We are taking 7 day Alaska HAL out of Vancouver and decided to drive since we live in Southern Oregon. I've seen posts of places to stay if flying, but we are driving and we are not sure where to stay that are safe but budget friendly and able to leave our car for the duration of the cruise.
We have a 6hr drive to Seattle and an 8hr drive to BC so we want to do one pre-day stay either in Wa or BC. I have a couple of options I'm looking at but need suggestions for safety, ease and budget.
1.Drive to either Seattle or Bellingham Wa then next day drive (2 hr approx) to Canada Place for cruise. Where should we leave our car for the week with easy access to CP with luggage? Airport, CP, or other parking garage.
2. Drive and stay in Seattle or Bellingham, & leave our car there (possible at either WA airport). Then next day find transport to CP. Or would that not give enough time for a relaxed embarkation?
3. Drive and pre-day stay in Vancouver (not enough time to see the sights so basically just a place to relax and rest our heads before next day cruise). Where to stay, park for a week and get to CP via car, shuttle, train or??
We're debating on adding a post-day stay in Vancouver to actually sightsee, so possibly staying at a place that we can both pre and post stay and leave our car there for the duration of the cruise.
Many might think I'm being silly because we're not going until May 2025, but I like to plan as early as possible so I can get an idea of the extra costs, knowing full well prices and options between now and next year could and probably will change dramatically.π
TIA,