| Airport Transportation Options | | | | Inner-Urban Transportation Options |
| When first stepping out of the pressurized cabin into | | | | Vancouver has been one of the few major cities in |
| an unfamiliar airport, the predominant thought in most | | | | North America to place the preservation of its |
| people's heads is: "how do I get to my | | | | communities above road expansion. To service the |
| accommodation?" Luckily YVR (Vancouver | | | | increasing transportation needs of its residents, the city |
| International Airport) provides a number of | | | | of Vancouver has focused more so on further public |
| transportation options for newcomers eager to | | | | transit development which translates into an added |
| unpack. | | | | benefit to the city's visitors. Instead of paying a |
| RAV Line - For guests staying in downtown | | | | premium to stay at a downtown hotel, tourists have |
| Vancouver, the Richmond Airport Vancouver (RAV) | | | | the option to stay in nearby areas like Burnaby, while |
| Line may prove to be the quickest option. The newly | | | | still be a mere 15 minute SkyTrain ride from the |
| built RAV Line was completed prior to the 2010 Winter | | | | downtown core. |
| Olympics and travels primarily underground all the way | | | | Vancouver's public transit system spans across the |
| from the airport, to downtown Vancouver. In most | | | | Greater Vancouver area through a combination of |
| cases, this is also the least expensive method of | | | | buses, sea-buses, shuttles, and SkyTrains. Tourists are |
| airport transportation. | | | | able to go from English Bay to Grouse Mountain for |
| Other popular ways of getting into Vancouver from | | | | the nominal price. |
| the airport is by use of the traditional taxi cab. As soon | | | | Aside from public transit, rental cars, and taxis, renting |
| as guests exit YVR, there is always a long line-up of | | | | a bicycle during the summer months is probably one of |
| taxis waiting for their next customer. All taxis in | | | | the best ways to see Vancouver. The bike route |
| Vancouver have standard taxi-meters so there is no | | | | which wraps around the downtown coast is a great |
| need to negotiate a price beforehand. | | | | way to see Vancouver license plates read "Beautiful |
| For guests travelling outside of Vancouver, there are | | | | British Columbia"; Granville Island, Stanley Park, and The |
| charter bus options available; however we | | | | Telus World of Science are just some of the popular |
| recommend that guests pre-book their seats, | | | | attractions guests will be treated to along the way. |
| especially for charters that pickup at the airport. | | | | |
