Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

Below is an update on Olympic accommodation rates. Rental rates listed in this table are based on research of multiple websites that are advertising private property rentals for 2010 Olympics. Research was done by GoldenCityRentals.com on January 2, 2009

AREA NUMBER OF BEDROOMS
1br 2br 3br 4br 5br
Vancouver Downtown 599 905 n/a n/a n/a
Vancouver 479 611 1271 1595 n/a
(all communities)
North Vancouver 325 890 1057 1550 2050
West Vancouver 480 900 1338 1675 2733
Burnaby 362 738 923 1230 n/a
TriCities 350 532 830 950 n/a
(Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam)

Reserve My Home will be offering housing in the Vancouver and Whistler areas during the months of Feb – March 2010. Currenly will are gathering a large inventory of homes which will require a Vancouver law office to sign off on each owner/renter match for the 2010 games. To read more please visit:

http://www.reservemyhome.com/Vancouver_Whistler_Rental_Homes_and_Condos_id-641.html

or conact me directly. Thank you, Scott N.

Would you rent out your house to a total stranger? Not sure packing up the whole of the house would be that easy, although I know of someone doing exactly that for a golf tournament in St.Andrews. They stayed with ‘the mother in law’ and made some cash renting, but I don’t know if it was worth it to stay with the In Laws.

I checked out the website Scott Norris mentioned,www.reservemyhome.com. It is an easy, clean and inexpensive website to list and book homes! Wow! Too cool. I’m glad we’re finally able to book homes around the work like hotels! I suggest for anyone reading this to definitely check this site out.

12 months in advance? This bites! I guess we can sleep in the airport or bus station!

I checked out the site as well SOCALgirl and your right, very nice site indeed. I’m actually looking for another site to post my condo for the olympics. It says that they advertise in some unique areas, do you know these areas?

The sites that my home are under now doesn’t advertise at all, they just want your money and leave it cluttered on there site.

12 Month in advance!? This is the olympics, but still, that’s a hole year in advance. Maybe there is a payed local service to find you a hotel from now, but book it later and it still will be available?

Awesome service form this company and they go well beyond any other listing service or site that I am aware of for 2010 Olympic vacation rentals or accommodations.

Thank you guys!

C and S

Thank you for the tip with the Vancouver residents that do not want to attend the olympics. Looks like a promising alternative to me!

For a list of Vancouver 2010 Whistler rentals, I recommend checking out Rental 2010

I think I would prefer to find accommodations through a site like Home Away or VRBO, at least you’re renting from someone who does it all the time, not just someone who’s trying to make a quick buck and take advantage of people because it’s the Olympics. Frankly I think it should be illegal for hotels to double or triple their prices just for the Olympics. Thanks for the article.

Hey CanadianBoy,

Have you tried Home Away (dotcom) or VRBO, they are very well known and I’ve used them many times in the past. However, I don’t know how much they charge or anything but it’s worth looking into. Hope this helps.

I’ve noticed some people on Craigslist already taking reservations for rooms in their homes.

wow. $350 per night could certainly add up. but if hotels are booked solid, turning to a homeowner might be the way to proceed, i guess.

That sounds a nice idea!!!

So, we go to the website and register our self there. Thats it?

I will also rent my home. Depends on how much time I rent, would add some money from my savings and would like to travel to a warmer place. Sounds like a plan.

Wow, that seems like a lot of headache to find a place to stay. But may be worth the trouble in the end. If all else fails I will bring a tent and some sleeping bags. LOL!

What a treat fro the rest of the world to get to find out about Vancouver during the Games! One of my faovirite place. Still haven’t figured out the deal with gravy on the french fries though…

imagine how much tougher it’s going to be to find a place to stay the closer it gets…

The online booking sites are missing out on a lot of revenue opportunity. Surely, they would have realised their mistake at previous Olympic, World Cups and other major games venues?

I’m really looking forward to the Vancouver games next year. Thinking of visiting, but will probably live with friends instead of renting.

I have a friend who held off selling his whistler chalet (well 25 m inutes away from whistler). Just so he could cash in on this opportunity for crazy rental income.

I think staying at the home of Vancouver residents is an excellent idea. Never been a big fan of hotels that just consider you to be a number.

Another place to post or find accommodation would be Craigslist and also UsedVancouver.com. Good luck!

Great post, I think these games will be interesting to say the least with all of the major complaints in the winter competition scene this year. Hopefully Canada gets a grip, and shows the world how the games should and can be run.

I wanted let you know that if you have any requests for fully furnished rentals for people looking for accommodation during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver:

http://www.modesuites.com/index.php?option=com_resman&Itemid=98

They can fill out our inquiry form to make your booking: http://www.modesuites.com/forms/all.html

**Please note that availability is booking up very quickly for all of our units. Therefore, by the time this email is sent in correspondence to the time we receive a response, the unit(s) may be booked already. We thank you for your patience and understanding regarding this matter. **

Another suggestion for finding rentals by owner up at Whistler… http://www.alluradirect.com/whistler All owners are screened, verified and have to pay a large registration fee. Booking is online and secure.

Home For the Games is still actively seeking homestay arrangements.

Our non-profit works are in an effort to energize the power of the Olympics to help solve the homeless issues in Vancouver. With 50% of the rents charged going directly to Covenant House and Streetohome Foundation.

There are so many socially-conscious people in Metro Vancouver, Whistler and Pemberton – we offer a way to engage in the good the Olympics can bring.

