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Great Events coming up in BC!
If you're traveling around BC this spring and you're in the neighborhood, you might like to check out some great events coming up in the next few months. While there are of course festivals and events throughout the year, spring is the time when we start to really...
Sip and Savour at the Okanagan Spring Wine Festival
While the Fall event is still the biggest Okanagan Wine Festival, the Spring Wine Festival keeps on growing. Now in its 21st year, this year's event is taking place April 30 to May 9, 2015. After a snowy winter, it'll be great to get out and enjoy the many special...
Spring has sprung in Victoria and Vancouver
Spring is officially arriving next week, but it arrived early, as it usually does, in Victoria and Vancouver. Both cities have been showcasing blossom-laden trees, daffodils and tulips, flowering rhododendrons, camellias, forsythias, and magnolias for several weeks...
British Columbia’s other winter sports!
While downhill skiing and snowboarding get most of the attention, British Columbia also has more than 50 cross-country skiing areas, plus opportunities for snowshoeing, dogsledding, and snowmobiling. The Kimberly Alpine Resort and the Fernie Alpine Resort in the...
Great BC Winter Activities…other than skiing!
British Columbia is known for its many great ski resorts, Whistler Blackcomb being the most famous of them all. So what to do if you're looking for a winter get-away in BC that's not a wintersports vacation? We've got some suggestions for you! Storm Watching on...
Bed & Breakfast for your BC Ski Vacation
British Columbia has some fantastic ski areas and resorts. Not only is North America's #1 ski resort Whistler Blackcomb in BC, there are a total of 13 major ski resorts in the province with a wide variety of terrain. From Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, with...
Vancouver Innkeeper Receives Annual Hospitality Award
Media Release 2014 Moyra Turner Hospitality Award At its recent annual conference held in West Kelowna, the BC Innkeepers Guild recognized Vancouver innkeeper Graham Laxton with its highest honor, the Moyra Turner Hospitality Award. The Moyra Turner Hospitality Award...
Do You Know Your Innkeepers?
As guests at a BC Bed & Breakfast, do you know your innkeepers? Of course they introduce themselves when you arrive, but have you ever wondered how they came to be B&B Innkeepers and operate a Bed & Breakfast? A Bed & Breakfast or Bed & Breakfast...
Fall Travel to British Columbia
After a seemingly endless summer, fall has arrived in British Columbia. We finally had some rain, and the grass is looking a little greener again, yet at the same time leaves are showing the first hint of fall colour. Now that schools have started and things are...
It’s A Small World After All - at Victoria’s Miniature World!
If you were ever fascinated by the story of Gulliver's travels to the land of Lilliput, then a visit to Victoria's Miniature World - billed as "The Greatest Little Show On Earth!" - is the perfect afternoon distraction for you! Victoria's Miniature World is a...