The Pacific Pin Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Games-time accommodation has issues

October 20, 2009

There seems to be no shortage of rental accommodation in Vancouver and the surrounding areas for February 2010.

The only decision you face ... do you want your lodging to be licensed (72 properties) or unlicensed (5,000+ properties).

Pin collectors should not have a problem finding accommodation providing they do their homework and book now.

Vancouver, Whistler and West Vancouver have enacted bylaws to allow temporary rental accommodation in private homes. So far only 47 homeowners have applied for a licence in Vancouver, 21 in Whistler and four in West Vancouver.

There are 1,949 private apartments or houses that have a total of 5,062 rooms listed with one Olympic website, www.rent2010.net, along with 2,100 hotel, motel and bed and breakfast rooms for some periods during the Games, 885 cruise-ship staterooms and 388 RV campsites

Click on the following link to get the whole story:

Homeowners ignore Olympic rental licence requirement

Last updated: 20 October 2009