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### Public transit

Public transit is operated by [Translink](https://www.translink.ca/) and the network includes automated rapid transit called the Skytrain, Seabus ferries, commuter rail, and bus. Translink has a [trip planner](https://www.translink.ca/trip-planner) and [route maps](https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps) to aide passengers, and routes are searchable from most transit apps.
Public transit is operated by [Translink](https://www.translink.ca/){:data-proofer-ignore=""} and the network includes automated rapid transit called the Skytrain, Seabus ferries, commuter rail, and bus. Translink has a [trip planner](https://www.translink.ca/trip-planner) and [route maps](https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps) to aide passengers, and routes are searchable from most transit apps.

**Fares** are for the whole system and allow transfers on 90 minute trips. You can pay by cash, tap, and load funds on a [Compass Card](https://www.compasscard.ca/). There are three [fare zones](https://www.translink.ca/transit-fares/pricing-and-fare-zones), with a single 1-ZONE trip costing $3.15 by cash or tap and $2.55 by Compass.

The airport is [Vancouver International airport (YVR)](https://www.yvr.ca/), you can travel to downtown Vancouver or across the Metro area from it via Skytrain on the [Canada Line](https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/skytrain). There is an [additional $5 fare](https://www.translink.ca/transit-fares/transferring-and-addfare) for taking the Skytrain from the airport.
The airport is [Vancouver International airport (YVR)](https://www.yvr.ca/){:data-proofer-ignore=""}, you can travel to downtown Vancouver or across the Metro area from it via Skytrain on the [Canada Line](https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/skytrain). There is an [additional $5 fare](https://www.translink.ca/transit-fares/transferring-and-addfare) for taking the Skytrain from the airport.


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For those looking at accommodations, including short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb, we wanted to provide context about the current housing market.

Vancouver is an expensive place to live and visit. Like many cities around the world, Vancouver is experiencing an [affordability crisis](https://globalnews.ca/news/10401449/vancouver-full-blown-crisis-housing-affordability-report/) compounded by a decades-long [housing crisis](https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/03/What-Behind-Housing-Crisis-Canada/), in part driven by housing that would otherwise be available to rentals being treated as speculative investments for the operation of [short-term rentals](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/short-term-rental-accomodation-act-bc-rules-and-enforcement-1.7177836). As a result, Vancouver rent is the [most expensive in Canada](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-rent-flat-decline-most-expensive-report) and there has been an increase in [bad-faith evictions](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/article-landlord-use-now-most-frequently-used-tool-to-evict-bc-renters/). The [Vancouver Tenants Union](https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/about) has members who live in the 50% of the city that is rentals and collectively ensures their rights as tenants are respected.
Vancouver is an expensive place to live and visit. Like many cities around the world, Vancouver is experiencing an [affordability crisis](https://globalnews.ca/news/10401449/vancouver-full-blown-crisis-housing-affordability-report/) compounded by a decades-long [housing crisis](https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/03/What-Behind-Housing-Crisis-Canada/), in part driven by housing that would otherwise be available to rentals being treated as speculative investments for the operation of [short-term rentals](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/short-term-rental-accomodation-act-bc-rules-and-enforcement-1.7177836). As a result, Vancouver rent is the [most expensive in Canada](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-rent-flat-decline-most-expensive-report) and there has been an increase in [bad-faith evictions](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/article-landlord-use-now-most-frequently-used-tool-to-evict-bc-renters/). The [Vancouver Tenants Union](https://www.vancouvertenantsunion.ca/about){:data-proofer-ignore=""} has members who live in the 50% of the city that is rentals and collectively ensures their rights as tenants are respected.

As of May 1, 2024, B.C. has new rules that [apply to Vancouver](https://vancouver.ca/doing-business/short-term-rentals.aspx): short-term rentals are restricted to the home the operator lives in and they must be rented out for less than 30 consecutive days at a time.

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We checked [Fair Hotels](https://www.fairhotel.org/search?location%5Bgeolocation_geocoder_address%5D=Vancouver%2C+BC%2C+Canada&location%5Blat_north_east%5D=49.3172939&location%5Blng_north_east%5D=-123.023068&location%5Blat_south_west%5D=49.19817700000001&location%5Blng_south_west%5D=-123.22474&brand=All&field_guest_rooms_value%5Bmin%5D=0&field_guest_rooms_value%5Bmax%5D=6000&meeting_rooms%5Bmin%5D=0&meeting_rooms%5Bmax%5D=500&venue_size%5Bmin%5D=0&venue_size%5Bmax%5D=3000000), and these hotels are unionized and less than $500/night,roughly sorted by lowest price and distance:
- [St. Regis Hotel](https://www.stregishotel.com)
- [Holiday Inn Vancouver-Centre (Broadway)](https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/vancouver/yvrbw/hoteldetail)
- [Hilton Vancouver Metrotown](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/yvrvmhf-hilton-vancouver-metrotown/) (along the SkyTrain line)
- [Hilton Vancouver Metrotown](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/yvrvmhf-hilton-vancouver-metrotown/){:data-proofer-ignore=""} (along the SkyTrain line)
- [Inn At the Quay](https://bookings.innatwestminsterquay.com/) (along the SkyTrain line)

In addition, [Unite Here Local 40](https://www.uniteherelocal40.org/) has asked that people **do not** cross their picket lines at the following locations:
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