Quote 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.

Thanks for the info. I am most likely going to check out the hotel for 100 a night. Does the bud get through the mail?