Yep, just corrected above. Thanks for the heads up.

In. Confirmed.

YVR? Add me as a probable.

Okay, so I know I've been terribly delinquent in posting, but here is the Eventbrite link for YVR Do signup (also to be added to the wiki shortly). Please sign up for walking tours/dinners so I have proper numbers to give venues, there may be some wiggle room for people who try signing up after all "tickets" are gone, but not much. For the flights I have had to go with Eventbrite pre-payment as I have to reserve the flights in advance with names, which unfortunately bumped the price up to $188 CDN with their fees. If something has to be changed after booking, please notify me by PM ASAP and I'll see what I can sort out.

Friday night dinner: Craft Beer Market - a place with 100+ beers on tap. I did promise beer.
Saturday night dinner: Yaletown Brewing Company (menu) - okay, more beer wasn't supposed to be the plan, but the food is good, and most importantly they'll allow a group of just over 30 to order directly from the menu, rather than forcing a set menu or "family style dining" ... I had no idea how difficult it would be to avoid that with semi-large groups in Vancouver!!

I'll go update the map next.

I like to keep options open for those with different tastes. ;)

Thanks! Looks great! Will there be costs associated with the walking tours?

Thanks, nomadic.relief, for putting together a great programme. I’ve registered!

I signed up for the Saturday and Sunday morning activities.

I'm in. Flights booked, staying at the Park Inn.

Signed up for Saturday dinner.

Still up for pre-Friday dinner beverages (any time past 3:00) if anyone is around.

I’m in!
 

well ... the dinner venue website says they have $5 local drafts (and house wines, and highballs) during Happy Hour 1500-1800 ;)

That could work.

I like to be happy on Fridays!

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google maps shows about half a dozen other beer venues (brewpubs etc) within a few blocks :D

Welcome to Vancouver haha. There's even more than the map shows... There's also e.g. Tap&Barrel literally right next to Craft.

The best of these is Brassneck though, fyi.

Signed up for everything. Hope the smoke clears by then.

Way less of an issue today.

You can keep on eye on the smoke situation on this site.

Signed up with my +1 for dinners and walking tours. We're going to pass on the flightseeing after all.

Crazy smoke day today. You can literally look straight at the sun and it's a big bloody ball in the air. Made the day super gloomy.

With orange shadows that I found somewhat disconcerting. But could be totally fine for the 'Do'.

If not, we'll just have to drown our sorrows over tales of misconnects and lounge dragons.

Thanks! I knew I was missing something! The walking tours will be between $15-25 each depending on how many people sign up. I will post firm numbers at the end of the registration period, so around Sept 11th or 12th. They will payable in cash (I will be collecting as I see people).

While I would love to guarantee good, clear weather, right now I'm just working on a hope and a prayer. I will be calling Harbour Air on Monday or Tuesday to find out if cancellation is possible if the air doesn't clear, in which case, refunds will definitely occur in some format regardless of the EventBrite signup. Trying to remember how long last year's smoke lasted ... definitely not a fan of this - two consecutive summers half ruined by smoke. Never mind the devastation of the fires. :/

I never thought I'd say that mid-August weather in the other Washington is preferable to that in the REAL Washington, but I'm not complaining about having to be in the DCA area for the next few days

ok, back on topic ... my wife reminded me that Sun afternoon/evening border crossings are NOT fun, so we have decided to stay Sun night as well (35k points, but it beats $C350) and drive home to Seattle on Mon

I seem to recall it being mostly gone by early September last year.

I hope so, because as someone with Asthma, it's legitimately difficult to breathe outside at the moment. Forecast says improvement towards the end of the week at least. Let's hope we're done with this soon and get rain.

I have asthma too and I live there! It's supposed to better by Wednesday but it comes and goes depending on the prevailing winds. But normally the breeze does a good job of clearing things out.

Based on local reports, I'm kinda glad I'm not there right now, although I am flying back into Winter tomorrow. But at this point, I'd rather freeze my butt off for a couple of days than suck on smoke.

I live here too, what I wrote was my local report haha.

Sorry, saw the ZRH reference and made an assumption. I bet the air is clear there though.

I'm thinking of flying over from Calgary. But, hotels sure are expensive that weekend! Is there a big event going on (besides the Do)?

Seven different conferences, apparently. Summer here is always conference season.

Holy crap the hotels...
Hampton Inn & Suites is 500/night. Might as well book a Fairmont Gold room for that price.

Those $25 hostels are starting to appeal to me.

And here I thought I was 100% going to move to the confirmed list :p

The prices have been absolutely stupefying - $450 for the Best Western. EXCUSE ME?! And that's not just that weekend, seems to be the norm for a summer weekend.

Okay I found a couch to sleep on. Moving myself up to confirmed. I'll be on AC 569 on the Friday, scheduled arrival 1912. So I'll be a bit late for dinner, but I should still make it.

And I didn't realize tickets were required... I'll grab 2 spots for the Friday night if they become available, otherwise I guess just the Saturday official one for me+1.

Travel arrangements to arrive have been set for awhile. Finally made travel arrangements to depart. ;) I'll stick around until the Amtrak Thruway bus from Pacific Central station leaving at 4pm. Also fixed myself in the wiki...

Finish the puzzle.
 

Despite our fearless leader's earlier post, I have sucked it up and booked myself into the Hostelling Intl. Vancouver Downtown Hostel @ 1114 Burnaby St. Its cost is acceptable. It is (obviously) downtown. So it will not demand a 40-minute SkyTrain ride [v. hotels in Burnaby]. I've stayed at hostels in trendy neighborhoods before; the last time being in Old(e) City, Philadelphia, PA. [U.S.A.] when covering the Craft Brewers Conference back in 2016.
I may have mentioned it somewhere here on FlyerTalk: I am a life member of HI-AYH. It has not mattered on my jaunts to Japan, but it will give me an advantage here and now.
I missed the allotment for the Friday night drinks (drat). I am sure I'll find another craftbeer venue to hit in its stead.
I am keen to see what will occur during this weekend. It should be fun. :cool: