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ADDITIONAL VANCOUVER CONFERENCE TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION INFO.
Impecunious conference goers should know about the Vancouver YMCA, at
955 Burrard St., about 4 blocks south and east of the Hotel Vancouver.
It's "fully co-ed" and rates are as low as C$38.50 (about US$27.00) per
night for a single room with no TV. Rooms do not have private
baths--common facilities for men and for women are lovated on each floor.
For further info., see the website at http://www.ymca.vancouver.bc.ca .
Contact nos.are Tel:604-681-0221 Fax:604-681-1630 e-mail:[log in to unmask]
The rest of this message will be of interest mainly to people travelling to
Vancouver from points outside of Canada.
The Vancouver International Airport's website (http://www.yvr.ca)
has step-by-step information for travellers from outside of Canada.
Click on "Airport Guides", then on "Arrivals" or "Departures".
The "Arrivals" guide includes a link at ("Canada
Customs Declaration Form") to a barely-legible reproduction of Revenue
Canada's Traveller Declaration Card (Form E311), which one must fill out
upon arrival. If you're curious about this, there's a more complete
and legible version on Revenue Canada's website at
http://www.rc.gc.ca/menu/EmenuZZZ.html . Under "Quick Reference", click
on the Search link, then enter E311 in the "Search for:" box which appears.
The "Departures" guide includes a link to info. about an "Airport
Improvement Fee", levied on passengers departing from Vancouver, which is
collected at the time of departure (the Conference Travel agent
mentioned this). For travellers to most North American destinations, the
fee is C$10. One buys a ticket for that amount, then presents it, along
with an airline ticket and a boarding pass, at a security checkpoint on
the way to the flight gate.
If you want information about what documents may be required for
citizens or legal residents of the U.S.to enter Canada, or to re-enter the
U.S. from Canada, I found a short statement (authoritativeness unknown) at
http://www.tradecompass.com/library/books/com_guide/CANADA09.html .
For Canadian visa information, see
http://cicnet.ci.gc.ca/english/coming/howto2.html .
For information on possible refund (for non-residents of Canada) of
Canada's Goods and Services Tax, see
http://www.rc.gc.ca/~dwdrink/tax-e.htm .
Ed Deegan
Univ. of Pa.
Fisher Fine Arts Library
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