Princess Vancouver airport and bags

[cusematt4]

Hi all - we’re going on  a cruise that ends in Vancouver and our flight isn’t until the evening.

 

What’s the best option or company to store and take our bags to the airport?  Does Princess have a service?  How much does someone like this usually cost per bag?  

 

We will be flying JetBlue if it matters.

 

Thanks!

[startedwithamouse]

Grayline has baggage storage at Canada Place.

[cr8tiv1]

One rate taxi fares are only good Airport to City.  You can take a taxi back to the airport for standard rates/min.  Or you can hop on the train.  

 

Leave your bags at Canada place.  I hear it wasn't too expensive.  Enjoy the Gaslamp district or Stanley Park.

 

Does Princess offer a city tour that will drop you off at the airport?  

[martincath]

Princess may - they and other lines have done so in past seasons anyway - offer a combo of 'take bags to airport, sell you tix for HOHO bus, sell you tix for transit' that's ludicrously overpriced. Unfortunately there is no longer a comparative 'take bags to airport' independent service available, but cost of simply storing them downtown then taking them yourself to the airport in the evening shouldn't cost more than $10 per bag. Even if you take transit, the Canada Line trains easily handle a big suitcase and carry on (there is space under seats and extra legroom compared to our other light rail, as it was built with consideration for air travelers).

 

I cannot recommend a specific storage service - I live close enough to walk so bag storage has never been relevant locally! - but googling will bring up several websites that hook you up with local locations like hotels and stores for stashing a bag. The official pier storage is the only one I don't recommend, because they are a) more expensive than anyone else [$13 last season, though discounted if you buy a West Coast/Gray Line tour]; b) have the most resticted hours. For someone with an evening flight, being forced to go back for bags by 4:30pm then drag them with you to dinner and any other sightseeing renders the service truly terrible! If you don't want to preselect and book through luggage hero, bounce, and similar services then the Pan Pacific hotel bell staff will hold them for non-guests as long as you like, $10/bag.

 

If your flight is early evening, some day-tours might work - longer ones involving some out of town sights like Grouse Mountain would be dropping you off at the airport around 5pm with your bags coming along on your bus all day - but if it's a redeye you really are best advised to arrange your day independently, as none of the packaged trips, indy or cruiseline resold, run long enough to work well (except a coach & ferry day trip to the Island which runs TOO long, delivering you back around 13-14 hours after you leave which cuts it too fine even if your flight is at midnight!)