Vancouver BC hotels near cruise terminal?

[Funkat]

Anyone know anything about the Times Square Suites? We booked 3 nights there pre-cruise.

[Seababy62]

We were contemplating staying out near the airport once we arrive, and then making our way into the pier the next day. Can anyone comment if this is friendlier budget wise, not knowing Vancouver at all, we are very open to suggestions

[martincath]

We were contemplating staying out near the airport once we arrive, and then making our way into the pier the next day. Can anyone comment if this is friendlier budget wise, not knowing Vancouver at all, we are very open to suggestions

In general airport area is cheaper, yes. If all you need is a bed for the night after a late flight in, it makes sense to stay near YVR. You can come downtown next morning and drop your bags at the pier from about 9:30am then do some sightseeing before returning to the pier to board. SkyTrain from a station that isn't on Sea Island has no AddFare so all rides are $4 weekdays or $2.75 weekends - and all but 2 'airport' hotels are off the island. Fixed rate cabs though are only fixed from YVR itself - a cab from most of the airport hotels will likely run $40+, even $50 on the meter due to bottlenecks over bridges to downtown and generally longer distances than from YVR itself. So if you plan to use a cab, weigh up the extra hassle of waiting for the hotel shuttle to run you back to YVR before you get the taxi.

 

 

Lastly - while in general airport area is cheaper, the absolute best value hotel in the city is downtown - the YWCA hotel. A cab to here (fixed rate $31+tip) the night you arrive will be speedy, since there's less traffic, and it's an ideal base for walking into Yaletown or Chinatown or Gastown next morning. HOHO stops close by too - you'd have time for a full loop of the whole city and spending a couple of hours at various 'hop off' stops before boarding.

[yalesmom]

Any recommendations for a night before cruise hotel in Vancouver? We will be arriving there in August.

 

 

We are staying at the Days Inn for $158. It looks to be within walking distance to port, yet in town.

[tiqittaq foo]

I stayed at Downtown Days Inn in October before my cruise. It is clean but basic. Ok for one night pre cruise. Definitely walking distance to cruise terminal, about 5 minutes. Lots of restaurants and coffee shops nearby. Very good price compared with the 4/5 stars hotels in the area

 

 

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[xlxo]

We were contemplating staying out near the airport once we arrive, and then making our way into the pier the next day. Can anyone comment if this is friendlier budget wise, not knowing Vancouver at all, we are very open to suggestions

Let's do a price comparison... I think you are looking for a room on May 16th.... booking.com in USD with availability.

• $74 YWCA » some rooms are shared hallway bathrooms
  
• $99 YWCA with private bathroom
  
• $150 Holiday Inn
  
• $162 Days Inn » check online reviews for potential problems, otherwise 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $175 Blue Horizon » forum fav for value travelers
  
• $182 Rosedale
  
• $187 Sutton Place
  
• $219 Pinnacle Harbourfront » 5 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $228 Metropolitan
  
• $356 Pan Pacific » sleep above the cruise terminal
  
• $378 Fairmont Waterfront » sleep across the street from the cruise terminal
  
• $427 Fairmont Pacific Rim » sleep 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  

Looking at airport hotels as a comparison on the same date...

• $152 Radisson Vancouver Airport » my fav with a $4 ($3 USD) 20 minute subway trip to the cruise terminal the next morning. Lots of Asian restaurants around... it feels like you are in the Orient. There's other airport hotels.... but they don't offer the subway convenience with a lower nightly rate.
  
• $211 Fairmont Vancouver Airport
  

Thoughts...

• $356 Pan Pacific if you can afford it
  
• $152 Raddison is HALF PRICE compared to sleeping above the cruise terminal. $4 subway ride to the cruise terminal the next morning for convenience.
  
• $211 is not bad to crash in the airport Fairmont.... save time not travelling out of the airport before going to sleep.
  
• $175 Blue Horizon has some nice restaurant choices if you want to stay downtown. Budget $10 cab fare to the cruise terminal the next morning.
  

Edited February 28, 2017 by xlxo

[MtnClimber1101]

We're driving to Vancouver. Arriving the day before our cruise. Are there any hotels that offer extended stay parking? Even better if they offer the parking, and a shuttle down to the pier.

[camper49]

Let's do a price comparison... I think you are looking for a room on May 16th.... booking.com in USD with availability.

