Looking for hotel for three young adult children-near restaurants and nightlife, parking and a two bedroom suite is most desirable.
Would be nice if there wasn't much construction nearby and easy to get to from Seattle. Thanks.
Wondering about Delta Suites Vancouver and Westin Grand--thanks.

First consider the map at this website:


http://www.greatervancouverhotels.co...ctions-map.htm

and then note that downtown Vancouver does NOT have the hills of downtown Seattle.

"ROBSON" street and "Granville" are streets which best represent "Restaurants and Nightlife" in downtown Vancouver.

To the left of the map "Denman" is another street which is "happening" much of the time.

The Delta Suites isn't far from "Gastown", which has plenty of restaurants and touristy areas... but might be best known for (19 & over) nightlife.

Gen-er-al-ly speaking... the area that the Delta Suites occupies isn't immediately surrounded by touristy places.

If all other things were equal I think I would side with the alternative to Delta Suites. (NOT for any reason other than the random other alternative having a more lively location) It is not a "BAD" area... unless you went several blocks to the east on Hastings street. The downtown shopping district isn't that many blocks away, on mostly flat streets.

As for the Westin Grand... if you left there and the weather permitted a long walk down Robson and back, I'm sure you could find almost anything your heart desired. Robson does have a bit of an incline before you get to the Stanley Park end, but it isn't "steep" by any means.

At least the map I offer gives you a number of names of other hotel options.

Hope this helps somehow.

(I was in downtown Vancouver just a couple of days ago, FYI)

The Westin is close to Yaletown which has lots of good restaurants and nightlife.

The map is great-just what I'm looking for--I'll look into the Westin Grand.
Coudd you also give me an idea of the immediate area around Delta Suites-incase that ends up where they are.
Thanks.

The immediate area outside of the Delta Suites is office towers (and 9 to 5'ers), English language schools (lots of Korean, Japanese and Mexican students), not so many restaurants, but many which service the office workers, Gastown down the road (the oldest part of the city with some touristy souvenir shops but also aggressive beggars), a 5 minute walk up to Pacific Centre Mall, a 5 minute walk to Canada Place (cruise ship terminal, convention centre, major hotel). A 15 minute walk into the shopping/restaurant districts of Yaletown and Robson street. It's safe, but busier in the day and quieter at night.

Just a note - downtown Vancouver is compact. You can walk from the Delta Suites to the Westin Grand in less than 10 minutes. It takes me, for example, 20 minutes to walk from Pacific Blvd at the southern end, to walk north along to Canada Place at the northern end.

I'd probably avoid the Delta Suites if I had the option - while it's on the edge of Gastown, its really not the nicest area (you'd have to walk to get anywhere interesting, slightly dodgy at night).

I'd recommend the Four Seasons if you're looking for something central, and your budget can stand it. It's next to Pacific Centre Mall, close to Robson and the Granville Mall (where all the nightclubs are), is in an interesting street with lots of shops and restaurants nearby...

Thanks--I'll give Four Seasons a look-sounds good.

Prices seem a little steep at Four Seasons, and the room and bed configuration is not quite right.Thanks, though. I appreciate the info. about Delta Suites.

laurelee,

I halfway want to ask about what your daily budget for lodging is.

I can almost feel that using Pricline.com for TWO rooms per night might both suit your budget AND land you a spot in a nice area of town at a nice hotel.

Plus, even IF there is a stinky, overpriced parking charge, it would only apply to one vehicle instead of two, making the extra room quite do-able.

You could at least peruse www.biddingfortravel.com to see what recent hotel nightly rates have been scored by others through Priceline.com.

Here's a direct link to the right page:

http://p070.ezboard.com/Canada--Brit...abiddingfrm210

You can also get a mostly-complete list of the possible hotels you might land that way.

I don't think I know your travel dates yet, and it would surely help rate-wise if you weren't going during the peak of summer tourism season.

IF you're not totally familiar with Priceline, it would be a case of "Committing" to your room for those nights no matter what. (you can even make your bid earlier on the day OF arrival, to limit the risk involved in bidding one month and traveling a month later.

I've used priceline a few times for downtown Vancouver and usually landed a nice spot near the upper left of the map linked earlier. The walk was typically no more than a few blocks up a SLIGHT incline to Robson street.

The Detla Suites is a very nice hotel. We had our wedding dinner at their resturant (Manhattan's), and stayed their our honeymoon night. I really liked their room setup, and the bed was heavenly!

However, you will have to walk up to Robson, or down to Gastown for dinner, etc.

There is major construction near the Suites, which might interfere with your whole "prefer no construction" criteria.

When are you coming to Vancouver?

My sons will be there mid-April. I won't be there at all. I have one son in school in the Seattle and the other two are coming to visit him, and they thought they'd drive up and check Vancouver out--I'm just the Mom helping them out a bit--or a bit too much!

OK, now we get it...

most importantly, have their documentation all worked-out for easy passage across the border.

ARE all traveling parties at least 18 years of age???

IF NOT, you need to take special measures for those not yet 18.

In any case, ALL PARTIES should have Driver's License (or state-issued ID) AND a certified copy of their birth certificates for border crossing by land.

Now that I understand your needs/interests better, I think I would go right ahead and use Priceline.com for lodging for them.

This would have to be done by any of them who have their own ATM card (with Visa/Mastercard logo).

YOU cannot be the one who makes any such reservation under your name, and not be there at check-in (in Priceline theory, anyway).

It just wouldn't be possible that Priceline could land 3 (able bodied) young adult males in a spot/area of downtown Vancouver that wasn't entirely suitable to their interests. Even if there is a small hill, and a few blocks to cover between hotel and nightlife, it couldn't be anything serious.

By any chance are all of these young men at least "19" ?? (the drinking age in Canada, in case you weren't aware...)

If so, the nightlife will be there... and I suppose Granville street might be most central to that.

All I can advise is that you check the various hotel rates, and then contrast those with the ones at Priceline for similar rooms/locales... to see if Priceline fits your needs.

Something tells me that the boys just won't care which particular establishment they're in, on a fun little trip like that.


Glad that we are a bit more clear on the journey.

Yeah, I'm probably putting entirely too much thought into this--I just told them I'd get them a reservation since they are all really busy right now, and then I got "into" it! They are 19 and over. Incase they should change their mind about leaving Seattle-I'm hesitant to do Priceline because it can't be cancelled. Thanks for all your help--I'm probably way too involved and I'll just make a decision and they can go with it!