Fares Announced for V2V Ferry Ride-Hold Onto Your Hats!

[Dogbreath]

Nobody said it was going to be cheap-helluva long ride too

Fares announced for new Victoria-Vancouver passenger ferry

Concept design for the V2V Vacations vessel to be used for foot passengers between Victoria and Vancouver starting in 2016. CREDIT: Riverside Marine Photograph By RIVERSIDE MARINE



V2V Vacations has released its fare structure as it gears up for a May 1 launch of its passenger ferry service between Victoria and Vancouver.

The company’s V2V Empress is a 254-seat catamaran that will sail from downtown-to-downtown, a three-and-a-half hour trip billed as a luxury cruise service.

Fares start at $120 for adults and $60 for children, and go to $199 for both adults and children in first class. The highest level is “royal class,” where the price is $240 for both adults and children.

Royal class features full dining experiences and premium seating with the best views.

- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/l...ssenger-ferry-1.10005191#sthash.913VwaND.dpuf

 

[SpringVelocity]

Royal Sealink Express is the Clipper IV boat. This one will be come the Clipper V if it isn't profitable.

I think Clipper Navigation is waiting to see what happens to this service first. If this new service can't do it and pull a profit Clipper will swallow it up just like they did with the Royal Sealink. I believe that is the reason they are holding off right now. I personally think Clipper should do it they have the track record and experience. Clipper vacations also combines a lot of hotels into the prices etc.

 

[FisherTim]

Correct me If I'm mistaken, but it takes an hour by bus from Downtown Vancouver to Tsawwassen, 1.5 hours from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, and another hour from Swartz bay downtown on the 70. That's 3.5 hours also. This costs you $25 per person in total. If you don't want to take a bus, I think you can still do it for about the same price with BC ferries and a Taxi on either side(when split between 2). Or take a sea-plane, which I recall being somewhere in the range of 100-150, taking like 30 minutes, you've got plenty of time and money left over for that 3 course meal if you so choose.


From a business perspective, what kind of customers are they possibly targeting?

 

[scott craven]

Harbour air flys Vic to Vanc for $99 each way
V2V will have a hard time making it.

 

[ziggy]

The only market I see that might work for them is the day tours from the mainland. These would be the folks that prefer a high end "cruise", relatively speaking, to the tour bus/ BC Ferry option.

I doubt it would draw many commuters or locals. IMO, it has to come down to how well they can sell a package tour to foreign guests. The day trippers come year round and many are well heeled, so maybe they feel they have a business case for catering to this group? If you can afford to bring the family from China to Canada, what's a few hundred more! Anyone check out the price of the Rocky Mountaineer?

 

[Fisherman Rob]

Harbour air flys Vic to Vanc for $99 each way

Looks like the regular fair is $207 one way on their website. Where can you get $99?

I remember when the Royal Sealink was running, if you were a student or worked in the hospitality industry they had a special fair one way $17. Guess that wasn't sustainable. It could be quite a rough ride on stormy days, and the sound of logs pounding into the hulls was a common occurrence. 3 hours was a long time in airplane style seating, and it wasn't very pleasant to stand outside on the back deck.

 

[Dogbreath]

From a business perspective, what kind of customers are they possibly targeting?

Garden variety tourists that clog both cities day & night April to October-last year was a record season and this one looks to be just as big.

I still work in tourism occasionally it's a huge business and the 'season' is stretching every year it's nothing to see bus loads of people mobbing Granville Island Market any month of the year where it used to be summer only-I was a tourist in Victoria last month and couldn't believe the numbers of visitors on the ferry and the city streets.

The simplicity of a downtown to downtown link appeals to many it's easy enough for locals to just drive through a tunnel-from-hell to some distant ferry port then transfer onto a boat then drive another hour into another city but most visitors would rather leave the driving to someone else and this fits the bill.

I have relatives visiting this summer and am sending them the link I know they'll give it serious consideration and price doesn't matter.

 

[scott craven]

Looks like the regular fair is $207 one way on their website. Where can you get $99?

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Vancouver - Victoria
Downtown Vancouver and Victoria from just $99 one-way!
South Vancouver (YVR) and Victoria from just $89 one-way!

Vancouver - Salt Spring Island

 

[Sotally Tober]

V2V is delaying the launch of it's ferry service, was to start May 1 / 2017. Claims crew training is the cause of the delay.

http://victoriabuzz.com/2017/04/v2v...h-passenger-ferry-service-victoria-vancouver/

 

[Damien]

I prefer this, $25USD rountrip from BZE to Caye Caulker.

I need to go back. Ferry through bonefish, permit and tarpon filled waters gets no better.