• $74 YWCA » some rooms are shared hallway bathrooms
  
• $99 YWCA with private bathroom
  
• $150 Holiday Inn
  
• $162 Days Inn » check online reviews for potential problems, otherwise 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $175 Blue Horizon » forum fav for value travelers
  
• $182 Rosedale
  
• $187 Sutton Place
  
• $219 Pinnacle Harbourfront » 5 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $228 Metropolitan
  
• $356 Pan Pacific » sleep above the cruise terminal
  
• $378 Fairmont Waterfront » sleep across the street from the cruise terminal
  
• $427 Fairmont Pacific Rim » sleep 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  

Looking at airport hotels as a comparison on the same date...

• $152 Radisson Vancouver Airport » my fav with a $4 ($3 USD) 20 minute subway trip to the cruise terminal the next morning. Lots of Asian restaurants around... it feels like you are in the Orient. There's other airport hotels.... but they don't offer the subway convenience with a lower nightly rate.
  
• $211 Fairmont Vancouver Airport
  

Thoughts...

• $356 Pan Pacific if you can afford it
  
• $152 Raddison is HALF PRICE compared to sleeping above the cruise terminal. $4 subway ride to the cruise terminal the next morning for convenience.
  
• $211 is not bad to crash in the airport Fairmont.... save time not travelling out of the airport before going to sleep.
  
• $175 Blue Horizon has some nice restaurant choices if you want to stay downtown. Budget $10 cab fare to the cruise terminal the next morning.
  

R these hotel prices per person?

[Casey12]

We're driving to Vancouver. Arriving the day before our cruise. Are there any hotels that offer extended stay parking? Even better if they offer the parking, and a shuttle down to the pier.

 

 

Not downtown.

[camper49]

Let's do a price comparison... I think you are looking for a room on May 16th.... booking.com in USD with availability.

• $74 YWCA » some rooms are shared hallway bathrooms
  
• $99 YWCA with private bathroom
  
• $150 Holiday Inn
  
• $162 Days Inn » check online reviews for potential problems, otherwise 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $175 Blue Horizon » forum fav for value travelers
  
• $182 Rosedale
  
• $187 Sutton Place
  
• $219 Pinnacle Harbourfront » 5 blocks from cruise terminal
  
• $228 Metropolitan
  
• $356 Pan Pacific » sleep above the cruise terminal
  
• $378 Fairmont Waterfront » sleep across the street from the cruise terminal
  
• $427 Fairmont Pacific Rim » sleep 3 blocks from cruise terminal
  

Looking at airport hotels as a comparison on the same date...

• $152 Radisson Vancouver Airport » my fav with a $4 ($3 USD) 20 minute subway trip to the cruise terminal the next morning. Lots of Asian restaurants around... it feels like you are in the Orient. There's other airport hotels.... but they don't offer the subway convenience with a lower nightly rate.
  
• $211 Fairmont Vancouver Airport
  

Thoughts...

• $356 Pan Pacific if you can afford it
  
• $152 Raddison is HALF PRICE compared to sleeping above the cruise terminal. $4 subway ride to the cruise terminal the next morning for convenience.
  
• $211 is not bad to crash in the airport Fairmont.... save time not travelling out of the airport before going to sleep.
  
• $175 Blue Horizon has some nice restaurant choices if you want to stay downtown. Budget $10 cab fare to the cruise terminal the next morning.
  

Are these quotes per person?

[martincath]

We're driving to Vancouver. Arriving the day before our cruise. Are there any hotels that offer extended stay parking? Even better if they offer the parking, and a shuttle down to the pier.

Very few. Land is very, very expensive here so parking is rare to be included at all in a hotel (several downtown hotels don't even have car parks) and parking at all when you're not actually resident is even harder to find. The only one I can think off-hand downtown is one of the Coast Hotels - the Plaza, an older property than their shiny new Coal Harbour tower, but still gets solid reviews.

 

Shuttles to pier are almost non-existent. Downtown is so compact that cabs from ANY downtown hotel, even the furthest from the pier, only go over $15 during a busy cruise morning (there's massive slowdown as you approach the pier due to very limited access, so the meter ticks up while you sit in traffic). Even so, most hotels are a $10 cab ride away.

 

In the burbs offers better parking - Accent Inn locations near the airport and in Burnaby both have Cruise/Stay/Park specials, including up to 2 weeks parking, and a drop at the pier. You do have to make your own way back though - since Airport offers a free shuttle from YVR this is the better location - take SkyTrain to YVR for $4pp (weekdays; $2.75 weekends) and get shuttled to hotel. A cab would run about $40.

Edited March 2, 2017 by martincath
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[martincath]

Are these quotes per person?

Per room - the only time you see Per Person pricing here is when it's an add-on to a cruise or package vacation. Expedia etc. always spit out the price per room (I believe xlxo uses the normal assumption of 2 people, 1 room in these searches unless someone specifies that they are a party of X).

[xlxo]

R these hotel prices per person?