Modular housing will be available for nightly/weekly stays in Whistler in either Single or shared Bunk Rooms.
With the shortage of accommodation already evident this is a great solution to the problem.
Let me know if I can help any short term visitors or volunteers coming to Whistler for the Games.
info@whistlerassistant.com

Vancouver downtown and westside furnished condo and suites available for Winter 2010 Olympic Games rental.

Please fill out the information and reservation request inquiry at http://www.vancouverwestliving.com/contactus.html

Full details of the condos and suites can be found at http://www.vancouverwestliving.com/

Please note to act quickly as there is less than 75 days until the 2010 Winter Games!

Wow best service from Vancouver. You can easily find the best accommodation that mix with your budget.

Thanks for your post. I prepare to visit Vancouver in April 2010, hopefully this will help us to find the best accommodation in there

I am still sad that Chicago did not get the 2016 Olympic games. It is still very difficult to get it, so let’s all hope that Vancouver could do a good job to host it!

You need to have a lot of budget for that.

I think renting the home of a resident is an excellent idea if you can make contact. I guess it helps if you know someone who knows someone sort of thing!

I’m sure there will always be some places to rent no matter what the size of the event, its just gonna take a resourceful person to find them.

There are often little gems to be found. Rooms to rent or ‘couchsurfing’ can either be arranged well in advance or even by knocking on a door. Churches and othe rlocal organizations wil often know of people who gladly take in guests.

Very cool site. Good info on accommodations.

Our Charitable site: http://www.homeforthegames.com has over 200 reasonably priced accommodations for Olympic visitors. It’s a win-win-WIN as 2 key charities working to end homelessness in the region will have half the rent money donated to them by the hosts. It’s nice to stay with the good guys.

f you are one of these lucky ticket holders, you may be at the stage of trying to find a place to stay during this exciting event. With hotels nearly at capacity, there are some great options for lodging. Vancouver has relaxed its bylaws, allowing for homeowners to rent out their homes during the Games!!

This is original advertisement below. Look at website for photos and location and which size unit that interest you

Check out photos…..@

http://www.luxuryvancouverapartments.com/

Small unit 606 $500 per night
Larger unit 607 $800 per night

Two side by side penthouse
OLYMPIC VENUES: BC Place (Opening & Closing ceremonies) an easy 10 minute walk
GM Place (Ice Hockey & Figure Skating) 15 minute walk
Olympic Athletes Village 5 min. Ferry
Whistler Village and all Skiing events – 1 1/2 drive !
Rapid Transit to Richmond and the Airport 50 meters

Rooftop patio to party!

4 Secure Underground Parking Available!

25% non-refundable deposit due on booking and the remaining 75% rent due on arrival !

$2,000 refundable damage deposit due on arrival – returned in full on departure – IF THE SUITE IS WITHOUT DAMAGE !

METHODS OF PAYMENT: Cash, Internet Email Money Transfer, PayPal, Certified Cheque or Bank Draft (Canadian Funds Only)

If you walk out of the Vancouver City Centre Canada Line station and there they are, drawing crowds, whacking the tubs and honking their horn. It’s just a sample of the new energy happening on Vancouver’s downtown streets, including hundreds of 2010 volunteers wearing their light blue “smurfs” uniforms.

Pretty good online service that “shows” the weather in Vancouver.
Still warm

http://yowindow.com/online.html?location_id=gn:6173331&ln=Vancouver

With the winter Olympics just a couple of weeks away I was searching for a way to get ready for Olympic competition and video games seemed to be the perfect answer. Sadly the only one available is Vancouver 2010. The Official Videogame of the Winter Olympic Games. Developed by Eurocom and published by Sega, this Olympic title looks great and does a great job giving gamers the sense of speed you see in the Winter Games, however the title lacks any sort of depth and suffers from unforgiving AI, so much so that I have yet to get a gold in all events after playing for countless hours..!

With Canada’s opportunity to win gold on home soul for the first time ever is very important, Canadians will not need to wait until either Hockey team plays in the gold medal game in order to see that gold. Medal hopefuls in the early days such as Jennifer Heil, Manny Osborne-Paradis, Charles Hamelin, Kristina Groves and Alexandre Dilobeau to name a few will lead Canada off to a strong start and give much needed momentum to athletes competing later on in the games. Once the pressure of the first gold medal has been relieved… I expect Canada will take off and come the end of Vancouver 2010, will be atop the medal standings will Germany and the United States of America.

As the games move along, you can find out daily who to watch for and what Canadians are medal hopefuls in what events (so you aren’t stuck flipping back and forth between Canadian and American coverage trying to find out what event you should be watching and who to look out for) @ http://www.lionsdenu.com/category/sports/thecoachs-vancouver-2010-olympic-guide-to-canadian-gold/

Best of luck to all Canadians athletes… regardless of your outcome, you will all make a nation proud.

At Lions Den U, We Believe…

Regards,
TheCoach

The games havent even started and theres already been one death. Vancouver needs to pick up the pace a bit and start creating the Olympic spirit! So far they are blaming the death of the Luger on bad skills. But maybe the problem is in the system instead.

Vancouver has been continually ranked as the world’s most livable city. An Olympic sized-dose of gentrification would only serve to speed up Vancouver’s transformation from a livable yet expensive city into a glitzy hotel for international capital.

Wow, the whales swimming across the floor were incredible. That boy flying through the sky landing on the plains was fantastic and KD Lang killed it. Her voice, that song, the starry lights. That was beautiful. I was moved!

Winter olympics, pretty interesting this time around! Watched most of it and was a little disappointed, but a good show put up by canada!