ashok1982

Here is a list in no particular order, there are others but this should be a good start:

 

Times Square Hotel link

Sandman Hotel Downtown link

Hampton Inn and Suites link

Rosedale on Robson link

Holiday Inn and Suites link

The Cascadia link

The Landis link

Thanks

Any suggestions for precruise hotel for 4 nights for family of 4. Mid price range, close to hop on hop off bus and in safe location. Need 2 double beds to sleep, don't care about pool, parking or any other amenities.

This is all very interesting. Does Wal-Mart also sell the off-price prescription drugs that you seem to be able to buy most anywhere, without prescription?

When we were visiting Puerto Vallarta in Dec 2009, we went to Walmart because we were done with our excursion and we have three hours to kill. Instead of just going back to ship, we decided to check out Walmart. It was at a walking distance. On way back to San Pedros we were going to be on the ship for 2 days anyway, why spend few extra hours. I did not find prices of Souvernirs (refrigretor magnet, post cards and calendar-which we could not find at all) to be cheaper. But we were surprised how expensive were things for the Mexican people to buy at Walmart e.g. 89 peso for 1 kg of grapes. Remember when you convert dollars into peso, you may think it is cheaper. We were also looking for some true Mexican stuff like tortilla maker, lemon/lime juice squizzer (I saw these things at the Cabo san lucas restaurant and thought it will be nice to have) but could not find that in Walmart. I was also interested in a dress I bought at flee market and thought it will be cheaper at Walmart but I was wrong. Similar kind of sun dress I bought for US $9 at flee market in Cabo San Lucas was peso 291 at Walmart and there was more variety at flee market for dresses, pottery, blankets etc. You will find better bargains in flee markets than in Walmart. At flee market you can negotiate and there are no taxes and you are supporting local people. There were lot of people walking back to the cruise with suite cases, wine and soda bottles to the cruise ship. Walmart has the same brands as US for groceries, cosmetic etc. just labels were in Spanish. No one was speaking English when we have question. After the trip, we were just talking and said we learned our lesson and next time we were not going to any chain stores unless we need something for the trip.

Just came back from stone island. It is $2/pp for round trip now. Beach was full of different kind of shells. If you have kids who love collecting shells, please take some ziploc bags/grocery bag etc.