Almost missed flight to Montreal
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2022
- 70 mins prior to my Baku to Montreal flight, Qatar Airways tells me I can't board the plane because I didn’t have a Canadian Visa. so reluctantly I headed back to my Baku hotel hoping to take the following day's flight, BUT WAIT! A miracle occurred and suddenly I was on my back to the airport hoping like hell the checkin crew would reverse their decision. Join me by pressing PLAY, on another epic transcontinental adventure.
Despite all my travels following the Formula 1 schedule and my understanding of F1 logistics I’m still occasionally challenged by the procedures and processes of international travel. Although I did managed to snag myself a seat on the amazing Qatar Airways Q suite en route to the 2022 Montreal GP which was absolutely delightful. Apparently though I wasn't the only one who almost missed my flight to Montreal, I also saw that Charles Leclerc actually missed his flight to the long awaited Canadian GP.
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Hey Kym! The hôtel Le Germain facade was repainted a few years ago during the Montreal Mural festival. Lucky for you, the festival this year is going on right now during Grand Prix weekend! The festival allows for graffiti artists to paint whole buildings in unique graffiti art, and is around the St-Laurent metro area, pretty close to the hôtel. It could make for some interesting shots!
welcom to my home KYM, i hope your enjoy your time to past here with us and good week-end at work, i see you on the track
As a Canadian, I'm surprised Visas are required between us and Australia.
Pretty amazing they were able to process your Visa in about an hour!
...and a belated Welcome to Montreal!
Welcome to Montreal ! I’m a big F1 fan since I was 12…. Now 53. French Canadian. Saw the years of Senna on the circuit, Prost, Mansell, Hill…. Etc….Hopefully our hospitality and welcome will enhance your work experience and visit. Yes Le Germain Hôtel has been totally overhauled and redone. Boutique Hôtel. Merci beaucoup et bienvenue à Montréal, Québec.
This is where as you know our Canadian Senna…. Gilles Villeneuve, our F1 hero is still quite alive in our F1 hearts… Cheers. Have a great weekend amongst us.
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Unlike Charles who did miss his flight to Montreal 😂
Welcome to Canada Kym! Would love to be at the race. But alas, I am 5 hrs by plane to the west and busy farming. Been a fan of F1 for 30 years, only 1 race live (Hungary 2015). Enjoy your videos, and photography! Keep up the good work.
PS. Try the poutine!
This was as gripping as the race itself! Love Qatar Airways. Enjoying your content and F1 coverage
Another world class video Kym. Thanks for sharing!
Great seeing these travel vlogs!
Love your travel videos Kym! Keep up the great work! ❤️ From a very chilly Sydney, Straya!
You are a lucky boy and I hope you enjoy your time in this lovely part of the world! It’s cool to have F1 back in our neck of the woods - I’m in northern Vermont.
Great video ! Hope you’ll spend some great time in my favorite City 🇨🇦!
Great video Kym 👍. Was in Baku many years ago (1999?) on business and can’t believe how everything has developed there both from watching the F1 GPs in the last two or three years and seeing your videos. The people are great. What struck me about your flights was how much the airlines have raised their game in the last few years. The product is getting better all the time- business class is now so much better than just an armchair and legroom.
Welcome to Montreal Kym! I hope to get a chance to see you this weekend. I'll be in Grandstand 1 all weekend.
Welcome to Canada KYM ! Hope to bump in to you on Saturday or Sunday ! Keep up the good work !!
Welcome to my home, Montreal, Kym ! Looking forward to follow your trip to MTL and aass always your F1 content.
Hello Kym, hope a gorgeous Sunday made up for the wet days. I was so shocked to see you walk past me and my family on Saturday ... it took me a second to call out your name but it was raining a lot and you and your camera were in some serious rain gear heading for shelter. (I was in general admission inside the track near the final chicane). Your videos always bring a smile (because you are always smiling?) and I appreciate your candor. Keep it up, you are inspiring many photographers out here!
Great vlog loved the trip content have a great and safe trip
Welcome to Canada, Kym! ... Enjoy your weekend and looking forward to your Canadian GP episode! .... Loving all your content!
I'll be there saturday and sunday! I hope I see Kym at some point lol
The airport bus you rode on are usually called Mobile Lounges. Montreal had a bunch of them at the former international airport, Mirabel. But they saved a few for Dorval (Trudeau) airport when Mirabel closed to passengers.
These were used at a few different airports around the world... I've ridden them in Montreal, Washington Dulles, Jeddah and Paris CDG. But I think that Montreal and Washington are the only remaining airports that use them.
Shame they're not so popular... would've been cool to see those derpy buses whizzing around airports
Loving the variety of content Kym, your editing capabilities is a joy to watch up there with the very best. Hope you enjoy Montreal and squeeze in a rest with all that travel 💪
Thank you for your videos
What a great looking flight that last one was. Esp the view over the Arctic. Awesome.
always excellent video yet again
Welcome to Canada Kym. Always love the videos. First you've been in Canada since I started following. Hope you have a great week(end)!
Was here in 2017
Glad to have you in beautiful Canada !!!
Bienvenu a Montreal! I hope my fine city treats you well
Another lovely travel video. Just wondering if you ever struggle with jetlag
Just your travel vids. Thank you so much
Great video again Kym!👍😎🇦🇺
There's a big Williams display frontage at the Hotel Humaniti, you should check it out. They're also at the Holt Renfrew Ogilvy with a showcar.
Another cool video, I really like that you show us everything you get on the flight. I think you might of been on TV when Lando was doing the Sky pad for Sky Sports with Karun Chandhok bet not sure because the person was wearing bucket hat and trousers, no denim shorts lol, have a great week.
Hi Kym, I’m looking to travel soon with my camera gear, I would love to see a video about how you pack your equipment when on flights and any advice you have would be useful too, it would be much appreciated.
You are a patient man Kym..... Very calming considering all the drama. You must have been knackered.
Oh forgot to say. Canadian Grand Prix had got to be in the top six of the races on the calendar.
Great effort
I'm getting on my Montreal flight in a few hours! cant wait!
Welcome Canada!! Kym make sure you get the Monster Girls in the fan zone there should be one named Joanie wish I could be there next year for sure.
Have fun!!
Hey Kym. Glad you got your visa at the last minute. When in doubt always wait till airlines close their check in counters before you leave if you ever have to deal with something similar again. Enjoy Canada!
I am glad they helped you to catch your flight.
Omg, you've been to Bucharest. OMG. I hope you enjoyed the experience in my country, Romania.
Great video :)
Love these (and all your other) video's. I would like to know the prices for these luxury flights/different less luxury options, but you not mentioning them I suspect your not willing/possible to include that info. If willing/possible, I hope you some times wil/can include it. The luxury you receive make me think the extra price is more often worth it than not, especially for the long flights but also the extras like lounges etc.
Hello Kym! At minute 3:45 is it Juan Fossaroli, an argentinian journalist? Cheers Kym! Great video!
Welcome to beautiful Montréal.
See you on the track Kym!
Welcome to Montreal mate.
Talk about a close call! See you in Montreal!
Kym, they have those strange lifting/lowering busses at Washington's Dulles Airport too. At least they had them the last time I was there.
They’re slowly being phased out. Everyone not flying United has an underground walkway to the main terminal. Subway to downtown coming before year’s end, too!
Welcome to Canada Kym. You should try to get to Vancouver on day its beautiful.
Welcome to Canada Kym!🇨🇦
Welcome to Canada Kym! I'm looking forward to seeing your upcoming videos from Montreal after what should be an awesome weekend.
Thanks for the reminder regarding the prints - picked up 49/100. Really like Pierre - he did well in Baku. Looking forward to it!
Saw that! They are being framed and will be couriered next week by Pierre’s management.
@@KymIllman Awesome! Really excited - thank you for making this offer available- looking forward to see more in the future!
Bienvenue ! :)
Welcome Back to Canada Kym!!
Hey kym, welcome to montreal, and have a a nice grand prix weekend!!! Good choice with hotel LE Germain, one of the best in montreal!!!
Thanks!
Welcome back to our little country of Canada, Kym. Enjoy yourself in Montreal - one of my favourite cities, to be sure.
Absolutely love keeping up an unfazed attitude to issues during traveling. In a sea of chaos you're the island of calmness. May be that's what makes a great photographer as well 😀.
Greetings from a fan of F1 and of your videos here on the westcoast of Canada. As some of the comments below, if you can, look for a meal at Au Pied du Cochon. I had a wonderful meal there over 10 years ago, ordered the fois gras sundae and duck in a can. Yes, they cook a duck and can it, then they open the can at tableside and out comes the hot fowl on your plate. Love your stories and how pleasant you sound even though you must have been stressed with getting on the flight and fighting with the taxi scammer in the previous video.
Cheers.
Another nice video. Curious, do you keep all you amenities kits (just because)?
I don’t. No room for them. Just take the fragrances.
It’s wonderful how things work out at times. You paid almost double what your taxi fare would have been out of the goodness of your heart and in turn, your visa came through and you were able to catch your flight. I don’t believe in coincidences
BIENVENUE À MONTREAL Monsieur Kym. Please let us know if you need anything, will be a pleasure for any of your local fans (including me) to assist. Hope to catch you track side, look for the `kid` in the Big Red & White Canada hat - sitting front row Grandstand 11, section 4 (Senna Curve).
welcome to Canada!
