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282 TR A VELERS ’ NEEDS
WHERE TO STAY
The Pacific Northwest offers accommodation unforgettable outdoor experiences. For those
to suit every taste – from historic and boutique who prefer to camp, the numerous state,
city hotels with desirable in-house restaurants, provincial, and national parks throughout the
to simple, modern budget hotels and cozy region offer a choice of campsites, including
bed-and-breakfasts perched on the beach smaller sites for rough camping. In order to
or in wine country. In addition to this range help you select a place to stay, the listings
of options, rustic inns and lodges, usually on pages 286–91 recommend a variety of
located outside towns and cities and accommodations, in all price ranges, each
near scenic areas, give easy access to representing the best of its kind.
Finding Accommodation
of one night’s stay. Generally, during the week, when prices
For accommodation in Oregon, refunds are made for cancel often drop considerably. Always
Travel Oregon offers a handy lations if enough notice has inquire about package deals –
online reservation service as been given; however, adminis many hotels offer discounts
well as a free publication tration charges may apply. on tours and entrance to
called Where to Stay in Oregon. Notify the hotel if you expect attractions, restaurant and store
Washington State Tourism to arrive later than 5pm or you coupons, as well as free airport
provides lodging and camp may lose your reservations. and city shuttle services.
ground listings in its free booklet Increasingly, hotels offer
Experience Washington, which discounts on room rates when
can be ordered by phone or Prices bookings are made over the
downloaded from the Internet. With so many accommodation Internet. Reserving a room with
Tourism BC’s British Columbia options, prices vary tremendously an Internet booking agency
Approved Accommo dation and depend on the season and (see How to Book) can also result
guide, available at no charge at availability. During peak tourist in savings, especially on last
tourist information centers, rates months (May to September) minute deals. Also, many
more than 800 BC government and public holidays, prices are hotels offer discounts to
inspected accommodations and higher in the city and at seaside members of auto clubs, and
campgrounds. Local bedand or lakeside accommodations. often to students and seniors,
breakfast and inn agencies also The best deals at these locations so it is always a good idea to
offer accommodation listings; are to be found in the offseason, inquire about these discounts
check with the local visitors’ October to April. Ski resorts when calling to reserve a room.
center for details. are on an opposite schedule, Watch for hidden costs such
which means that mountain as parking fees and single
accommodations in mid occupancy surcharges.
How to Book summer are readily available Oregon’s hotel tax varies
Reservations are recommended and prices quite affordable. from county to county. Hotel
whatever the season, as festivals, It is best to stay in cities on tax in Seattle is 15.6 percent but
conferences, and other events weekends, when hotels have varies throughout the rest of
(see pp34–7) are held year almost no business clientele, Washington. In British Columbia,
round throughout the Pacific and to opt for bedand prices are subject to a 5 percent
North west. Campgrounds are breakfasts outside cities or federal Goods and Services Tax
especially popular during the popular weekend destinations (GST); an 8 percent provincial
summer, as are ski resorts in the
winter. Most major hotels have
tollfree reservation numbers
and accept Internet bookings.
Rooms can also be booked
through online booking agencies,
such as Kayak, Booking,
Priceline, and Expedia.
If you have special
requirements, such as a quiet
room away from ice machines
and elevators, make them
known when you book your
room. Reservations usually
require a credit card number
or a deposit the equivalent Modern art and clean lines abound at the boutique Hotel Lucia (see p286), Portland
A lodge and restaurant at the Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia
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