Hello we are planning a trip from Callgary to Parksville BC . We are planning on last 2 weeks in August . We have decided it may be better to fly because we have a 6 yr and that is a long drive .
Does anybody have a travel agent suggestion to book flight , hotel and car rental .
TIA.

Joanne Cole did an amazing job for us when we went to Mexico. She is on fb. Tell her I sent you!!!

Thank you Lisa. I will let her know you gave me her contact info. I have sent her a message

Curt she is amazing. Booked our vacation of 7 people including excursions and transport to and from resort. Everything was perfect!!!

Thanks. Sounds like a great contact. Thank you so much !!

Fly into Comox on westjet; use Airmiles for car rental if you've got them.

Richard N Lisa Nicholson

You can also fly into Nanaimo on westjet now, direct. The distance to Parksville is about the same from Nanaimo or Comox. There might be a good flight price right now. I just booked Nanaimo for September long weekend for $331 per person.

Fly to nanaimo, they have rental cars at the airport, but is summer so good luck. air canada has hourly connections from Vancouver. Or look into water taxi from downtown Vancouver, we took it last summer for 99 dollars per person, my kid loved it.

Water taxi is fun ! Good idea

Tigh na Mara is a great resort. Great food deals at happy hour too. Grotto pool is very cool.

Yes I looked yesterday and would really like to stay there what a nice place

I second Tigh na Mara. It is a fabulous resort & location. Food & cocktails are outstanding.

Airmiles has a voucher for 1 night accommodation, mineral pool passed and breakfast. For 2 people. The rooms it covers have a king bed and Murphy bed, kitchenette, balcony. I'm sure you could have your 6 yr old included. Lovely place to stay!

Heather Hild is fantastic!!!!!!!

Parksville is great. If you want a fun day trip, drive up to French Creek and take the passenger-only ferry to Lasqueti Island. There isn't much of a "town" at False Bay, but there is a lovely little pub and hotel where you can grab lunch, and the post office (open MWF only!) will let you hand-cancel your mail, if you ask nicely.

Just stayed at Sandcastle inn at Parksville. $85 and EXTREMELY clean.

Also check out forest cottages at Beach Acres Resort. Stand alone cottages with kitchens

I will. Sounds nice.

Samantha Martin

Lots of sand dollars on the beach.

You are missing a beautiful drive that time of year. My grandsons (now 7 and 5) love the stops along the way - the Enchanted Forest for example.

Yes I wanted to drive and still contemplating what will work best for us

Stop half way if you think it's too much for one day... it's a lovely drive. Driving and taking the ferry will certainly be less than flying and renting a car.

Your six year old would love the ferries and the harbours and the other boats. Dollar stores have lots of activity books et al to occupy some road time. Car outside-observation games are fun as well....I spy something that is red.....Getting to the prize (Parksville) could e made into 1/2 the fun.....

I'm driving back from Vancouver next week: really looking forward to it!

My parents took me on that drive many times when I was young and I always loved it. Map out a route with lots of stops. You'd miss so many interesting and fun places by flying.

Do a one night stop over, and drive it. Salmon Arm is a great 1/2 way point.

Our only problem with driving is it cuts 4 days off our vacation . As fun as the drive is I am not sure 4 days of driving is what we want to do. We may still drive as that was our original plan but when we looked at 13.5 drive hours add stops in there and those are very long days. I think Trail is more of the half way mark as Salmon Arm is only 5 hours. We did that drive many times and been to Enchanted Forest a few times as well fun stop looking for new adventures on the Coast thanks for all the great suggestions. When we get the cost for flights and car rental I am sure we will be driving but want to be optimistic

I have done the drive a bunch, I am from the island. I have never gone through Trail.

Highway 3 is a lot slower, but also more scenic, than the TCH: yu could go one way and come back the other, or detour through the Okanagan.

Although it's a lovely drive, by the time you factor in hotel , meal, gas , ferry costs, flying might be the best option.