Vancouver airport

Advantages: Friendly - Efficent modern service
Disadvantages: none

...We arrived at Vancouver international airport on a flight from London Heathrow. I am afraid to say that upon arrival we had a connecting flight to make to Vancouver Island (Via float plane) so I did not have chance to take much in as it was bit of a rush due to out flight being an hour late arriving. However saying that the initial impressions were favourable. It has been several years since I had actually flown into Vancouver and I was impressed by the improvements that had been made. Much effort seems to have gone into bringing the airport out of the 80's style time warp it had been. Lots of money has been spent on melding the 21st century with native Indian heritage of the area. Everywhere you looked large Indian murals and statues sit comfortably next to the glass and steel of the buildings structure. Customs was relatively...

kent-ledger28 01.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

Fabulous Vancouver!

Advantages: Great city, great food, good value for money once you're there
Disadvantages: Expensive to get to and long flight there

...INTRODUCTION Myself and Ms Larsbaby have spent our vacation this summer in Canada, visiting both the east and west coasts on our travels. This is an account of our travels on the West coast, in the city of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia. For those of you who like my restaurant reviews, I'll be taking a look at some of the places I mention in more detail in due course! As a topical aside, even though it wouldn't have affected us, I am very glad now that we booked through Trailfinders and flew with Air Canada rather than Zoom! ABOUT VANCOUVER Vancouver is located on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada, and it's proximity to Asia lends a massive influence from the east. Its metropolitan population of over 2 million makes this a big city, with all the skyscrapers associated with this kind of North...

larsbaby 30.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Vancouver (Canada)

Best Western Richmond BC, near Vancouver Airport

Advantages: Loads! All round excellent hotel to stay in.
Disadvantages: Perhaps not for kids, not in ?touristy? part of town (which could be advantages to some of course?)

...with a safety deposit box (which I used and found quite convenient) and lots of leaflets for the tourist! The hotel is clean, and a newspaper is delivered to your door every day. The hotel also has full conference facilities, and is close to local amenities such as a shopping centre and a cinema. They provide a free shuttle to and from the airport. I arrived with a party and they were able to arrange to send two. If you want to use public transport to Vancouver it?s about a 5 minute walk to where the bus stops. From there the journey takes about 30 minutes. (That seems short to someone who lives in London!) My standard king-bedded room cost me $125 CAD not including taxes of around 15%. This was high season, so you?d get it a lot cheaper in the winter. It was huge by UK standards. You could have slept 3-5 people in the bed...

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Review of Best Western Richmond BC, Vancouver

Harbourside Hotel in Vancouver

Advantages: 4 Star hotel in Downtown Vancouver
Disadvantages: Just a few extras to make the room better

...tower and the shopping centre were all within walking distance this was in a great location. There was an express check out and our bill was delivered to our room early on the Saturday morning, as was a paper every day. The hotel prided themselves on being disabled friendly and had some rooms especially for disabled people, also strobe lighting for deaf in case the fire alarm was activated. Verdict? An excellent hotel in a lovely area, as within a few minutes we could walk along the harbourside , and sit and watch the boats and seaplanes, or turn the opposite way and visit the sights of Vancouver and shops and restaurants. Staff were friendly and helpful, food was first class. The only downside was no fridge in the bedroom, although you could get ice, no towel rail to hang your towels and no razor socket. It was suitable...

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Review of Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside, Vancouver

A decent hotel choice for downtown Vancouver

Advantages: Great location, good facilities, great deal
Disadvantages: You'll be lucky to get the same deal

...INTRODUCTION It was the first time Ms Larsbaby and myself had been to Vancouver, and without first hand experience of knowing where to stay, we had a look on the net and took this hotel booked for us by the excellent Trailfinders, which was one of their options. LOCATION The Century Plaza is pretty much was the heart of the shopping and eating area of downtown on Burrard Street and so is ideally placed for the tourist. This end of Burrard Street had several restaurants and coffee shops, as well as a Market Place supermarket which had lots of excellent foodstuffs as well as a café which serves nice paninis. Just a short walk to the north was Robson Street, which had lots of shops such as Gap & Banana Republic, and a lot of Asian restaurants. There was also an interesting looking hot dog stand very close by which...

larsbaby 01.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Century Plaza Hotel and Spa, Vancouver

Vancouver: Spectacular by Nature

Advantages: Pretty much perfection
Disadvantages: Rains alot!

