your particular tourist attraction or destination. We focus on problem-solving or providing advice on a specific aspects of tourism marketing and development and for sustainable tourism (eco-tourism, agri-tourism cultural & historical destinations).

Typical tasks that we undertake include:

undertaking factual (qualitatative & quantitative) research;
interviewing specialists or attraction visitors and tourists;
making fact-finding "fam" trips to specific sites or destinations;
analysing and evaluating primary and secondary research;
submitting recommendations through presentations and reports;
resolving specific issues as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
Writing Ya'Gotta freature articles for YaGotta.ca (western Canada) of YaGotta.net (international)
Destination or national tourism branding

On our client's behalf we also conduct feasibility studies, strategic marketing and planning, projects enabling urban or rural regeneration, and preparing and appraising applications for financial assistance. Specific examples of projects include:

an assessment of the feasibility of a visitor centre near an attraction or at a destination;
a marketing strategy to promote sustainable tourism for a destination management organization (DMO);
design a tourism strategy for a DMO.

Nude Bathers Head To Vancouver's Wreck Beach

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:02:48 GMT

USA Today reports USA Today in it's "10 great places to leave the swimsuit at home" declared Vancouver's Wreck Beach as"...Canada's first and largest legal clothing-optional beach, is so spectacularly beautiful that it is a mecca for tourists from all over the world...The confluence of the Fraser River with the Straits of Georgia and English Bay, under white cliffs and an emerald-green forest, attracts more than 500,000 visitors annually."

Ya'Gotta - Vancouver Is Now Updated!

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:21:30 GMT

Our Ya'Gotta Vancouver page is now updated with new information about:

The 2010 winter olympics
The Chinatown and Yaletown districts
The fabulous collection of pacific northwest aboriginal totems and art at the Museum of Anthopology
More information for getting around this "must see" city on Canada's west coast
Wreck diving on the decommissioned Canadian Navy Chaudière Destoyer Escort, submerged near Sechelt by the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia

We've also included information how Ya'Gotta Travel can help you with your flights to Vancouver, hotels, car rentals. Ya'gotta Travel can also plan escorted tours, and Alaskan cruises, that depart from this amazing Canadian westcoast city!

Book Hotels, Fights, Cars, Cruises, Vacations at Ya'Gotta Travel

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:10:14 GMT

Now you can search for hotels at adventure travel location in western Canada, (e.g. Banff, Jasper, Vancouver Island) or worldwide with Ya'Gotta Travel. If your planning foreign independent travel (FIT), we can also help you plan parts of your trip at the Ya'Gotta Travel home page. We also have flights, car rentals, cruises, vacations and travel deals.

June Is The Alaska Cruise Season & Ya'Gotta Travel Can Book Your Cruise!

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:15:18 GMT

Ya'Gotta Travel can schedule your trip on the famous Alaska cruise lines, that depart from Canada's west coast city of Vancouver (beginning in June of each year)

Make 2007 the year you cruise to Alaska!

Ya'Gotta Go To Carnival!

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:08:59 GMT

February is the month for Carnival and Mardi Gras! Ya'Gotta Travel can help get you to any of the Carnivals in the world, especially the big ones in Trindad, Brazil and New Orleans.

Search our online database, visit our website or contact us by email, to plan your trip to Carnival!

Media Release - Ya'Gotta Can Bring Tourists To Your Door!

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:21:41 GMT

(Edmonton, AB. January 07, 2007) Ya'Gotta Communications and Marketting, the publishers of the YaGotta.ca website, about western Canadian adventure travel, can now book trips through the full service online agency Ya'Gotta Travel! Ya'Gotta Publisher Bob Kenyon says "The addition of Ya'Gotta Travel makes Ya'Gotta a one stop service for lodges, guiding services, outfitters and destination management organizations. In addition to being able to provide them with marketing and promotion services through YaGotta.ca we can now bring adventure travellers to their doors with flights, accommodations and car rentals".

Bob Kenyon also notes that "travellers that want to visit western Canada, or anywhere else in the world can also make use of Ya'Gotta Travel" All of the services offered by Ya'Gotta can be found at YaGotta.ca and for international services YaGotta.net.

Carribean Vacations From U.S. Cities - Great Rates With Ya'Gotta Travel

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:25:01 GMT

DC, Chicago, New York, Detroit, Kansas City, Omaha, it doesn't matter! We have great rates to Antigua, Jamaica, Cancun, Cozumel, Turks & Caicos...

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Just Search For Ya'Gotta For Great Adventure Travel in Western Canada!

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:20:43 GMT

Are you looking for great adventure travel opportunities in western Canada, with treking, rodeos, aboriginal powwows, folk music festivals, and of course the Canadian Rocky Mountains? Then search for "Ya'Gotta", in your favourite search engine! If you search for us you'll find Ya'Gotta features and information pages published by the Western Canadian Online Outdoors News. If you want to more specific you can use searches like "ya'gotta banff", or "ya'gotta mountains" to narrow the search.

Of course, if that doesn't work, you can go directly to to our website at yagotta.ca

Also Ya'Gotta Travel can help you make all your arrangements for flights, car rentals, tour busses, hotels and even outdoors lodges and guides!

Ya'Gotta Adventure Travel Blog

It's Getting Close to Folk Festival Season In Western Canada!

Book Now For Alaska Cruise Season!

Ya'Gotta - April 2008 - Most Popular Western Canadian Adventure Travel Destinations

Ya'Gotta - March 2008 - Top 10 Western Canadian Adventure Travel Activities

Ya'Gotta - March 2008 - Most Popular Western Canadian Adventure Travel Destinations

Ya'Gotta: Dawson City - Centre of The Klondike Gold Rush

Dawson City Photo Credit: Klondike Visitors Association

Travel From Vancouver via the Canadian Rockies to the Calgary Stampede

Does winter get you down? Buy A SAD Lamp!

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Vacation!

Let Ya'Gotta Travel Plan Your Winter Cruise!

American Vacationers - Book Online With Ya'Gotta Travel

Guaranteed Best Prices For Winter

Ya'Gotta: Likes The Canadian Football League (CFL)

Ya'Gotta: Canadian Football League

Credit: Tourism Saskatchewan

Ya'Gotta: Alberta Folk Music Clubs - Updated

New Images on the Ya'Gotta: David Thompson Pass Feature!

Ya'Gotta: Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park - An Iceage Island

Reeson Lake Lookout - Cypress Hills Photo Credit: Bob Kenyon© 2007

Ya'Gotta: Tourism Consulting Services

Nude Bathers Head To Vancouver's Wreck Beach

Ya'Gotta - Vancouver Is Now Updated!

Chinatown Millenium Gate - Vancouver Photo Credit: Bob Kenyon© 2007

Book Hotels, Fights, Cars, Cruises, Vacations at Ya'Gotta Travel

June Is The Alaska Cruise Season & Ya'Gotta Travel Can Book Your Cruise!

Ya'Gotta Go To Carnival!

Media Release - Ya'Gotta Can Bring Tourists To Your Door!

Carribean Vacations From U.S. Cities - Great Rates With Ya'Gotta Travel

Just Search For Ya'Gotta For Great Adventure Travel in Western Canada!

Dawson City
Photo Credit: Klondike Visitors Association

Reeson Lake Lookout - Cypress Hills
Photo Credit: Bob Kenyon© 2007

Chinatown Millenium Gate - Vancouver
Photo Credit: Bob Kenyon© 2007