June 24, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
Galiano Island, Accommodation
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My husband and I wanted to go to the Westcoast, but after buying tickets to fly there our vacation expenses were piling up. How could we get any waterfront rental and stay within our budget? We were starting to feel that it wasn't even worth doing if we had to sit somewhere inland since we could find a similar place here - Ontario, north of Toronto. I grew up on the west coast and definitely was missing the sea - but wanted the ocean as a close part of our holiday. We came across a website: www.gulfislandwaterfront.com
and our needs were answered. Not only was it REALLY reasonable but its location was perfect (waterfront and beautiful view) as well as it could save us money. We decided to do as the website recommended and save money. We caught the bus to the ferry terminal (schedules are on the site)instead of the expense of renting a car and drivignon the ferry. BC Ferries loaded our stuff on a van that was unloaded on the other side. The cottage was just a four minute walk. To our delight, everything we needed was within walking distance (very close but not on top of us) and we had our own staircase to the beach. We never even felt like we needed to add any additional activity as we were having wonderful walks everywhere, seeing lots of deer, eagles and seals whenever we went out. The cottage was an intimate size to just be together. The sunroom was a favourite and my hubby loved the arbutus arching right outside the window. It's a quintessential stop and Galiano was our favourite of the gulfislands that we've seen so far. We'll be back there again. Thanks