{"id":19602,"date":"2006-09-01T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2006\/09\/01\/vancouver-bc-best-affordable-place-to-stay\/"},"modified":"2013-01-14T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T21:35:34","slug":"vancouver-bc-best-affordable-place-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2006\/09\/vancouver-bc-best-affordable-place-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver B.C.: Best Place to Stay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Anne and I are just a few weeks from our tenth anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>And so we\u2019re planning a much-needed getaway, just the two of us, away from all of the fantastic friends, the great jobs, the beauty and energy of Seattle. We need to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>We want to go to Vancouver B.C., and made reservations last night at what looked like a great hotel. But then a friend from the area dissuaded us from celebrating in that particular neighborhood of the city.<\/p>\n<p>So now we\u2019re back to square one: Where to stay? It must be quiet. Comfortable. Within reach of downtown so we can eat our favorite meals. And it needs to be affordable\u2026 I\u2019m talking less than 200 a night. (Frankly, on our budget, anything over 100 a night makes us want to chew our arms off, but, well, this <em><strong>is <\/strong><\/em>the tenth anniversary.) Our runner-up destination would be Victoria, but there\u2019s that added ferryboat cost\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Any recommendations?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne and I are just a few weeks from our tenth anniversary. 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