Pre-boarding Covid Test in Vancouver BC

[hmm364]

Hello my wife and I are leaving on an Alaska cruise in mid Aug 2022 . We are staying at the Blue Horizon hotel  and arriving 3 days before our departure and will need to have a covid test . Does anyone know of a lab or testing facility near the port at Canada Place or the Blue Horizon hotel ? Thank you .

[CruiserBruce]

That is a long way off, and cruising has not resumed out of Vancouver at this time. Testing might not even be required. Maybe watch as cruising resumes in late April, and see what happens. The cruise lines could even set up some sort of testing at the pier...who knows?

 

I would monitor the West Coast Departures board, here:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/315-west-coast-departures/

 

and perhaps the Alaska board, here:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/33-alaska/

[Milhouse]

FWIW, here's a list of clinics off the BC CDC site that do testing for a fee for travel:  http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/testing/where-to-get-a-covid-19-test-in-bc

 

I have no experience with any of them for travel testing so don't know how good they are.

Covid Tests Vancouver seems to be located out of Canada Place which may be convenient for the OP.

[travellovers2]

On 12/26/2021 at 1:37 PM, hmm364 said:

Hello my wife and I are leaving on an Alaska cruise in mid Aug 2022 . We are staying at the Blue Horizon hotel  and arriving 3 days before our departure and will need to have a covid test . Does anyone know of a lab or testing facility near the port at Canada Place or the Blue Horizon hotel ? Thank you .

 

Does your cruise line accept a proctored test? If yes, you can purchase the BinaxNow test through optum store or emed and do it in your hotel room. All you need is a cell phone to connect. We did this test when we returned from Spain in December and just did it yesterday for our cruise departing tomorrow. You get the results in 15 minutes.

Edited February 12, 2022 by travellovers2