I had a conference in Vancouver earlier this month (mid-July) and visited for the first time. I wish I'd asked here before I went because the information has been terrific. Needless to say I fell in love with the city (except for some of the traffic!) Also when I checked in at the Renaissance the desk clerk was really friendly and spend a few minutes pointing out some suggestions of places to go and things to see. I absolutely plan to visit next summer when I can spend more time on my own.

Cripes...I was already to post something until I fell asleep reading KenHammer's journal. Watch out Frommer's! I must add that the trip to Victoria really is a must. We actually took a cruise around the island and ended up in Victoria. Tell your uncle to try a guiduck. Yummmmmmmm.

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I really dont know what to say... but, thank you, thank you, thank you, all for the great and fast tips... and special thanks goes to kenhamer for the detailed information.. it really helped a lot... thank you kenhamer.

I copied this topic and faxed it to my uncle in las vegas... and he went WOW.. from where you get all this information?, he asked!!

of course from my FT friends.. then i explained to him what is FT.. he went hmmm.. interesting.. what a small world... by the way he thank all of you for the great information...

Good Luck all

KSA_USA

The best places to visit have been covered but if you are in the mood for some great bargains, find a Great Canadian Superstore (look up a location in the phonebook) and go shopping! This supermarket/Kmart/Target is about 150,000 square feet in size and sells everything imaginable. With agressive pricing and the favorable exchange rate, my wife and I always seem to fill up out car when we go up to BC every other month or so. You can easily save 30-50% over what you would pay at Costco/Taget/Kmart, etc. in the USA.

P.S. Go to Granville Market HUNGRY!!! There is sooooo much fantastic food to sample there.

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Oh yeah (this may be too late, but what the heck) don't forget to eat at Pounder's in Victoria. It's a Mongolian Wok type thing, but the cool thing is that you can try some different meats that you don't normally see, like elk, emu, etc... it's very good and very reasonably priced. And if you're going to ask me for an address, fuggedaboutit. I have no recollection of that whatsoever. It's near the docks, just a couple of blocks in from the water somewhere. I'm sure they're listed in the phone book.

wanderlust- The FT boards seem to be full of "budding" journalists/novelists - and you are among them! Thankfully!