Jun 25, 2018, 12:59 am
Last edit by: canadiancow
Map for YVR Do - Hotels, Meet up points, etc
YVR Do Eventbrite signup
Availability for Friday evening for pre-drinks/dinner:
CONFIRMED for Do:
MAYBES:
NOT THIS TIME:
Walk details: (from https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30202123-post245.html)
Saturday: Meet at 10:15am for a 10:30am departure by the Starbucks inside Waterfront Station (601 W Cordova Street)
Sunday: Meet at 10:15am for a 10:30am departure in the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery (850 W Georgia Street)
Walks will last about 2 hours and should end in the vicinity of food.
YVR Do Eventbrite signup
Availability for Friday evening for pre-drinks/dinner:
- Bohemian1 (I'm up for any pre-dinner drinks.)
- NewbieRunner (As I'm arriving on Thursday I'll be around on Friday for any daytime activities and drinks/dinner.)
- polkacat (I get in Friday around 12:45 pm so am up for some group functions that day.)
- ANC RED-EYE (arrive Thursday evening)
- jrl767 +1 (ETA ~1600)
- pudgym29 (Available for Friday daytime activities also.)
- boxo (arriving AS PDX YVR Friday 11:05 am)
- TravelKane (Arriving Thurs)
- angra (arriving Friday DL 1805 @ 1227)
- beckoa (AS2266 8:44 PM)
DrunkCargo (should be around, but didn't register for tickets on time)- greendx (arriving late Thursday night, may need to work from my hotel on Friday, if not will be available)
- Bob W (arriving Thursday)
- canadiancow (arriving AC 569 @ 1912)
- jackal (arriving Thursday)
- margarita girl (arriving AC103 @ 09:52)
- Altaflyer (arriving Flair 8135 @07:35am Fri)
- keitherson (i arrived Wednesday!! )
CONFIRMED for Do:
- nomadic.relief - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
- NewbieRunner - Hampton Inn (Available for daytime activities and drinks/dinner on Friday)
- polkacat +1 - Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown
- angra - currently GEC Granville Suites Downtown - Arriving early afternoon friday
- aviationp
- monitor - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
- Frantic - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
- BOB W- Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
- Bohemian1 - Commuting from the burbs (signed up for Saturday dinner)
- jrl767 +1 - Marriott Delta Suites; ETA Fri ~1600
- CMK10 - Westin Grand
- keitherson - i live here!!
- Zorak - Westin Grand
- ANC RED-EYE
- Majuki- Westin Grand (Saturday activities only)
- pudgym29 - Hostelling International - Vancouver Downtown
- boxo - Park Inn & Suites
- TravelKane - Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
- beckoa Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
- DrunkCargo (is home)
- greendx - Park Inn & Suites
- canadiancow - Couch surfing
- PhilElite
- jackal - Ramada Limited Vancouver Downtown
- margarita girl - Sheraton Vancouver Airport
- Altaflyer - HI Vancouver Central
- Finkface - Local, but may get a room after looking at this list
MAYBES:
- CDKing
- rxgeek +1
- Smiley90
- Viridianne
- srletend
- canopus27
NOT THIS TIME:
- mahasamatman
- kirkwoodj
- King Chung Huang
- f0zzyNUE
- Zorak
- GrjApp
Walk details: (from https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30202123-post245.html)
Saturday: Meet at 10:15am for a 10:30am departure by the Starbucks inside Waterfront Station (601 W Cordova Street)
Sunday: Meet at 10:15am for a 10:30am departure in the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery (850 W Georgia Street)
Walks will last about 2 hours and should end in the vicinity of food.
YVR Do September 14-16, 2018
Jul 17, 2018, 7:38 pm
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Jul 17, 2018, 8:00 pm
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... Wasn't totally clear if this meant joining for the Friday evening activities, so haven't added @jrl767 to the wiki list
(had added our ETA in “confirmed” section of the wiki, but always better to be redundant in cases like this)
Jul 29, 2018, 1:34 pm
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I hate when that happens - found a flight, got everything else worked out to fit the flight, then went back to check on the flight and it is gone!! I'm still trying
Jul 31, 2018, 3:34 pm
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Make that move.
Woo hoo! I tired of waiting for a price drop.