The way you were seated on the Q suite is same as how I'm mostly seated on my jumpseat for take off ( flight attendant)
4:50 Propose us to refer to one of those as a VPS from now on.
5:00 "I'm a lucky boy" - KYM 😂...👌
Montreal has the Washington Dulles people mover too? Interesting.
Welcome to Montreal! It’s supposed to rain this Friday but nice for the weekend. Le Germain is a nice hotel. Hope you have a nice time here despite all the construction!
Qatar Airways used to give pyjama for business class passengers, at least they did before Covid. I guess not anymore!
Got those but don’t wear them.
Kym, will you stop by in Bucharest this year?
Welcome to Canada. Amazingly, I've never been to the airport in Montreal and I live in Toronto. When I go to Montreal I either drive or take the train. I could suggest some great restaurants but I'm sure some Montreal people will help you out. The track in Montreal is basically right in the middle of the city. What a great location! I 've been to maybe 10 races in Montreal back in the day in the late 80s and 90s and 1 in 2001. Aussies need VISAs for Canada? That's silly. I don't understand that. Anyways, enjoy!! The weather will be nice for the weekend. 20-23c.
It is also silly that Canadian’s need a Visa to go to Australia. Like you I live in the 6 and also drive to Montreal.
I remember the buses on stilts from Wash-DC = Dulles International Airport
Oh my goodness! Some of Charles bad luck might have rubbed off on you. He actually missed his flight. As an American, l don’t know much about commonwealth countries but l thought anyone can travel from one to another without a visa. Can someone explain this to me? Whoa that woman was so nice to escort you! I’ve had a few moments of running through airports and barely making my flights, but l can’t imagine traveling with filming equipment. I love food review videos! You always give us what we want to see. Of course food is one of the best parts of traveling.
the best !!! 👍👍👍
How did you start out in the photography business? I want to start working as a photographer photographing things but don't know where I could start.
you're down the street where I work...how long you in town for? You should mention the coloured windows lol
Really enjoying your travel clips but as a Canuck I am confused about your need for a Visa to go to Canada. I looked into this and Aussies don't need a Visa for up to 6 months of business or pleasure travel. Keep up the awesome work man: it is the only way I'll ever see business or first class on a flight!!
It’s not a visa, it’s a Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA).
Wow kym! Amazing content! I can’t wait till these air liners let you fly free or get free meals for all the content you make about them!!
Bring it on
Hello Kym thanks for all the videos , I'm sure you have a lot on your plate right now but a video explaining how you edit and work on your videos would be highly appreciated, thanks !
Not sure it would be much of a video. There’s nothing special about the process, just shooting lots of vision and cutting out the boring bits
You might want to avoid scales for a while. At our age you will pay a terrible price
In future maybe name drop drivers you shared a plane ride with, or hotel floor. Would make for even more great content!
Hey, someone know when the Baku video is coming up?
What's the music/instrumentals at 4:08?
That base is fantastic.
Flying High by Sandro for memory
I mean at least you did catch it... unlike Charles Leclerc who clearly cannot catch a break right now (or a flight, clearly😅)
great video - cant believe your baggage made it, having arrived so late (has never happened to me!)
Certainly happy it did
Almost following Leclerc's footsteps
My only "reverse flying" was on RAF VC-10's!
0:06 drank a lot? Or just room lighting?
is Juan Fossaroli on your bus ride?
Mexico City used to have those big busses that lock to the airplane
I'm exhausted just watching this
Was on the flight to YUL last month and got an ancient 2-2-2 777. Flying out of YUL it was QSuites.
Hey Kym - will you rent a car to get to/from the track or take Uber or taxi? Looks like you are a LOT closer to the track than I was when I went there!
Ride hailing would probably be simpler and cheaper.
There it is Qatar Airways. Nice one
They have those same :Passenger Transfer Vehicle or Passenger Transport Vehicle (PTV) (mobile lounge) at Dulles Airport outside Washington DC. Damn thing is ugly.
Welcome to Canada eh!
London taxis! cool
Kym, make a reservation to eat at Garde Manger in old town, and do so quick before the res's fill up. You won't regret it. And say Hi to Chuck the Chef. The Dude can cook!
Kym, the transporter from the plane to the airport in Montreal, is very similar to the moving lounges at the Washington Dulles Airport. Here is a link with some basic info on them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge
What was the cost of the second flight,?
Meanwhile Leclerc is watching your video at the airport haha
Charles: *encounters trouble
Kym: NEW VIDEO ON THE WAY!