{"id":39,"date":"2018-09-18T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2018-09-18T22:53:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T05:53:25","slug":"transportation-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/transportation-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation &#038; Accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Getting to Vancouver<\/h3>\n<p>There are many travel options for getting to Vancouver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yvr.ca\/en\/passengers\">Fly<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Take the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amtrakcascades.com\/\">train<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Take a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quickcoach.com\/\">bus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Take a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcferries.com\/\">ferry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Accommodation<\/h3>\n<p>In terms of where accommodation, your first decision will be whether you want to stay on UBC\u2019s campus or not. The UBC campus is located in a beautiful setting and there are many amenities (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.ubc.ca\/places-to-eat\/\">restaurants<\/a>, drug stores, etc.) and <a href=\"https:\/\/attractions.ubc.ca\/?login\">attractions<\/a> available on campus, but it is situated away from the rest of the city.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to stay on campus, we recommend you book on-campus housing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/suitesatubc.com\/\">here<\/a>. There are a wide range of budget levels available to you.<\/p>\n<p>If you stay off campus and you\u2019ll be taking the bus in, you\u2019ll likely want to choose a hotel or airbnb option near\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planning.ubc.ca\/sites\/planning.ubc.ca\/files\/images\/transportation\/V-Sep%202015.pdf\">a bus line that comes up to UBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Transportation once you are in Vancouver\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>If you are staying off campus, you\u2019ll want to drive or bus to campus. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/transportation.ubc.ca\/\">this page<\/a>\u00a0to get UBC\u2019s recommendation for how to transit effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to Vancouver There are many travel options for getting to Vancouver: Drive. Fly. Take the\u00a0train. Take a\u00a0bus. Take a\u00a0ferry. Accommodation In terms of where accommodation, your first decision will be whether you want to stay on UBC\u2019s campus or not. The UBC campus is located in a beautiful setting and there are many amenities &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/transportation-accommodation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transportation &#038; Accommodation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37883,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/given\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}