Originally Posted by Pseudonymous

Ive shot in most of the hotels here in Vancouver. Theres the Pan Pacific that is right near where you'd get off for the cruise, pretty standard business class type hotel, though it's not in the heart of downtown, it'd be a couple minute cab to downtown.

L'Hermitage Vancouver is right in the heart of downtown and i always preferred that one because the rooms have nice full kitchens and its well priced

You definitely do not need to rent a car if youre only here for a few days.

Sandman on Davie Street is surprisingly pretty nice, no kitchen but they have rooms with a good view of the city, jacuzzi kind of in the living room, I definitely recommend the jacuzzi room and its pretty good priced. The room i got was reaal high up so it had a real nice view, maybe all the jacuzzi rooms do, not sure but try to request it to make sure. Its lobby is attached to a little restaurant i believe and its very central as well. Davie street is the gay stretch but its just one road of downtown, takes a few minutes to get back onto the main road and actually. And to be honest, its one of the more enjoyable areas/strips in DT vancouver

If you dont care about price quite that much and just want a nice room and jacuzzi doesn't matter. shangri la vancouver is top choice actually. pretty pricey though. yeah actually i definitely have to say go with this one