Ottawa couple says travel agent booked trip through Ontario, California instead of Canada’s capital [Video]

An Ottawa woman says a travel agent’s mistake thinking they were booking a trip from Ontario, California, and not Canada’s capital, will force them to take a lengthy detour with a four-and-a-half-hour drive and five flights to get to Venice, Italy for vacation.

Keri Oakley is set to embark on a two-week trip through Italy, Croatia and the Greek Islands this week.

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In a posting on Facebook, Oakley says instead of booking a flight from Ottawa to Venice, the travel agent booked them to travel from Ontario, California, “and won’t fix it!”

“So, our amazing race begins Thursday with a 4.5 hour drive to the Toronto airport, from (Toronto) to Atlanta, Atlanta to Ontario, California, then Ontario to San Francisco, (San Francisco) to Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt to Venice,” Oakley says, adding it will be the …