Re: room rates on the Island
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 08-14-2011 - 14:08
Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> > Those are all really interesting images Drew.
> > Curious if you found lodging up there to be
> priced
> > inordinately steep . A friend and I plan to be
> up
> > there in a week or so and I had a couple of
> talks
> > on the phone with proprietors about their high
> > prices and the attitude was that it was just
> > tough. This will be my sixth trip to Vancouver
> > Island and likely my last.
>
> Was on the island end of May this year and stayed
> at Black Bear Inn in Port McNeil...nice
> place..moderately priced and fairly new. Just a
> few miles from Beaver Cove.
>
> Dick Samuels
Thanks for taking the time to respond Dick. I will admit to still wanting to compare with the
past on prices, back when there was still a favorable exchange rate. I just can't go with
a one star motel getting $113.00 a nite for a room in Port Alberni. It's not like the
Calgary Stampede was going on then.
Tom