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A stay at Samesun Vancouver places you in the heart of Vancouver, within a 5-minute drive of Canada Place and BC Place Stadium. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
Overall 8.2 Excellent
Based on 3,240 reviews
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6.2
Pros: Location and cost were the biggest pluses for staying here.
Cons: Main issue for myself was lack of parking.
Excellent
9.7
Pros: I liked the friendly staff , great location close to everything possible , compfy beds.
Cons: Showers were kinda messy
Good
6.0
Cons: WiFi always switched off. Unstable connection. The staff were fine. The girls were more friendly then the guys.
Excellent
9.4
Pros: Good staff, great location with a very international ambient. Lots of options provided to visit Vancouver on a budget
Cons: The breakfast could be better and is a bit expensive compared with most of the hostels similar to this one that I have been to around the globe
Excellent
8.0
Pros: Great location, friendly and helpful staff, overall very clean
Excellent
10.0
With a stay at Cambie Downtown Hostel (Seymour), you'll be centrally located in Vancouver, a 7-minute walk from Canada Place and 12 minutes by foot from BC Place Stadium. Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a 24-hour front desk.
Overall 7.5 Good
Based on 775 reviews
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6.0
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6.2
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7.4
Pros: It wasn'thorrible, we had a private room and we're close to the washrooms. The hostel had a bunch of character too which was cool. Now that a hostel is like $10 less than a cheap hotel I'm always hoping I'm paying for character with hostels.
Cons: The blankets, toilets and showers were all a bit less on the clean side.
Good
6.2
Pros: Room and all other amenities were clean and tidy. Although room was rather spartan, a little table would be good to enable some work done.
Cons: Too noisy and disturbing mainly from banging of passage door when guests came back and leave their rooms to places. Suggest replacing doors with spring door that closes softly. Meanwhile even putting weather strips along the length of the door may help with the banging noise on all common amenity doors
With a stay at St. Clair Hotel - Hostel, you'll be centrally located in Vancouver, within a 5-minute walk of Granville Street and Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
Overall 7.4 Good
Based on 827 reviews
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8.8
Pros: Great location and staff. Was given good directions on how to get into the hostel after closing hours and details on the parking in the area. The room had all we needed (bunk with a double and single bed for 3 people), the mattresses were comfortable and the sheets were clean. Had a sink in the room which was convenient. Got to see a real locksmith do work on the doorknob of my unit.
Cons: The doorknob lock (the one where you turn the nub from the inside) needed a different key than the deadbolt, which was unavailable. Luckily we only tried using the doorknob lock the morning after we arrived, or else we would have gotten locked out of our room all night, but were still locked out for a couple hours until the staff came back during business hours. The situation was sorted out quickly by getting a locksmith who had to drill the doorknob because the locking mechanism was old and stuck together.
Okay
4.8
Cons: Very uncomfortable bed on the double room, super noisy! Don't expect to sleep much, the stairs are super noisy too and from 6am you can hear people already walking. Every time someone opens and close a door you will hear it too.
Excellent
9.1
Located 4 minutes’ walk from Jericho Beach Park, this Vancouver hostel features free WiFi in the common areas and an on-site café. A lounge, games room, and television room offers an opportunity for guests to relax and mingle. All dormitory-style rooms include linens, backpack-size lockers, and shared bathroom. A private en suite bathroom is provided in select HI-Vancouver Jericho Beach rooms. A community dining area offers toasters, microwaves, refrigerators, and kettles. North Shore Culinary School students hone their craft as they serve guests International cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in NSCS Discovery Café and Restaurant. Local beers are featured on tap. Spanish Banks Beach is 1 km away. The University of British Columbia is less than 20 minutes away via public transportation. Locarno Beach and Jericho Sailing Centre are within 550 metres of the property.
Overall 7.3 Good
Based on 380 reviews
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8.5
With a stay at Cambie Hostel Gastown in Vancouver (Gastown), you'll be within a 5-minute walk of Granville Street and Harbour Centre. Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a computer station, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.
Overall 7.1 Good
Based on 1,237 reviews
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7.7
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5.1
Pros: Close proximity to downtown
Cons: Staff was not helpful. From what I was charged, this definitely was not a value stay as intended.
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7.7
Pros: Good if you're young and out and about to drink. They have a bar downstairs that's filled with energetic and sociable people and very close to the bars in Gastown.
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8.8
Pros: Beds were comfy and staff was very helpful
Cons: There were stains on the comforter
Good
6.8
Pros: The beds were comfortable and it was a good location in Vancouver.
