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48 Hours in Quebec City

Since I moved to Canada, I have been reading about the beauty of this picturesque town. I don’t think you will find such European charm anywhere else is North America from storied past, narrow alleys, and magnificent architecture. Plus, if you are brave enough to venture out in a bit of cold (I mean very cold ~-30 ° C), you will find this place turns literally into a fairy tale castle during Christmas that you may have only seen in Disney movies. How to reach You can fly to Jean Lesage International Airport, which is approximately 30 minutes away from Old Quebec City. The other option is to drive from Montreal, which is approximately 3 hours away. We drove to Quebec City from Toronto, which is approximately 8 hours. We didn’t want to rush, so we decided to split the drive over two days. We left Toronto i...
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Getting From Vancouver Airport to Downtown



When you arrive in a new city, how do you think you will get around??? There must be Uber or Lyft or something Similar. Welcome to Vancouver!!! There is no Ridesharing service yet in the city.

There are 3 options to reach downtown/ city:
  • Take an airport prepaid taxi from the airport to the city. Taxi cost may range between $35- $50 excluding gratuity.
  •  For public transport, they have Sky Train which runs from the airport and has 16 stops. You can buy both day pass or one-way trip which is valid for 90 minutes. Keep in mind that at the airport they charge $5 extra to reach the town.
  •  And at the airport, you can only buy the ticket only at the SkyTrain kiosk.
  • Skytrain takes about 25 minutes to reach Waterfront station. The frequency of the train is quite good. There is a train at every 7 minutes in peak hours.
  • You can rent a car from the airport and drive to downtown. Do check the prices at some city locations at times you get a better deal there.
Note: You may read in other places that you can buy tickets at Seven Eleven stores etc. But now they no longer carry a day pass or single ticket. Seven eleven stores only have Faresaver Ticket booklet which consists of 10 tickets which may or may not be available.

PRICE COMPARISON OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Type of Tickets Available
Cost (in CAD)
1
One Way Ticket at SkyTrain Kiosk
$7.95/ person
2
Day Pass at SkyTrain Kiosk
$15.25/ person
3
One-way ticket in town
$2.95/person
4
Day pass in city
$10.25/person

All public transport tickets are valid for 90 minutes. Depending on your travel needs you can decide whether to buy a day pass or single ticket. 

To avoid the hassle of buying a single ticket Vancouver public transport also has an option of tap on the go. In this, they accept Visa and MasterCard which you can tap at the origin point then your card will not be charged for the next 90 minutes for any public transport you use.

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