Hotel Reviews of the Best Western Downtown Vancouver

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Guest Reviews of the Best Western Downtown Vancouver
July 12, 2009
Stayed a few days prior to an Alaska cruise with extended family. Easy stroll to Robson Street area and to Yaletown. Shuttle bus gets you to cruise piers. Clean accessible room, lacks wheelchair roll-in shower. Front desk quite helpful with directions and range of recommendations; taxi company literally down the street so little wait. WiFi connection was fine in room. Met our needs and saved a bundle.

Guest Reviews of the Best Western Downtown Vancouver
July 4, 2009
A group of online friends from CruiseCritic.com decided to take an Alaska cruise together, and it left from Vancouver.
One of our members travels to Vancouver on business, and took it upon himself to check out and query a few Vancouver hotels to find a good hotel with a decent group rate for us.
He landed on the BW Downtown Vancouver.
Their group sales department was a pleasure to deal with in the months leading up to the cruise.
I arrived in Vancouver on the Amtrak Cascades, and told my cab driver which hotel I wanted. Unfortunately, he misunderstood and took me to the Westin Hotel! When I pointed out that I had asked for the Best Western Downtown Vancouver, he told me there were four Best Westerns in downtown Vancouver, and asked which one I wanted. I didn't have the address, but after calling his dispatcher, he managed to get the address and delivered me to the hotel.
Check in was prompt and friendly, and I went up to my room to discover that I had a room with a kitchenette! Small fridge, two burner stove, microwave, and cabinets full of dishes, cooking implements, etc. The room was pretty typical for a chain hotel.
I looked out the window and saw the Granville Bridge, and down below - the taxi company headquarters!
I headed out to find myself some lunch, and started walking down Granville Street. There were adult shops, liquor stores.... I started wondering what kind of neighborhood our buddy had booked us into! Then I got to a point where the street was closed off and the sidewalks torn up (turns out they're doing some kind of transit improvements prior to the upcoming Olympics).... I turned left, went over one block, and ended up on Howe Street, which had lovely trees and shops - quite the contrast!
The hotel is a block or so from a stop for the BigBus, which was my sightseeing transportation for two days. One night, a few of us walked down to the bottom of Hornby Street and picked up a water taxi to take us across False Creek to Granville Island for dinner. I believe it was about $5 CDN for the roundtrip.
On the night most of the group (including my roommates) arrived, the hotel shuttle took us over to a restaurant we'd chosen for our get-together, and on the morning of the cruise, took us (and a lot of other people) over to the cruise terminal.
I was impressed by the friendliness of the staff and their willingness to go the extra mile for their guests.

Guest Reviews of the Best Western Downtown Vancouver
June 28, 2009
This is an excellent hotel. Beds comfy, rooms clean and attractive, staff sharp and helpful. WiFi hooked right up and there was no additional charge.

I'll stay there again any time.

Guest Reviews of the Best Western Downtown Vancouver
June 10, 2009
I got the prevailing deal (Allure Hotels in my case). As previously stated here, the hotel is fine, with clean rooms of reasonable size and a good standard of cleanliness. I aimed "cheap" because I was travelling solo, but I would be perfectly happy to bring my family here. The thing which made me decide to write this review was the standard of advice about Vancouver and skiing available at the front desk. The staff gave unstinting and (as it turned out) accurate advice on Vancouver's attractions. One small comment - the hotel is on the southern edge of downtown, and the neighborhood is not up market. However, as already mentioned, I never felt uncomfortable and would happily bring my family to this hotel.

Best Western Downtown Vancouver
718 Drake Street
Vancouver BC

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