ACI – Vancouver

I have been offered accomodation for the summer months in Yaletown, Vancouver. I am currently a student in Britain. If I did take this opportunity, I was wondering when it would be best to go? I was thinking end of June till end of August? I was hoping to get a job as a waitress, or server as they are called. How hard is it to get that sort of job in that area? As an outgoing, adventurous person, would I enjoy a summer working in Vancouver?

I am open to any other suggestions for what to do with my summer – free accomodation is definitely the bonus in Vancouver though. Expensive flights are the only issue for me.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

yeah i think you should do it. If you’re outgoing and adventurous i dont think you”ll have too much problems picking up that kind of work. Vancouver gets a lot of tourists in the summer so restaurants and cafes will be busy. They dont pay great but people tend to tip over here anyways. Vancouver is expensive but as you have free accomodation i think you’ll be fine even on min wage.

And hey if it doesnt work out worst case scenario is that you just go home but you’ll still have had a couple of weeks on holiday. But i think you should def give it a go, van is great esp in summer

I am 23 years old and a recent college graduate (Biotechnology diploma) from Toronto. Currently, I am interested in living independently in Vanoucver. I am currently living with parents and is working various part-time jobs in Toronto. Now, I think it’s time for me to live alone – far away from home and to have a better sense of life and my future career.

Q: What are the thing I need to know about Vancouver when moving there in terms of further education, cheap accomodation, transit reliablity/transportation, and employment oppurtunities?

I thank those for their thoughtful response.

Sincerely,

Allen

remember that for renting accomodation or purchasing real estate, Vancouver is by far the most expensive place to live in Canada.

I plan to make each day count such as 1.employment opp 2. own business opp 3. accomodation 4. cost of living 5. medical insurance 6. Churches 7. University Studies for PR……Please help.

Vancouver is a lovely city, but incredibly expensive to live in. If you can afford the rent, I am sure that it will satisfy you. It is the warmest city in Canada, and other than the downtown east side, is downright a great place to live.

Also, you have to apply for Canadian immigration before you come to the country, so keep in mind before you come to have all your paperwork ready.

can someone please tell me a link to find some share accomodation in vancouver BC, im moving there from australia in 2 months and have to organise it soon

Another good website is Kijiji online classifieds:

http://vancouver.kijiji.ca/

This is also a great website on shared accomodation in Vancouver BC, also supplies local listings, and advice:

http://apartmentguide.ca/Renters/sharing.asp

http://www.vancouver-bc.com/Classified/PropWant/#RoomForRentandSharedAccommodation

Good luck, and I hope you enjoy your stay here in Vancouver!

Cheers,

Petra M, Vancouver

Is Whistler mountain, Athabasca Falls, and Miette Hotsprings on the same way? since we are just planning to stop at least 1/2 day in Jasper?

Any accomodation near it? or we can just camp to Jasper National Park?

Note: There are 3 ways to travel and all have unique things and a beautiful drive.
1. To Vancouver via the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 5), through Blue River, Clearwater to Kamloops, then via the Coquihalla Highway to Hope and then Highway 1 to Vancouver
2. From Jasper to Banff, then Highway 1 to Vancouver (or you can divert through the okanagan (Vernon, Kelowna then to the Coquihalla).
3. From Jasper to Banff and then travel South to Radium Hot Springs and then Cranbrook – then Highway 3 West all the way to Hope and then along Highway #1 to Vancouver.
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The following is a narrative I had sent to someone else asking a similar question but it was how to travel Vancouver to Jasper and back:
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I have both travelled this route and spoke to people from all over the world (especially Europe) who said the highway between Jasper and Bamff is the most beautiful & breath taking they ever saw.

