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Alternative Routes Nova Scotia Alternative Routes is a hop-on hop-off door-to-door bus service that offers economical and flexible

10/10/2026

It’s October. The season is getting long, the guides are getting tired, and morale is hanging on by a thread. 😂

So naturally, we decided the best way to lift everyone’s spirits was to tell terrible jokes about tourists.

We love you guys. We promise. Mostly. ❤️

09/20/2026

Turns out, letting people have personalities is good for business.

No uniforms. No scripts. No carefully manufactured “tour guide persona.” Just really good people who know this place, care about it, and actually like what they do.

Book small. Book ethical. Book human. 🫶

09/16/2026

The only castle on the hill we care about. 🏰

Lunenburg Academy has been looming over town since 1893, and these days it’s still doing something useful: serving the community.

Historic buildings, public spaces, gentle travel, and freedom for people everywhere. You know. Normal tourism stuff. 🇵🇸

09/14/2026

Peggy’s Cove: still magical. Overtourism: still our personal hell. 😂

Evan has apparently figured out exactly what awaits a tour guide who spreads misinformation: megabuses, cruise ship crowds, and no time to enjoy the lighthouse.

Consider this your reminder to travel gently.

09/02/2026

✨ Come experience the quaint charm of rural Nova Scotia with 4,000 of your closest friends. ✨

Overtourism doesn’t just make travel worse, it changes the places we’re all coming to see.

Book local. Go small. Spend your money where you’re actually visiting.

And yes, obviously, we’d love if you booked with us. But genuinely: choose a local operator. 💛

08/26/2026

Driving Lessons with Sam, Episode 1: WE DO NOT CARE WHERE YOU’RE GOING. 😂

I don’t care if you’re turning left to go to Susie’s house or right to go to Charlie’s. Your signal isn’t there because the rest of us are deeply invested in your itinerary. It’s there to warn the people behind you before you slow down and turn.

Signal → brake → turn.

Not brake → nearly stop → signal as a fun little confirmation of what we have already discovered.

And before anyone comes for me because I filmed this while driving: yes, my eyes are very obviously scanning the road and mirrors throughout. The phone is mounted, I’m not looking at it, and apparently you’re getting a bonus lesson in situational awareness.

Thank you for attending Driving Lessons with Sam. 🚗

08/21/2026

Ian’s final wish was simple: please remember to like, comment and share. 🕊️

08/17/2026

🚨 OPERATION: GET KIA’S ATTENTION 🚨

Our Kia Sedonas have hauled thousands of guests around Atlantic Canada — and apparently refuse to die. One has now passed 460,000 km. The other is closing in on 300,000 km.

So naturally, we’ve decided the next logical step is a Kia sponsorship.

We have no connections. We have no strategy. We do, however, have Evan and a dream.

Please tag Kia Canada O’Regan’s Automotive Group in the comments and help us make this deeply unserious campaign become extremely serious. 😂

Kia: see ya, see ya driving a Kia Sedona. 🎶

08/10/2026

We didn’t hire Evan only for the silly videos.

And when something manages to dampen Evan’s relentlessly cheerful mood, you know it’s probably worth paying attention to.

Alternative Routes exists because we genuinely love Nova Scotia, its communities, culture, landscapes, wildlife and all the wonderfully weird things that make this place worth visiting.

Sometimes loving a place means speaking up when we think we’re getting it wrong.

On top of all of this, last week Nova Scotia returned roughly $5 million in unspent federal funding intended for land protection and biodiversity conservation while pushing further into resource extraction.

As a tourism company, that’s difficult to understand. Conservation, culture, museums, public spaces and thriving rural communities aren’t separate from tourism.

They ARE the product.

They’re why people come here. They’re why people fall in love with Nova Scotia.

Economic growth shouldn’t mean dismantling the things that make Nova Scotia worth visiting — or worth calling home.

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Halifax, NS
B3K4N7

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Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 8am - 9pm
Friday 8am - 9pm
Saturday 8am - 9pm
Sunday 8am - 9pm

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