With some 300,000 visitors expected for Vancouver 2010 and only 75,000 hotel rooms alternative accommodation is required. This necessity is leading many to consider renting out their own places during the Olympics and planning to get themselves out of town for the month of February 2010.
Because of the situation people will have to look for and offer accommodation on alternative websites like Winter2010Rentals.com where they can find out information on venues, areas they might want to rent in, and of course best practices for both renters and landlords.
To post your FREE rental listing or wanted ad visit Forum.Winter2010Rentals.com.
Prices vary greatly depending on location, features, size, etc.. But many places are priced at approximately $500 per bedroom per night. This price/bedroom ratio goes up for both the smallest and largest of available places.
More from The Globe and Mail.
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Showing posts with label Pemberton. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Major Sea to Sky Rock Slide
Fortunately it appears that there have been no injuries in what is one of the most significant rock slides to hit the Sea to Sky Highway in more than 10 years. Tuesday evening around 11:20pm approximately 16,000 cubic metres of rock broke free of the cliff side and crashed on to a section of the highway and the neighbouring rail line.
A bus was travelling by the site as the rocks tumbled down. The bus driver heard and saw the rocks starting to come down and sped up as much as possible. The bus managed to escape without injury to its' passengers although the bus lost most of its windows and received punctures to the vehicles shell.
Initial reports claimed the highway would be shut until mid- morning on Wednesday but further investigation moved that estimation to a couple of days. The most recent estimation of the clean-up period is up to 5-days rendering the road completely shut right through the BC Day long weekend.
This will undoubtedly affect countless tourists in addition to the businesses that are supported by them and raises questions regarding contingency plans during the 2010 Whistler portion of the Olympic Games.
Fortunately during the 2010 Games the athletes will be housed in Whistler but if a slide a other major disaster occurs spectators will be largely out of luck. The vehicular alternative to the Sea to Sky highway is reportedly nearly an 8 hour detour. Planes do fly into Pemberton (30 minutes north of Whistler) and Boats can travel right up to Squamish.
Bottom line... stay near events you plan to spectate and keep your fingers crossed that the Achilles heel of the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Olympic bid does not come back to haunt them.
More from the Globe and Mail.
Sea to Sky Highway Updates or BC Highways.
Photo Credit : Rowan Palmer
A bus was travelling by the site as the rocks tumbled down. The bus driver heard and saw the rocks starting to come down and sped up as much as possible. The bus managed to escape without injury to its' passengers although the bus lost most of its windows and received punctures to the vehicles shell.
Initial reports claimed the highway would be shut until mid- morning on Wednesday but further investigation moved that estimation to a couple of days. The most recent estimation of the clean-up period is up to 5-days rendering the road completely shut right through the BC Day long weekend.This will undoubtedly affect countless tourists in addition to the businesses that are supported by them and raises questions regarding contingency plans during the 2010 Whistler portion of the Olympic Games.
Fortunately during the 2010 Games the athletes will be housed in Whistler but if a slide a other major disaster occurs spectators will be largely out of luck. The vehicular alternative to the Sea to Sky highway is reportedly nearly an 8 hour detour. Planes do fly into Pemberton (30 minutes north of Whistler) and Boats can travel right up to Squamish.
Bottom line... stay near events you plan to spectate and keep your fingers crossed that the Achilles heel of the Vancouver Whistler 2010 Olympic bid does not come back to haunt them.
More from the Globe and Mail.
Sea to Sky Highway Updates or BC Highways.
Photo Credit : Rowan Palmer
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The 2010 Version of Park 'n' Ride
With accommodation expected to be in extremely tight supply during the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver & Whistler, BC non-traditional housing for participants, media, and spectators is expected to boom. In Canada, the term Park 'n' Ride usually refers to small parking lots in close proximity to transit connections or highway arteries. During the Olympics this term may hold a slightly different meaning.
Campgrounds and other non-traditional accommodation types are expected to boom. We already told you about the City of North Vancouver's request for proposals for the docking of cruise ships at it's ports to house thousands of persons at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue within steps of the SeaBus Transit link to downtown.
Now it's becoming clear that many people are inquiring and making reservations at Campgrounds during the Olympic Games. With rates as low as $51 per night for a full-service camp site it seems a bargain. Some campgrounds are even in close proximity to public transit as an added bonus.
Fraserway RV Rentals is exploring the idea of setting up a temporary RV park in Pemberton for the games period but still have to arrange power and sewerage services.
Campgrounds and other non-traditional accommodation types are expected to boom. We already told you about the City of North Vancouver's request for proposals for the docking of cruise ships at it's ports to house thousands of persons at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue within steps of the SeaBus Transit link to downtown.
Now it's becoming clear that many people are inquiring and making reservations at Campgrounds during the Olympic Games. With rates as low as $51 per night for a full-service camp site it seems a bargain. Some campgrounds are even in close proximity to public transit as an added bonus.
Fraserway RV Rentals is exploring the idea of setting up a temporary RV park in Pemberton for the games period but still have to arrange power and sewerage services.
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