So my girlfriend and I recently took a trip from Vancouver to Victoria.
One thing we noticed as we were planning the trip though, is that it's surprisingly difficult
to find good information on how to do it.
We did find one good option though, and that's one I want to share with you guys today.
What we did was we found something called the BC Ferries Connector.
And essentially, you're buying a ticket for both bus rides and your ferry trip.
From downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria, you're completely covered.
First off, you've got to get to the Pacific Central Bus Station, in Vancouver.
This is the main bus station, you can take the Expo Line, get off at Main Street / Science
World.
And then it's right across the street.
Beautiful old building, you really can't miss it.
Once you're there, if you have a reservation booked (which I recommend) you don't need
to speak to anyone, you can go right through the back door where you're going to see the
buses waiting.
In my case, there really weren't many buses, so it was very easy to see BC Ferries Connector
over at number 9.
Show them your reservation, give them your name, and get on that bus.
From there, it's about a 40 minute trip to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.
And I wasn't quite sure what would happen here, but this stage of the journey could
not have been simpler.
The bus drive gave us instructions, he told us that the bus will pull onto the ferry.
Once you're on there, don't worry, you don't need to stay on the bus.
You get to explore the ferry like everyone else.
When you do get off the bus, just give a bit of thought to where you are, because you're
going to have to remember where that bus is when you do get back on the bus.
"For those of you going through to downtown Victoria, about 10 minutes before we dock
at Swartz Bay, so about 12:25, you will hear announcements asking bus passengers to return
to their buses.
You'll head back down to deck #2, your bus number is C362, you will see that number above
the door.
You have about 90 minutes to... do whatever you want!
On that ferry you've got snack options, you have a lounge, you have video games, and of
course you have the beautiful nature outside to enjoy.
In my case it was a beautiful sunny day, both going to Victoria and coming back.
So we definitely enjoyed that sunshine outside, as many people did.
"Reports of killer whales in an inside active pass..."
"There was a killer whale jumping, like... 30 meters away from the ferry."
"The whole boat, everyone just raced to the window to see it!"
"That was awesome."
Then the bus is going to drive you off, and of course drive you all the way to downtown
Victoria.
Just so you guys know, they are announcing stops on the way to downtown Victoria, so
if you do want to get off somewhere else, you can do that — next stop Discovery Street
— there's one.
We're going straight to the Victoria bus station.
You're going to end up in a place called Capital City Station, not quite as big as the station
in Vancouver, but it's very central.
In my case we could walk right to our accommodations from there.
So, no problems once you've arrived in Victoria.
And all together, this was a smooth and easy way to do the trip.
I'd highly recommend it if you are looking for something that's affordable, something
that's easy, and something that's relatively quick.
It's not as quick as flying, but you know what, you get a beautiful ferry ride and you
get everything taken care of.
So one again, the BC Ferry's Connector is what I would recommend.
I'll throw a link down there in the description for anyone who wants more information.
And if you are interested in seeing more from Victoria, be sure to check out my other videos.
I'm going to have some Victoria vlogs up there.
And generally speaking, I just make travel videos around Vancouver, and anywhere else
that I happen to go.
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As always guys, I'm Dan from The New Travel.
Thank you for watching.
Catch you next time.