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Tourism Vancouver Visitor Centre
Category: Hotels & Travel Travel Services Travel Services [Edit]
200 Burrard StVancouver, BC V6C 3L6
Neighbourhood: Downtown
(604) 683-2000
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 8:30 am - 6 pm
6 reviews for Tourism Vancouver Visitor Centre
6 reviews in English
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Review from John J.
Vancouver, BC
4/13/2012
This review concentrates on the AMAZING INITIATIVE brought to tourist hosts of Vancouver;
by The Hotel Association of Vancouver - Vancouver Attractions Dot Com and Tourism Vancouver:
The TOURISM CHALLENGE initiative, is what I am talking about, which Not only does it benefit Vancouver, BC;
the individual tourist attractions and the participants,
it also shapes Vancouver ambassadors for the global marketplace.
WELL DONE Vancouver, BC. -
Review from Kenneth E.
Vancouver, BC
2/4/2012
What a library of resources for the visitor/tourist, in such a scenic location! the water,mountains, Pan Pacific, food court, Sinclair Centre...anyways...
Love checking out the print media stuff, esp. the Meeting Planners guide, Travel Planners guide, and of course the Official Visitors Guide. All carry a nice assortment of the member restaurants who pay the big bucks to be a member. So i like the fact that these restos are legit & current ;)
And if you go to the rack card section, some restos have special discounts, even if you're not a tourist b/c they simply can't expect ppl to show their passports, etc. since some leave in the hotel room...ie. small deals like free dessert, 2 for 1 appetizer...
Plus they have a Ticketmaster there to buy any events in the city!
and if you're a road trip guy like me, tons of free maps/guides/brochures for Interior BC's golf resorts, destinations, etc. -
Review from Mark D.
10/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
The Tourism Vancouver Visitor Centre should be your first stop when visiting Vancouver. I found the staff so pleasant and knowable about what attractions Vancouver has to offer. We booked all out trips and attractions from the visitor's center. The staff also made excellent restaurant recommendations. Both restaurant recommendations were excellent choices. I was a little disappointed with the Big Bus hope on and hope off bus. It didn't work out. There is two bus companies in the city. We just unfortunately booked the wrong one. Our hotel also gave us a $125 travel attraction gift card which we used to purchase all our trips. Check with your hotel about the $125 gift card Vancouver special.
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Review from Tomomi S.
12/15/2009
We stumbled across this visitor centre while walking around the Canada Place, and how we wish we'd found it sooner! From the neighboring buildings and hotels shooting up like a bamboo forest, this visitor centre was looking brand spanking new and very modern and clean interior, probably getting ready to receive tens of thousands of visitors for the 2010 Winter Olympic.
It was fun looking around the pictures and maps throughout this place. We didn't get a help from the volunteer persons there as we didn't really need to, but you can find all kinds of maps, all the restaurants, attractions, activity info and coupons here. And we found the public transportation map, which is helpful to get around the town if you want to go outside of walking distance and don't want to use rental car or cab. -
Review from Weide Z.
10/18/2008
This is *not* your ordinary perfunctory little visitor's center - set up in the middle of town and staffed by a few civic-minded volunteers in a little corner office with a few brochure racks.. This is *not* that..
This is more like a public full-service travel agency.. maintained by the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention Bureau.. you walk in here off the street with a question like .. "My wife is insisting we spend some time in Victoria.. what's the best way to....?" .. and their volunteers and paid staff are on your case.. pointing out *all* the alternatives for visiting the place..points they think you really ought to see.. pulling out Ferry Schedules.. if that's how you want to do it.. finding and *booking* accommodations.. I mean.. *good,* *inexpensive,* centrally-located accommodations at a guaranteed price ..if that's what you *want* .. expensive and elegant.. they can handle that too.. Best decision we made was walking in there.. No fee charged.. The volunteers are all pleasant people.. ready to chat up their favorite spots in BC and suggest spots you might not have considered visiting..
I *suspect* we happened to be the accidental beneficiaries of Vancouver getting its visitor accommodations ready for the 2010 Winter Olympics.. just a wonderful operation they ran.. and free for us!
If they had *had* someone on staff who could have come up with some knowledgeable kara*ke tips... well.. *that* would have warranted *six* stars... but no.. None of the nice ladies had much in the way of guidance for kara*ke.. BUT.. they did make a web query which brought up a decent listing of places.. and they did try to dissuade me from visiting the closest place.. which happened to be in what they considered to be a scary neighborhood... (too late as it turned out.. I had visited *that* place on my first night.. and "scary" neighborhoods in Vancouver... well.. shit.. not even *close* to SF-scary.. Oakland scary.. NY-scary..) but I did appreciate their concern..Listed in: Vancouver - Victoria and…
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Review from Nadine N.
Vancouver, BC
10/15/2008
If you are a visitor to Vancouver and you want information about tours, restaurants, hotels, or things to do in the city, go here (and by here, I mean Tourism Vancouver, though Yelp can be a pretty helpful place too). This summer we had lots of out of town visitors in town for our wedding. We decided to stop by Tourism Vancouver to pick up some maps and information to pass along to our guests. We were really pleased by the stuff that they provided and the helpfulness of the staff.