Cons: This is definitely a hostel for people who are looking to party. This is not me. If it had been 5 years ago I probably would of enjoyed my stay more. The area it is in seems to be all about the nightlife and the bar downstairs is very loud until 2 or 3 in the morning. If wanna be a part of that scene and can sleep through that this place is for you! But if you're someone who likes to be asleep by midnight like myself you may want to seek out other options.
Mediocre
2.0
Pros: If you like sleeping in a 90 degree room all night with any window access, this is the place for you
With a stay at Backpacker College @ EC Vancouver: APT Living in Vancouver (Fairview), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Vancouver General Hospital and Sunset Beach.
Overall 0.0 Poor
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With a stay at MondeLiving Robson Living in Vancouver (West End), you'll be steps from Robson Street and 5 minutes by foot from Vancouver Waterfront. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Overall 0.0 Poor
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Located in Vancouver (East Side), C&N Backpackers Hostel - Vancouver is within a 10-minute walk of TELUS World of Science and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Featured amenities include multilingual staff, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Limited parking is available onsite.
Overall 6.1 Good
Based on 283 reviews
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6.0
Pros: Good price, close to the train station.
Cons: A bit noisy throughout the night (people in the streets partying/shouting, constant movement in the halls of the hostel).
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6.2
Mediocre
3.1
Pros: Staff was friendly , parking was ok
Cons: Everything else, units are very old, beds looked sketchy, neighbourhood was rough, communal toilet, shower was filthy and looked like it was 100 years old, walls were paper thin, I could t stay here I had to leave after 20 min. It gave me the shivers thinking about sleeping there.
Located in Vancouver (Strathcona), C & N Backpackers Hostel - Central Station is within a 10-minute walk of TELUS World of Science and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities.
Overall 5.0 Okay
Based on 282 reviews
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5.1
Pros: The staff at this facility were amazing. The price was right.
Cons: The term "hostel" let me to believe that this was affiliated with an international organization. I should have done my due diligence, and as a result, I checked into lodging that was a bit more like transitional housing than youth hostel. For the cost, I didn't expect a lot. However, the street noise (including screaming) was too much for me and I departed early.
Mediocre
2.0
Cons: Tried to cancel via email - no response. Would like refund. Rude service.
Top tips for finding the perfect Vancouver hostel
- There are several good hostels in Vancouver, specifically in the downtown part of the city. One of these is St. Clair Hotel-Hostel, which occupies a renovated historic building on Richards Street, not far from the Gastown and Chinatown districts. Accommodations include private rooms and an all-female dorm (if needed) with community bathrooms. Some of the amenities include hot showers, hair dryers, free Wi-Fi, and a microwave. Harbour Centre, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, and the Vancouver Public Library are among nearby attractions.
- Another great hostel in Vancouver is HI Vancouver Downtown on Burnaby Street in the West End area of the city. HI Vancouver has male-only, female-only and mixed dorm–style rooms, as well as private chambers with shared bathrooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary full continental breakfast, free Wi-Fi, and linens and towels delivered daily; there is also a game room, kitchen, and library. This location is near several places of interest, including Vancouver Maritime Museum, Granville Island, and English Bay Beach.
- Pod beds are a central feature of Samesun Vancouver on Granville Street, which is part of the Granville Entertainment District, another major selling point. Mixed-sex and all-female dorms are the two accommodation options offered there, with bathrooms recently renovated. In addition, there is free Wi-Fi, free breakfast, 24h security and front desk service, as well as a restaurant and an outdoor terrace. Yaletown is a nearby district, BC Place Stadium is a short walk from the hostel, and there are plenty of restaurants, shops, and a variety of nightlife options nearby.
- HI Vancouver Jericho Beach at Jericho Park on Discovery Street is about 30 minutes outside the city and is perfect if you prefer a locale close to the sea (English Bay). Housekeeping services, BBQ facilities, free parking, and bicycle rentals are some of the services and amenities provided here. There are mixed dormitories as well as all-male and all-female options if preferred. Activities at this beach hostel in Vancouver include kayaking, hiking, beach volleyball, and wind surfing; you can ride your bike there too.
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- Vancouver Convention Centre
- Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal
- Orpheum Theatre
- Canada Place
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- BC Place Stadium
- Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- Vancouver International Film Centre
- Waterfront Centre
- Roedde House Museum
- Olympic Cauldron
- Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Pacific Centre Shopping Mall
- Vancouver Playhouse
- Central Library
- Robson Square