The Park Inn has its pluses and minuses. The pluses are that the front desk staff were all very friendly and available. The same with the housekeeping staff. The hotel has a bus stop right in front and across the street and it is an easy 4 block walk to the Skytrain – public train transportation. From the Park Inn to the Airport is about 35 minutes or less, total. From the Park Inn to the Waterfront is between 15 – 20 mins and is $2.50 one way. The room was OK and clean. There are a lot of reasonably priced restaurants very near, a large Walgreens/CVS type store across the street and a couple of fast food places (Tim Horton’s and Wendy’s).
The minuses are that the hotel has a bit of a worn look. The carpet in the meeting room needs replaced and the air conditioning wasn’t working so there were several fans which helped a bit but made in noisy. Overall, I’d give it a 3-4 out of 5. The location was great and for Vancouver the rate was OK ($145 per day with tax). There is onsite parking, but I didn’t use it as I used public transportation without any issues at all.