In an unorthodox manner (it was spread out over two days), I have booked non-stop flights to from YVR on two separate Star Alliance carriers [United and Air Canada].
My flight from ORD to YVR is Wednesday night, 12 September, on UA 563; arriving at 10:20 pm (PT). Yes, I realize this is not giving me much time to get from the airport to wherever I am staying Wednesday.Hotels are still in a complete flux. I'm staying at the HI hostel @ 1114 Burnaby St. (Downtown)
I will not leave Vancouver until Monday afternoon, 17 September, on AC 8040 {Jazz}; arriving at ORD at 7:27 pm (CT). Yes, this is probably my first time on a CRJ 900.
There are other things I want to do when in Vancouver, and the airfares were a little cheaper on Monday. This will be my first time in Vancouver since August 1989.
How much was it? I booked in Canadian dollars using my credit union Visa CC which doesn't charge a conversion fee. It is the same CC I use when in Japan. The AC fare was CDN$195. The UA fare was CDN$183.
In an unorthodox manner (it was spread out over two days), I have booked non-stop flights to from YVR on two separate Star Alliance carriers [United and Air Canada].
My flight from ORD to YVR is Wednesday night, 12 September, on UA 563; arriving at 10:20 pm (PT). Yes, I realize this is not giving me much time to get from the airport to wherever I am staying Wednesday.
I will not leave Vancouver until Monday afternoon, 17 September, on AC 8040 {Jazz}; arriving at ORD at 7:27 pm (CT). Yes, this is probably my first time on a CRJ 900.
There are other things I want to do when in Vancouver, and the airfares were a little cheaper on Monday. This will be my first time in Vancouver since August 1989.
How much was it? I booked in Canadian dollars using my credit union Visa CC which doesn't charge a conversion fee. It is the same CC I use when in Japan. The AC fare was CDN$195. The UA fare was CDN$183.
Last edited by pudgym29; Sep 11, 2018 at 2:37 pm Reason: mentioning accomodation.
Jul 31, 2018, 5:05 pm
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Yay, Alaska finally dropped SJC YVR fares. I am on AS SJC PDX YVR arriving Friday 11:05 am. No Sunday or Monday return scheduled as of yet, but an Amtrak-Alaska itinerary is probable. The Park Plaza is booked on C+P for 2 nights, but I will be continuing to check for other options.
Jul 31, 2018, 5:28 pm
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Yay, Alaska finally dropped SJC YVR fares. I am on AS SJC PDX YVR arriving Friday 11:05 am. No Sunday or Monday return scheduled as of yet, but an Amtrak-Alaska itinerary is probable. The Park Plaza is booked on C+P for 2 nights, but I will be continuing to check for other options.
Jul 31, 2018, 5:36 pm
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of course you could just stay in Vancouver for a few more days and get to Seattle a couple days earlier ...
True true, if Seattle hotel rates weren't so abominably high... but I'd also be passing on the opportunity to do a SF/Monterey-LA Highway 1 road trip, which just reopened a couple weeks ago.
Jul 31, 2018, 5:38 pm
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Jul 31, 2018, 6:02 pm
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To be honest though, the last time I did that drive with a friend ~15 years ago, I got horribly horribly carsick. So the jury's still out on whether or not I will do it. At the very least, I will spend a day or two in Monterey with a German friend who's never been to the Central Coast.
Aug 2, 2018, 5:24 pm
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I'm in!
Like I said, my CMN>YUL J Seat got taken. So I decided to turn right instead of left. Heading there via South Korea
FEZ-CMN>AUH>ICN>LAX>YVR
Will arrive Thurs 13th
Like I said, my CMN>YUL J Seat got taken. So I decided to turn right instead of left. Heading there via South Korea
FEZ-CMN>AUH>ICN>LAX>YVR
Will arrive Thurs 13th
Aug 2, 2018, 6:08 pm
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Wow! That is quite the haul.
I'm travelling about 15km to get there and you're doing about 15,000 miles.
You win.
Aug 2, 2018, 11:24 pm
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Still trying to get off of work- in Bloomington, IN currently sweating away but having fun.
I did reserve a hotel for two nights at least... that is changeable/refundable.
I did reserve a hotel for two nights at least... that is changeable/refundable.