Here is the route:
1. Depart Vancouver Eastbound on Highway #1.
2. Hope BC is a hub of 4 highways. Continue on Highway #1 up the Fraser Canyon. There is lots of scenery especially Hell’s Gate.
3. At Cache Creek there is another Hub. Stay on Highway #1 and travel to Kamloops, B.C.
4. Kamloops is another Hub. Take Highway #5 North (Yellowhead highway) to Jasper.
5. Clearwater is about 150 Km North of Kamloops and there is a lot of camping and beautiful scenery. The Wells Grey National Park is near here. A good place to stop and see things.
6. Continue North on Highway #5 and you will pass through Blue River.
This community is small and the hub of the best heli skiing and heli hiking in the world. During the winter everyone from Royalty to famous movie stars come here to heli ski.
7 Continue North on Highway #5 and follow the signs to Jasper.
8. When you are finished with Jasper travel South on Highway 93. This is the highway everyone says is the most beautiful in the world. It has ice fields you can stop to explore and go for a snowmobile ride. You will want to stop around every new curve to take a picture. This Highway stops (T intersection) at Highway #1 almost at Lake Louise. Go East and follow the signs to Lake Louise.
9. Once you are finished with Lake Louise, Travel East on HIghway #1 to Banff.
10. When you are finished with Banff travel West on Highway #1 back to BC.
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At this point you have two ways to return to Vancouver pending on your time & money. You can go via Southern BC, or more faster and direct back on Highway #1
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Southern BC
11.Travel West from Banff and take Highway #93 to Radium. These are famous hot springs and you can have a good time here.
12. From Radium, continue South to Cranbrook. You can side step to Kimberly which is a tourist town decked out like a small German/Swiss village.
13. From Cranbrook travel West on Highway #3 to Hope. You will travel through three mountain passes and see beautiful country. Thre are mountains between Princeton and Hope that are very steep and you will see an old mountain slide (Hope Princeton Slide).
14. At Hope, you will automatically meet up with Highway #1 and continue to Vancouver. Hope is a beautiful small town in the mountains and is the location for the Selvester Stalone movie "First Blood".
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The faster more direct Route:
11. Travel East on Highway #1 to Kamloops.
12. Take the Highway #5 (Coquihalla HIghway) exit on the West side of Kamloops and go South.
13. This will take you to Hope. You will automatically blend into Highway #3 and then a few kilometers away into Highway #1.
14. Continue on to Vancouver.
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Note: you can also go Highway #1 West from Banff and then at Sicamous take Highway 97A. This will take you into the Okanagan which is a high tourist spot. Hot in the summer and our fruit belt. You will travel through Armstrong, Vernon and then Kelowna. On the other side of Kelowna, you can take Highway #97 to Merritt and get on to Highway #5, go South to Hope, then Highway #1 to Vancouver.
OR, Instead of taking Highway 97, continue South to Penticton, through Penticton to Highway #3, then West. See notes about about Highway #3.
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Have a great holiday and enjoy Beautiful BC.
Note: there is a small toll ($$) to enter the National Parks at Jasper and Banff.

Anyone got any itinerary/accomodation/campground suggestions? Late June; camping/b&b mix, start and finish in Vancouver and want to see Banff, Jasper naturally. Thanks.

A nice place to sight see & possibly stay is around Valemount BC & Mount Robson (largest peak in the Canadian Rockies). Robson Shadows Campground is a nice base to see the Mtn. You can rent cabins if you prefer that to a tent, also good to go whitewater rafting or even on a gentle float tour from here. Helicopter tours & heli-hiking are also available if that is in your budget. Awesome views! It can be a little cheaper staying in the Valemount area & is about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs drive to Jasper from there depending on how fast you like to drive . A pretty campground pretty much right in Valemount is called Swift Creek campground. There are also many hotel/motels & B & Bs available in that area too. Rear Guard Falls is a pretty walk. Between Jasper & Banff some nice little rest stop areas to check out are Honeymoon Lake, the water seems to be a little warmer than all the other glacier fed lakes & is even nice to swim in. You can camp here too. Bubbling Springs is a good place to stretch your legs & take a bathroom break. It is right beside the roadway – the water bubbles up from the ground & the sand is kind of pink – just a small spring. Horseshoe Lake is worth the little walk to find it. Very pretty & the water is so clear that from up on the rocky cliffside you can see the fish. The Columbia Ice Fields are worth a look & you can tour in an ice buggy if you want – there are some pretty campsites close by too. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on Bow Lake is beautiful. I often stop there but have yet to spend a night. You can hike up on the glacier but may need to go with a group.

