Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver Best Deals Tickets, rooms

weeks left for the Winter Olmpics in Vancouver, Canada, people are looking for the best deals and offers on flight tickets, event tickets and hotel rooms, accommodations etc.

There are a number of sites that have some of the best packages that include air tickets and accommodation in hotels. If you want to stay on the water, the Norwegian Star, a Cruise Ship would be the ideal place to put up. The boat rates are down to Canadian $396 from $589 a night, for a single or double room. The rate also includes 3 meals a day.

Hotel and tour operators say that they still; have rooms which are available at the best rates in hotels.

Hotel brokers and tour operators also say they still have rooms available. And some are even dropping minimum night stay requirements.

Whistler, the four season resort has rooms which are available for C$1,225 per night with a 3 night minimum booking. The resort is also offering a 3 night Ski with an Olympian package which has skiing session with former Olympian Cary Mulen and Erik Schlopy and a 3 day lift pass which would cost C$2010 per night.

Vancouver2010 Winter Olympic Accommodation Options Galore

Vancouver2010 Olympic Games can get a host of accommodation options as the city and its surrounding areas are popular tourist destinations. The 2010 Winter Games are the largest event in the region of Vancouver and Whistler.

Visitors can find accommodation in proximity to games venues such as Richmond and downtown Richmond but that would be a bit expensive. However, some hotel groups might offer deals to the visitors to Olympics.

In Whistler, non-hotel accommodation such as condominiums and townhomes are are available. The Winter Olympic game organisers have created a website 2010destinationplanner.com to help the visitors find accommodation at hotels, bed and breakfasts, private homes and rooms on cruise ships.

Visitors can also find accommodation HelloBC.com, tourismvancouver.com, whistler.com and tourismrichmond.com.

Due to the huge onrush of visitors for 2010 winter Olympic games, the accommodation near games venues are difficult to obtain as such people can search in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley areas.

Vancouver Winter Olympics To Be Held In Feb 2010

THE 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games are all set to be held in British Columbia, Canada from February 12 to 28. The major events of the games will be held in Vancouver while some of them will be held in the resort town of Whistler.

Vancouver Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are being organised by Vancouver Organising Committee (VANOC). The Vancouver Olympic will be third such games organised by Canada, which has earlier hosted Summer Olympics in 1976 and 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq is the logo of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and it means a friend. The logo is based on the Inukshuk landmark used on English Bay Beach. The mascots were introduced on November 27 and include Miga, Quatchi, Sumi, Mighty, Mukmuk.

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will have eighty six sports event and these are differentiated in various categories. The ice sports will have opening and closing ceremonies at Vancouver and Richmond, whereas the Nordic events will be held in Callaghan Valley.

Vancouver Olympics 2010 Merchandise Available

WITH THE Vancouver olympics 2010 fast approaching, all eyes will be on vibrant host city Vancouver, BC. Vancouver’s spectacular natural landscapes and modern Olympic venues will put the spotlight on the city as a premier sporting destination. The winter Olympic Games will be held from February 12 to 28, 2010.

During the Vancouver olympics 2010 Official Vancouver 2010 merchandise is available at select retail stores across Canada, from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a Premier National Partner and the General Retail Merchant of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Hudson’s Bay Company operates the Olympic Superstore at The Bay Downtown Vancouver as the flagship store of the 2010 Winter Games. During the Vancouver winter olympics 2010, official merchandise will also be sold in kiosks at all Vancouver 2010 venues.

Shirts, Sweaters, Jackets, Kids cloths, Hats, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Team Jersey are available at different retail stores across Canada. All the merchandise are available in different price. Retail stores are offering discounts and offers on all the merchandise, asseceries and sevounier releted to Vancouver winter olympics 2010 and previous winter olympics.

Buy Tickets For Vancouver2010 Olympic Winter Games

WITH 72 days left to the Vancouver2010 Olympic Winter Games the stage is set for fans of winter games to book their tickets, which are now available to Canadian residents. Tickets are available for ice hockey, curling and victory ceremonies as well as thousands of seats to cheer for the Paralympic athletes.

Ticket prices posted on vancouver2010.com are in Canadian dollars and are available to Canadian residents. Outside of Canada, tickets are sold by National Olympic Committees (NOC) or the Official Ticket Agents representing that territory. Tickets sold outside of Canada may be sold for up to 20 per cent more with the funds going to the NOC and the Official Ticket Agent representing that country.

All Canadian residents, regardless of citizenship, are eligible to purchase tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The requirement for Canadian citizens to buy tickets include a current and valid Canadian mailing address (P.O. boxes are not considered valid). Ticket buyers must be available to take delivery of tickets by signing with the courier.

Only one account for buying tickets can be created and residents, who participated for buying tickets earlier should use the same account. Only Visa cards can be used to buy tickets and no other cards can be used to make payment.

Vancouver Olympics 2010 Places To Stay

VANCOUVER WILL host the Winter Olympic Games from February 12 to February 28, 2010. It is expecting that over 1.5 million visitors will come to Vancouver during Winter Olympics 2010. While many Hotels in Vancouver are expecting 100% bookings, the visitors are encouraged to find alternative accommodations such as: Private homes, Short term lodging, Vacation rentals, Apartment rentals, Condo rentals, Cabin rentals, other accommodation, etc.

List of Hotels and Rents:

Howard Johnson Hotel Vancouver $114
Executive Inn Express Richmond $119
Ramada Limited Downtown $123
Blue Horizon Hotel $129
Carmana Plaza $131
Best Western Chateau Granville $137
Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre $143
Lord Stanley Suites On The Park $152
Pacific Palisades Hotel $159
Sunset Inn and Suites $165
Empire Landmark Hotel $175
Robsonstrasse Hotel & Suites $185
Days Inn Vancouver Metro $197
Holiday Inn Express Vancouver $202
Quality Inn Airport $213

Besides these hotels, there are another many hotels they are offering rooms in discount rates during the Vancouver Olympics 2010. B&Bs / inns in Vancouver offering as low price from $55 while specialty lodging in Vancouver is available from $28. Private homes, Short term lodging, Vacation rentals, Apartment rentals, Condo rentals, Cabin rentals, Other accommodation are available from as low as $750 weekly at the time of Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010.

Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver Full Details

The Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 will take place from February 12 to February 28, 2010. It will be the 21st Winter Olympics and the 3rd to be hosted by Canada. It would be the first to be hosted by the Province of British Columbia.

The Vancouver Winter Games 2010 will have around 5,500 athletes from more than 80 countries. There would be 86 different evetns across 15 sporting games like alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, nordic combined, short track, skeleton, ski-jumping, snowboarding, speed skating.

In the 2006 Games in Torino, Germany topped the table with as many as 11 gold medals, 12 silver and 6 bronze. USA were placed 2nd and Austria 3rd.

The list of Venues is metioned below. The opening and the closing ceremony will be held at the BC Place Stadium. The other venues are:

Ice hockey (Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena)

Figure skating (Pacific Coliseum)

Speed skating and short track speed skating (Richmond Olympic Oval and Pacific Coliseum)