do we need a car in vancouver BC, including a trip to victoria?
Nov
28
we are travelling to vancouver bc, we plan on spend 3 days, including a day trip to victoria. do we need a rental car?
If you plan to spend your time downtown in both cities, I wouldn’t bother with a car. Pacific Coach Lines runs bus service between the two cities, where the bus drives onto the ferry, you get off for the ferry ride, get back on when the boat docks, and continue to downtown. It has the possibly enormous advantage, in summer, that the bus always gets on and off the ferry before the cars, and on the bus, you’re guaranteed to get on that sailing. In a private car in busy times, you either pay extra for a reservation which you forfeit if you arrive 5 minutes too late, or make sure to get there way ahead, and it’s quite possible to have to wait for the next sailing if it’s a busy day.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Cheaper to get a day pass for bus and transit Both transit and Island coach go the ferry’s in Victoria City bus takes tou downtown slower and cheaper than Island couch but a scenic Ride Go to hellobc ,,toursmvancouver,,,tourismvictoria
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November 28th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
If you are staying downtown Vancouver you would not need a car skytrain can take you most places, if you want rent a car for the day to go to Victoria or hop on one of the day tours that are offered. If money was no object I would have a car but that is just me it lets you stray from the usual places.
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November 28th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
If you plan to spend your time downtown in both cities, I wouldn’t bother with a car. Pacific Coach Lines runs bus service between the two cities, where the bus drives onto the ferry, you get off for the ferry ride, get back on when the boat docks, and continue to downtown. It has the possibly enormous advantage, in summer, that the bus always gets on and off the ferry before the cars, and on the bus, you’re guaranteed to get on that sailing. In a private car in busy times, you either pay extra for a reservation which you forfeit if you arrive 5 minutes too late, or make sure to get there way ahead, and it’s quite possible to have to wait for the next sailing if it’s a busy day.
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