Skip the Hotel Shuttle! Vancouver Cruise Port Tips - Embarkation & Debarkation
Vancouver PortCanada CountryHolland America Line Cruise LineHolland America Group Cruise CompanyKoningsdam Cruise Ship
#HollandAmerica #AlaskaCruise Getting to and from your cruise ship in Vancouver — we’re giving you the honest version. Including the airport hotel shuttle mistake that had us dragging luggage across Canada Place following a stranger. Plus how we turned our debarkation day into one of the best days of the entire trip with luggage storage, 360 degree views of Vancouver, and the easiest airport transfer you’ll ever take. Embarkation — The Honest Story: Why we chose the Days Inn Airport over downtown Vancouver hotels — and the price difference The $20pp hotel shuttle that seemed like a good idea Following the crowd to the wrong luggage drop off (Princess instead of Holland America!) The five-minute walk-through Canada Place to find our ship What we’d do differently: Uber directly to the Holland America terminal entrance Check in and boarding — once we found the right spot, completely smooth Beautiful sailaway from the ship — Canada Place and Vancouver seaplanes from the water Debarkation Day — Turn It Into an Adventure: Phantom Couriers Luggage Storage — 5 minute walk from Canada Place, pre-book online with Bounce.com Vancouver Lookout — 360-degree city views including your ship still docked below, pre-book online https://vancouverlookout.com/ Canada Line SkyTrain from Waterfront Station to YVR — easy, affordable, stress free Watch our Koningsdam Highlights Tour: https://youtu.be/Re8ilu0ewqE Chapters 0:00 Introduction: Sailing away from Vancouver 0:49 Where We Stayed: Days Inn Airport vs Downtown 1:26 The Shuttle Decision - And Why We Regret It 1:53 Finding the Holland America baggage drop 2:25 Check In & Boarding Smooth Once We Found the Right Spot 3:24 Beautiful Vancouver Sailaway 4:06 Debarkation Day: Turning It Into an Adventure 4.39 Luggage storage near Canada Place 5:06 Vancouver Lookout: 360 Views + Your Ship From Above 6:39 Canada Line to YVR: The Easiest Airport Transfer in Vancouver 7:15 Our Complete Vancouver Tips Subscribe to our channel to follow our adventures and more travel tips: https://www.youtube.com/@SailAwaywithBruceandEileen?sub_confirmation=1 Want to start your own YouTube channel? We took this YouTube After 40 course from Grounded Life and loved it! It includes a great community for lots of help and suggestions! https://groundedlife.thinkific.com/courses/youtube-after-40?ref=60eb71 Follow us on SOCIAL: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sailawaywithbruceandeileen/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sailawaywithbruceandeileen/ #VancouverCruise #CanadaPlace #AlaskaCruise #HollandAmericaLine #Koningsdam #VancouverCruiseTerminal #AlaskaCruise2026 #SeniorTravel #SeniorCruisers #CruisingAfter60 #HelpingSeniorsCruiseSmarter #SailAwaywithBruceandEileen #VancouverTips #DebarkationDay #VancouverLookout #CanadaLine #YVR #CruiseTipsForSeniors #CruiseEmbarkation