Thinking about visiting REW headquarters in beautiful Nanaimo?

Posted Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:16 am, Viewed by 1120 Visitors, Read 1198 Times.

 

Nanaimo BC, Real Estate Webmasters HeadquartersYou don’t have to wait for a possible conference next year to visit REW and I’m sure the staff would love to have a pizza day with you.  Real Estate Webmasters is located in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, just across the bay from Vancouver, Brittish Columbia.  Getting to Nanaimo takes a little more thought for us in the States than just jumping on a non-stop flight to someplace like Vegas, but with a few helpful tips it doesn’t have to be a big ordeal. 

  • Get a passport:   Currently, you can fly to Seattle and take a ferry to Victoria with just photo identification and a birth certificate but this is on the way out soon. Get a passport; you will have more options. Passports are generally good for ten years.  Just think of all the trips you will be taking to the far reaches of the globe once you have achieved world wide web domination. You are going to need a passport.
  •       Chose your preferred method of getting to the island; sea plane, ferry or airplane. 
Sea planes:  Fly directly to the harbor in a small plane that lands right on the water. These planes take off and land frequently throughout the day.  Arrive by sea plane and you can walk to your hotel (if you stay downtown). There are shuttles that run from Vancouver airport to where the sea planes take off. 
 
Ferry:  With this choice you could fly either into Vancouver and take the ferry directly to Nanaimo (Departure Bay) or fly to Seattle and take a ferry to Victoria. The ferry terminal in Vancouver is about a half hour from the airport.  Departure Bay is about fifteen minutes from downtown. If you arrive in Victoria, know it is about a 1 ½ hour drive to Nanaimo.
 
Airplane:  Cassidy airport just outside of town has a limited number of flights a day that arrive mainly from Seattle or Vancouver.  Most of the flights are operated through AirCanada Jazz.  After looking at the options, I decided that flying directly to Nanaimo was the simplest for me, especially since I was travelling by myself.  Shuttle service and taxis are available at the airport and take about 20 minutes to get downtown.
 
  • Accommodations: My recommendation would be to stay in one of the two hotels downtown, walking distance from REW headquarters and the conference center. Either the Coast Bastion Hotel  or the Best Western Dorchester. A number of people from this year’s conference stayed at the Coast and some had  small balconies that overlooked the harbor. I stayed at the Dorchester on the top floor  and also had a great view of the harbor, watched the sea planes come in and enjoyed the sunrises.  I believe I was the only one from the conference at the Dorchester and I would not hesitate to stay there again. How many times are you going to be staying in Nanaimo?  Take the opportunity to stay in a beautiful place.
  • Money:. As of right now, Canadians will take US currency, no questions asked. You don’t have to make an effort to get Canadian money before getting to Nanaimo (of course this could change if the global or US economy worsen). Canada also has cool one dollar and two dollar coins.
  • Tipping: It’s just like in the States. 15 to 20% at restaurants is normal to tip your wait staff.
  • Places to eat: Definitely the Keg. I only had a salad but I guess I missed something called a bleu cheese fillet? There is a nice Thai restaurant across the street from the conference center and the Lighthouse restaurant has beautiful views of the harbor and you can watch the seaplanes land. These are all walking distance from REW headquarters and the conference center.  I am sure there are many other nice places to eat in town.
So now you have no excuses. Whether you are thinking of attending a future conference or just want to visit your web design company.  Now you know how to get to Nanaimo, where to stay and where to eat. 

 

 

Carolyn Gjerde-Tu is a Broker Associate with Lyon Real Estate.  Visit Discover Davis Homes to get the latest information on Davis Real Estate or Discover Sacramento Homes your source for all of  Sacramento Real Estate

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5 Responses to “Thinking about visiting REW headquarters in beautiful Nanaimo?”

thank you for the nice comments Carolyn, maybe you could be our PR person?!? 

Posted 1 year ago

Carolyn, great article and we really enjoyed meeting you there. We also really enjoyed pizza day and I recommend anyone visiting REW to do the same. It's a great way to get a chance to meet the staff in a very positive way.

I just want to add that if you are within driving distance another nice option to get to Nanaimo is driving to Port Angeles, WA, spend a little time exploring the Olympic National Park in Washington and then Ferry over to Victoria and drive to Nanaimo. That is the way we went up there and it is a beautiful drive.

The Keg is definitely a great place to eat and right next door to REW. The bleu cheese filet is awesome. I can't wait to go back.

Posted 1 year ago

Carolyn - seven months late (on my part) but great post on our hidden gem.  Nanaimo is a great place and a hot spot on Vancouver Island.

Seems to me we need an updated version in support of the upcoming REW Summit on July 30th/31st...

Posted 6 months ago

Hey, what a great post~
"Canada also has cool one dollar and two dollar coins."
Dig it!

We're going to see about writing a similar, expanded post to help attendees with their travel, etc. We'll have to mention that people are encouraged to rent kayaks and follow me on a tour of our harbour and the arbutus-and-sandstone wonders of Newcastle Island! (Unofficial)

Posted 6 months ago

Now available: Expanded post aimed at helping REW Summit attendees make their way to Nanaimo...

http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/rew-julie/7850/show/

Don't forget, Nanaimo is not just the host city for the conference but a great place to vacation!

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone here, and thanks again to Carolyn for putting this first post (above) together.  Very helpful, extremely appreciated.

Posted 6 months ago
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