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- - Tofino (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/tofino-872229/)

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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 11866787)

Oink. Come East young man. Wait til the summer but come East. I rather think you'd like St John's....

If I had to visit any other bits, it would be St. John's in the summer.

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11863997)

There must something more to this to make cheap Canadians splash our $400 a night on a seaside hotel room.(

Blame foreigners (especially Americans). Everything is priced for them at the moment.

eg I was at Whistler for a couple of nights in January. Stayed at the Hilton, which was the cheapest available (with the BR Residents' Discount and free parking). It was almost DOUBLE the price it was last January...

Vancouver hotels are expensive this year - the boss (no, the one at work, not 'er indoors) was complaining when he was in town last week - and he's not even paying for the hotel himself...

I can imagine Tofino would be similarly gouging, although it is Valentine's and Storm watching season too I guess.

I like Tofino and Ucluelet - have been a couple of times. Probably nicer when we went last July than it is now however...

We've stayed at Water's Edge in Ucluelet, which was nice. It's not one of the more expensive locations, but it's more Apartments than Hotel.

Water's Edge Shoreside Suites - Ucluelet Accommodation

You can have a bath on the deck and everything.... :huh:

Keep in mind Whistler also had way better snow this Jan vs last which also increased the amount of Canadian visitors and visitors in general.

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11866920)

Keep in mind Whistler also had way better snow this Jan vs last which also increased the amount of Canadian visitors and visitors in general.

Now that's a cool avatar :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11866920)

Keep in mind Whistler also had way better snow this Jan vs last which also increased the amount of Canadian visitors and visitors in general.

But last year Whistler had the ONLY decent snow in the Lower Mainland...

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Originally Posted by withabix (Post 11867359)

But last year Whistler had the ONLY decent snow in the Lower Mainland...

They did, but business was still slow last winter and hotels were doing some pretty good deals to entice people to stay, a lot of day visitors last year vs overnight visitors.

This year its a double whammy, good snow and low loonie, so hotels have 0 incentive to reduce rates.