Easiest transportation from Seattle to Vancouver?

[gkrnjlr]

We are eyeing a cruise out of Vancouver - but our Delta Amex card gives us a BOGO each year for flying CONUS....so we'd have to fly to Seattle.  What's the easiest way to get from Seattle to Vancouver (roundtrip)?

 

Thanks!

 

[mapleleaves]

Some of your options are:

flight withAlaska Airlines, a rental car,  Amtrak Cascade train or bus , cruiseline transfer, Greyhound bus,  Bolt Bus, and Quick Shuttle.   With the buses and train, you need to be mindful of the depot locations as it may require a taxi  in between. Quick Shuttle's summer schedule isn't up yet, but a couple of their runs are direct from Canada Place to SeaTac Airport, other runs can have several stops and take much longer.

You'll need to look at your arrival time to Seatac to see which works best for your situation.  Maybe roundtrip won't be the best answer.  

[martincath]

I think ML has given you every option except for the extremely scenic, but not likely described as easy by anyone, 'take a ferry from Seattle to Victoria then another from there to Vancouver' or 'rent a limo' methods. Both of which are pricey enough they'd likely outweigh your saving even if your flight is half-price...

 

Which is best for you depends entirely upon your own definition of 'easy', and of course at the end of the day all of them add extra time (and extra risk unless you are arriving plenty in advance of your cruise) - so by far the overall easiest thing to do would be to simply fly in to YVR instead! If you're just a couple, and the timetable works, personally I'd always recommend the train - it's the most civilized way by far, with nice views, food and drink onboard, the ability to walk around and stretch your legs, and has the least hassle at the border of any method - especially Northbound, where you literally don't even stop at the border at all but do everything on arrival in Vancouver. If you're a family group and at least one of you doesn't mind driving, a rental car (one way, even if you are flying RT Seattle and need two separate rentals, as parking a car for the duration of the cruise plus paying daily rental rate on it will be way pricier) may end up being the cheapest overall and gives great flexibility.

 

 

[CruiserBruce]

If you look on the West Coast Departures board, where Seattle and Vancouver are covered, you will see MANY threads on transport between Vancouver and Seattle