You open a map of Canada and immediately start second-guessing yourself. Banff is obvious. Toronto keeps coming up. Someone on Reddit mentioned the Maritimes. And then you realize that Vancouver to Halifax is farther than London to New York — and suddenly the whole trip needs rethinking. That’s the trap. Most Canada trip planners pick …

You land at Charles de Gaulle, exhausted after an overnight flight, with a five-day itinerary that has 20-minute windows between the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Sacré-Cœur, and three restaurant reservations. By day two, you’ve eaten a €18 croque-monsieur across from Notre-Dame, jogged through half a museum, and haven’t had a single unhurried hour. This …