My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for a
church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
American Presbytery conference.

Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6 days.

Doug Thomas

From:	Paul
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:03:03 -0500

doug thomas wrote:
> My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for a
> church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
> American Presbytery conference.
>
> Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6 days.
>
>
> Doug Thomas
>
>
Hi Doug:
Can't speak for Vancouver, but I was in Victoria for a week in November.
The office of Tourism Victoria is at the corner of Wharf and
Government streets, directly across the road from the Empress Hotel. I
found their staff to be extremely friendly and informative. Their
toll-free number is: 1-800-663-3883.

Both Vancouver and Victoria also have excellent web sites with all kinds
of information for potential visitors: "www.tourismvictoria.com" and
"www.tourismvancouver.com". Your colleagues will be able to pick and
choose from a variety of activities and price ranges.

Paul

From:	Dave
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:55:42 GMT

When they get to Vancouver---pay a couple hundred--stay on the
plane--continue to
Hawaii. Come to Vancouver in January, those Prebyterions such jokers!

"doug thomas" wrote in message
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> My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for a
> church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
> American Presbytery conference.
>
> Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6
> days.
>
>
> Doug Thomas
>
>

From:	Dangerous
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:53:48 GMT

The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.

I bet you can find a tour just as well as i through google...Good Luck

--
Dora
Dangerous with Attitude
"doug thomas" wrote in message
news:ZIednUxFgZi72nncRVn-pA@golden.net...
> My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for a
> church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
> American Presbytery conference.
>
> Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6
> days.
>
>
> Doug Thomas
>
>

From:	Paul
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:57:10 -0500

Dangerous wrote:
> The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.
>
> I bet you can find a tour just as well as i through google...Good Luck
>
Yes, I've heard she'll give you a good ride!!!!

From:	Dave
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:35:45 GMT

A man of your condition and age should probably check with his Dr. before
attempting
any ride!

"Paul" wrote in message
news:41E84E46.40407@sympatico.ca...
> Dangerous wrote:
>> The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.
>>
>> I bet you can find a tour just as well as i through google...Good Luck
>>
> Yes, I've heard she'll give you a good ride!!!!

From:	Dave
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:26:27 GMT

"Dangerous" wrote in message
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> The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.

Would you have anything available for June and is the Bed and Breakfast
included :-)

From:	Claire $Mason$ Blais
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:06:37 GMT

One of the "must sees" when they are in Victoria is butchart Gardens - also
Victoria has an excellent web site - http://www.tourismvictoria.com which I
would encourage you to have them check out - my daughters and I used to love
touring the Royal BC Museum - and UVic has some lovely gardens etc. to see
and the Fairfield area of Victoria is nice - lots of older churchs to look
at and Tea in the Empress! Too bad it's so early cause the inner harbour is
usually set up with artists etc. in the warmer season.
Vancouver has Stanley Park - Seaworld - UBC - Simon Fraser - lots of
museums - Science World and the new history site in gas town.

Claire
"Dangerous" wrote in message
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> The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.
>
> I bet you can find a tour just as well as i through google...Good Luck
>
> --
> Dora
> Dangerous with Attitude
> "doug thomas" wrote in message
> news:ZIednUxFgZi72nncRVn-pA@golden.net...
> > My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for
a
> > church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
> > American Presbytery conference.
> >
> > Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6
> > days.
> >
> >
> > Doug Thomas
> >
> >
>
>

From:	Gary
Subject:	Re: help needed for Vancouver/Victoria tourism
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:25:13 GMT

On 1/16/05 7:06 PM, in article 1ZFGd.96700$8l.14879@pd7tw1no, "Claire
(Mason) Blais" wrote:

> One of the "must sees" when they are in Victoria is butchart Gardens - also
> Victoria has an excellent web site - http://www.tourismvictoria.com which I
> would encourage you to have them check out - my daughters and I used to love
> touring the Royal BC Museum - and UVic has some lovely gardens etc. to see
> and the Fairfield area of Victoria is nice - lots of older churchs to look
> at and Tea in the Empress! Too bad it's so early cause the inner harbour is
> usually set up with artists etc. in the warmer season.
> Vancouver has Stanley Park - Seaworld - UBC - Simon Fraser - lots of
> museums - Science World and the new history site in gas town.
>
> Claire
> "Dangerous" wrote in message
> news:wjWFd.94088$dv1.91608@edtnps89...
>> The best tours are with *Attidude Charters* but she is busy that day.
>>
>> I bet you can find a tour just as well as i through google...Good Luck
>>
>> --
>> Dora
>> Dangerous with Attitude
>> "doug thomas" wrote in message
>> news:ZIednUxFgZi72nncRVn-pA@golden.net...
>>> My bookkeeper and three members of her church are going to Vancouver for
> a
>>> church conference. They are going January 31st 2004 - it is the North
>>> American Presbytery conference.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of good tours to go on while there are there - for 6
>>> days.
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug Thomas
What to recommend would depend upon what their interests are. Why not rent a
car, splitting the cost, then do the tour that way?
Suggestions:
1. Horseshoe Bay for breakfast...it's by the ocean in a quaint little
bay...ferries come and go to Victoria and other places....scenic trip there
and back...about 1/2 hour (?) drive from Vancouver...
2. Fort Langley-many tourist oriented shops, lots of restaurants, Farm
Museums. About 3/4 hour drive from Vancouver in the Fraser
Valley...http://www.fortlangley.com
3. Take a gondola to the top of Grouse Mountain ski resort....if it is clear
(a big IF) it provides quite a view...I understand they have good food
there...
4. Wonder along the walkway in Stanley Park, as someone has already
mentioned. You may want to bring/buy umbrellas...and BC Cowboy Boots-rubber
boots :) There is a tea shop there, somewhere, not sure if it is open at
this time of year.
5. Visit Granville Island which is in the middle of Vancouver on the
water...lots of shops etc. I haven't been there for years so not sure what
else they may offer.
6. Have them come visit me and I'll show them my compost bins and all my
hard working compost worms! :) As I said, it is hard to know what to
recommend not knowing their interests! :) But there are a few ideas.
Cheers,
Gary