...unspoilt ? over 90% of the country?s 30 million population lives within 100 miles of the US border. - Exchange rate: in February 2004 was 2.17 Canadian $s to the British £. - Vancouver?s official language is English, Chinese is second. - Traveller?s cheques ? in Canadian $s are accepted in most major restaurants, shops and fast food outlets. GETTING THERE Air Canada and British Airways fly directly to Vancouver from London Heathrow. Having flown with both I would recommend British Airways, it?s a long flight ? around 10 hours and I didn?t have a good experience with Air Canada either way but may be that can go in a separate review! A flight to Vancouver will set you back between £300 and £700 depending on the time of year ? avoid ski seasons if you?re just going for a city break since Vancouver airport serves Whistler as well...

flickpugh 17.02.2004 (21.09.2004) · Read review
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Review of Vancouver (Canada)

Top Thai cuisine in downtown Vancouver

Advantages: Excellent food, excellent service, excellent prices
Disadvantages: It's a ten hour flight away

...INTRODUCTION Myself and Ms Larsbaby were in holiday in Vancouver and found ourselves in a decent downtown hotel. We explored the area and found many fine Asian restaurants. Having sampled Japanese and Chinese, we were looking for something else to add to our list. A Thai restaurant from across the road of our hotel caught our eye and maintained a spot on our "to do" list. Towards the end of our stay, we finally cracked and went to eat there. THE RESTAURANT Sala Thai has two locations, one on Burrard Street, the other on Cambie Street. Cambie street is someway south of downtown. We went to the one on Burrard, at the heart of downtown, which looks pretty big from the outside. When we went, the restaurant was pretty full and we had to wait a short while for our table for two. A good sign then, that the place was so...

larsbaby 19.09.2008 · Read review
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Alicante Airport

Advantages: Good location, decent amenities
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...I use Alicante airport for my annual break in Spain and find it is convenient and fairly easy to use. It is situated just outside Alicante on the Costa Blanca, around 46.5km from Benidorm. It is within driving distance of Valencia, around two hours and 179km. Arrivals You would probably fly to Alicante if you were staying in Benidorm, Torrevieja, Altea, Calpe, Moraira or Teulada. It is popular with budget airlines such as Easyjet and Bmibaby and there are flights from many regional airports in the UK such as East Midlands, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle and Stansted to name a few. There are around ten car hire companies who operate out of the airport including the big names like Avis, Europcar and Hertz, these desks are located in the arrivals hall and can get busy at peak times. There are also local car hire companies who...

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Review of Alicante Airport

chicago airport

Advantages: Gets me from A to b efficiently
Disadvantages: It's an airport!

...Chicago airport. On a recent visit to san Diego, we had to have a stop in Chicago airport for a couple of hours...most of my travelling seems to be spent in airports! It was the busiest airport in the United States until Atlanta became the busiest and it was apparently voted best airport in North America in 2000...that's 8 years ago so i don't know which airport has been winning since then. The airport is 20 miles from downtown Chicago but since we weren't actaully going to Chicago we didn't actally leave the airport so I can't comment on the transport links. **The Terminals** Of course when stuck in an airport these are the places you see most often. There are 4 terminals and strangely enough these are Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5 which is the International Terminal...whatever happened to number 4? All of the terminals are...

danielalong 23.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Chicago Airport

Among the best airports in the world

Advantages: beautiful new terminal, stunning views
Disadvantages: no rapid transit link, airport user fee

...Vancouver is universally acknowledged as Canada's most beatiful city, and its airport (YVR) doesn't disappoint either. If you haven't been to YVR since the mid-1990s, or are getting your information from an old guide book, forget everything you think you know. The air terminal, formerly small and underwhelming, was quadrupled in size and completely rebuilt in the late 1990s / early 2000s. It now ranks favourably with the world's great airports, and has won the awards to prove it. In addition to being a visually impressive building, its site on an island off the Strait of Georgia affords some gorgeous views of the Coastal mountains meeting the waters of the Pacific. The airport is divided into an International/U.S.A. terminal and a domestic terminal, which are connected but can make for some long walks. Note also that the indoor...

johnnycanuck 03.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of Vancouver International Airport (YVR)