we did consider taking our rental car from Vancouver over on the ferry to
Victoria. However, the rental rate for the car went way up when we tried to
do that. (from around $25 per day to $110 per day for the car). So we're
picking up the car at the airport, using it for a few days, and then
returning it to the agency's downtown Vancouver location, with no drop-off
charged. Rented an intermediate from Dollar for about $75 for the weekend
and we'll use an upgrade coupon to get something a bit larger. We're told
that most of Victoria is easily walkable and that we can purchase tours or
use public transit to get to things like Butchart Gardens. If we need a car,
we'll rent one for the day in Victoria. It does make handling luggage more
difficult but I'm sure my wife will let me carry hers for her.
"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
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> "Milo" writes:
>> Thanks to all of you for your help. I decided to drop the rental car in
>> Vancouver and take Pacific Coach to Victoria. I booked 2 nights at the
>> Laurel Point Inn plus 2 tickets on the Victoria to Seattle ferry. ...
>
> Makes sense. I presume you realize that the bus to Victoria will go on
> a ferry. An alternative would be to take the car on the ferry yourself
> and drop it in Victoria, if you'd rather have the use of a car while
> on the island. That ought to be more reasonably priced than the
> international drop that you were originally considering.
> --
> Mark Brader "A healthy nation is as unconscious of its
> Toronto nationality as a healthy man of his bones."
> msb@vex.net -- Shaw