Originally Posted by madeline
I visit Vancouver and the islands nearly every winter and can safely say $1,000 will give you an outstanding and near 1st-class 3 day stay! That is my budget for a week and includes a couple nights at the downtown Hoilday Inn! Bud is usually cheap (200-250/oz for top quality) and easy to find, just hang out on Hastings St. where the pot cafe's are mostly at along with a couple nice neighborhood bars. I've had good luck scoring at the Canadian Bar which is a block from Emery's old HBC store (now a bookstore I hear) and the toking bar on Hastings called Blunt Brothers. There is also a great bed and breakfast run by a couple of ladies also involved with Amsterdam Seeds and used to run the Amsterdam Cafe a block north of Hastings where you can stay for around 100/night and have access to the best local stuff available. But I usually head off for Texada Island and spend a few days and nights with the seals on a great little beach and motel called The Retreat...great place to just hang and get toked out as long as barking seals at sunrise doesn't bother you much, LOL.