The prices posted are based on double occupancy from booking.com in USD.

• go to your fav online travel site for the latest prices
  
• prices generally trend higher as it gets closer to your cruise date
  
• prices change day to day, hour by hour due to demand, availability and currency changes. If you choose a date on or adjacent to a major event.... expect price spikes. Example are long weekends and fireworks competitions.
  
• prices also vary depending on your room type and additional people
  
• Vancouver actually has many more hotel options, but I want to provide a discussion environment for a given cruiser or date. Hotel adjacent to the cruise terminal are popular options, but not for everyone's budget. To help cruisers travel budget go further, I'm trying to provide realistic options in their planning.... especially for multi-day stays to explore Cascadia.
  

[xlxo]

We're driving to Vancouver. Arriving the day before our cruise. Are there any hotels that offer extended stay parking? Even better if they offer the parking, and a shuttle down to the pier.

Additional options to consider/research....

• at the cruise terminal with WestPark http://canadaplace.westpark.com/cruise-ship-parking.html
  
• at the airport ($96/$75 USD?) . You can ride the subway in as the shuttle.... http://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/parking/jetset-parking
  
• Park 'n Fly is another airport operator https://www.parknfly.ca/Location/Vancouver-Airport-Parking.aspx
  
• As mentioned... Accent Inn's https://www.accentinns.com/special-offers/pets-bikes-more/vancouver-stay-parkn-cruise-specials
  
• http://www.parksleepfly.com/park-and-cruise
  

[vacationlover_mn]

Thanks!

 

 

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[marazul]

The prices posted are based on double occupancy from booking.com in USD.

• go to your fav online travel site for the latest prices
  

 

Then go directly to the hotel website and look for special prices and offers, like AAA, senior rate, breakfast packages, etc. You can usually do better than on the travel websites.

[Coral]

Then go directly to the hotel website and look for special prices and offers, like AAA, senior rate, breakfast packages, etc. You can usually do better than on the travel websites.

 

I always go direct.

[Mitch2016]

Then go directly to the hotel website and look for special prices and offers, like AAA, senior rate, breakfast packages, etc. You can usually do better than on the travel websites.

 

I usually scope out the booking sites, then contact the property direct, tell them what price I'm getting and see if they will honor it, booking it direct with them. Usually no problem!

[Sny]

If you can afford it, Pan Pacific is perfect. The setting and views are spectacular, and you can't beat it for convenience to the pier.

[Mitch2016]

If you can afford it, Pan Pacific is perfect. The setting and views are spectacular, and you can't beat it for convenience to the pier.

 

We chose to stay at the Auberge which is just 1 block from the Pier. We got a suite with Harbor view. So looking forward to trip coming up in about 6 weeks! :)

[cruisePack842]

If your flight arrives in the late evening, the train that goes into the city (terminal very close to cruise terminal) includes an extra charge. In that case, a taxi is best. Taxi was not expensive.

 

If your flight comes in during mid day, consider taking the train into the city.

Does that extra charge apply only to those boarding at YVR. Does it also apply if I board at, say, the casino stop? I'm considering parking near YVR and riding the Canada Line to the cruise terminal.

[alwaysfrantic]

Has anyone taken the train from YVR heading to Delta Suites? I looked on the hotel website but it didn't have any mention of the train. With luggage perhaps taxis are best until we are checked in.

[cruisePack842]

I'm considering a stay-park-cruise, from Accent Inn, in Richmond. Includes parking for 7 days, and transport to and from Canada Place. It's right off bc99, so very convenient for me.

$239 CAD. Anyone done this? Does it seem like a good, reputable deal?

[xlxo]

Does that extra charge apply only to those boarding at YVR. Does it also apply if I board at, say, the casino stop? I'm considering parking near YVR and riding the Canada Line to the cruise terminal.

There are TWO surcharges on the subway.

 

$2.75 is the base adult fare

$1.25 zone surcharge for use Monday to Friday before 6:30pm

$5.00 airport 24hr surcharge

 

So it's $9 for midday usage.... double or triple that rate if you can travel companions. It approaches the $31/$35 taxi carload convenience.

 

Casino stop is $2.75 to downtown, but you must add the $1.25 zone surcharge Monday to Friday zone surcharge. Do you plan to take a bus from the Accent Inn? There's a $2.75 surcharge as bus tickets don't work on the trains. However train tickets will work on the buses.

[xlxo]

Has anyone taken the train from YVR heading to Delta Suites? I looked on the hotel website but it didn't have any mention of the train. With luggage perhaps taxis are best until we are checked in.

When exiting the train... walk out the Hastings/South exit. This will put you at the same street level as the Delta hotel a block away.