Anyone got any itinerary/accomodation/campground suggestions? Late June; camping/b&b mix, start and finish in Vancouver and want to see Banff, Jasper naturally. Thanks.

A nice place to sight see & possibly stay is around Valemount BC & Mount Robson (largest peak in the Canadian Rockies). Robson Shadows Campground is a nice base to see the Mtn. You can rent cabins if you prefer that to a tent, also good to go whitewater rafting or even on a gentle float tour from here. Helicopter tours & heli-hiking are also available if that is in your budget. Awesome views! It can be a little cheaper staying in the Valemount area & is about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs drive to Jasper from there depending on how fast you like to drive . A pretty campground pretty much right in Valemount is called Swift Creek campground. There are also many hotel/motels & B & Bs available in that area too. Rear Guard Falls is a pretty walk. Between Jasper & Banff some nice little rest stop areas to check out are Honeymoon Lake, the water seems to be a little warmer than all the other glacier fed lakes & is even nice to swim in. You can camp here too. Bubbling Springs is a good place to stretch your legs & take a bathroom break. It is right beside the roadway – the water bubbles up from the ground & the sand is kind of pink – just a small spring. Horseshoe Lake is worth the little walk to find it. Very pretty & the water is so clear that from up on the rocky cliffside you can see the fish. The Columbia Ice Fields are worth a look & you can tour in an ice buggy if you want – there are some pretty campsites close by too. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on Bow Lake is beautiful. I often stop there but have yet to spend a night. You can hike up on the glacier but may need to go with a group.

I am moving to vancouver to start a new life away from the east coast and i am going to find a job, i am not a mooch. Where is the best site or place to look so i’ll find roommates to share my accomodation and my min payment is 450-500 /month , but i want a 3/4 bedroom place to share with people.

Check out the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers. There is a section in the classifieds for "Shared Accommodation". A link to their website can be found below along with another website.

We are a young (26 and 28 y.o.) couple from Moscow, Russia, planning to spent 3 days in Toronto and 5 in Vancouver on the last week of may. How to plan this time right to enjoy Canada?
Which places in this cities are most interesting?
Is it possible to travel from Toronto to Ottawa for 1 day by bus or train?
Can anybody recommend a budget accomodation in this cities?

Ottawa is a bit too far for a day trip.

When you are in Vancouver you should go over to Vancouver Island/Victoria and up to Whistler.

I love the old growth forests and the rain forests on Vancouver Island.
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, is home to some of the world’s largest spruce trees.
The Carmanah Giant, at 95 metres, is thought to be the tallest Sitka spruce in the world, although it is less than 400 years old! There are much older, gnarled cedars estimated to be well over 1,000 years old clinging to the side hills.

Pacific Rim National Park is outstanding but it is a far drive from Vancouver (about 6 hours of the most beautiful scenery in the world).

Whale watching:
The best viewing of the Orcas (Killer whales) is from May to October.

As for budget accommodations, I always camp (if you camp make sure you make reservations, people come from all over the world to see beautiful BC).

I’m gonna travel all around probably stopping off at Tofino, Victoria, Sooke and maybe going to Saltspring island. Thanks!

Are you looking for hostels? In Victoria try Ocean Island Backpackers. It’s right downtown and very friendly. Hotel wise, all the Traveler’s Inns (there are like 20 within 6 blocks of each other) are something silly like $59/night, and they aren’t too terrible in terms of scumminess.
In Tofino at this time of year there isn’t really anything that’s cheap per se. I think there’s a hostel, but I’m not 100% on that. Except maybe camping. I’d definitely look into making reservations before heading there anyway. It’s super busy always and a long long drive back to Port Alberni if you can’t find a place to stay. (But so worth it. Tofino is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world.)
Hope this helps a little bit!