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Grand Trunk Hostel

Vancouver (Gastown)

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Address	55 Powell Street, Vancouver (Gastown), British Columbia, Canada Map
Price	Share room: $15/day, $90/week, single : $25/day, $150/week, double room with 1 double bed: $35/day, $190/week, twin room with 2 beds: $40/day, $210/week Check Current Prices by Date Here

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Features

Kitchen
Lockers
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Washing Machine (laundry)
Clothes Dryer
TV
Phones (public or in room)
Travel information provided
Lounge / Common space

The Hostelz.com Review

The Grand Trunk Hostel is located in Gastown in downtown Vancouver on 55 Powell Street. If you are arriving by bus or train, you can take a taxi from the station or hop on the sky train. If arriving by air, you can take the Airporter Shuttle Bus and get off at the Water Front Hotel, then walk east for about five minutes.

The Grand Trunk Hostel offers dormitories, singles, doubles, twins, triples, and quad rooms at very affordable prices. Grand Trunk Hostel also provides lower weekly and monthly rates for guests that may want to stay on a long term basis. Warm linen is provided, and each room has a fridge and cable TV. There is a guest kitchen with basic cooking facilities. There is also a laundry room with coin-operated washer and dryer. Shared bathrooms are located on each floor. Free wireless internet is provided, so feel free to bring your laptop if you wish to surf the web. Otherwise, there is a free computer for guest use.

Grand Trunk Hostel is in a very old, worn-down building. Everything in the building is quite aged and the hostel is in dire need of a face lift. Both kitchen and bathrooms require a proper scrubbing, and most of the pots, pans, and kitchen facilities need replacing. The only common room is the small guest kitchen and as a result the hostel has a quiet atmosphere. The hostel may be aged, but still offers character with its collection of quirky memorabilia

Official office hours are from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., but in reality you may often be faced with a locked reception door and a note indicating where the manager has gone (often the Indian restaurant next-door). If you are looking for a basic, no-frills, budget accommodation in central Vancouver, then the Grand Trunk Hostel may be the place for you.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
March 2007

Ratings & Comments

2.1 Average from 7 Ratings

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Comment by R. Sauter, Canadian

March 2008

Imagine a neglected dorm run by guys with minimal cleaning.
Except it's run by a lady and resided at by a shuffly guy -- nice enough folks overall. With all it's grime, has some interesting charm about it. Perfect for the young and restless, not so great for my parents. I'd suggest not getting room 18, as it was next to the kitchen (interesting grease smells) and had air coming in the window from the exhaust of the restaurant next door. The folks staying there ranged from longer term (one-plus month) to a few weeks residents, and a few shorter term. Some rooms were draftier than others, but it's Vancouver so it's never extremely cold. Smoking in the halls was common. Flip flops in the shower rooms are a good idea. Cable was free, wireless internet was unsteady, but ok from the second floor or lower. I think there was even ten minutes free long distance on the phone. I'd stay there again if I made sure to get a room on the top floor on the East side of the building. One block south from here, where East Hastings meets West, is a really unfortunate area where many addicted individuals meet to share/get hard drugs. Stay on the brick-laid sidewalks and you'll be fine.

Comment by andys, british

September 2007

Awful.
This place was utterly terrible. It was shabby with electrical wiring hanging from the walls. The bathrooms were pretty shocking with signs asking people not to put the (nonexistent) toilet roll down the toilet and a bin with used toilet roll next to the bin. The staff were surly and rarely seemed to be in the office. It may be cheap, but it's very bad value.

Comment by Anonymous

November 2006

I stayed a week during summer 2006 and overall I was satisfied, mainly because of the price. They offer single rooms with TV and fridge for a very low price. Bathrooms were clean. People I dealt with were nice. Negatives -- they don't seem very organized as far as reservation goes. Not the best area, and you have people looking at you when you enter the hostel. It was noisy. Basically, you get what you pay for.

Comment by sanaenonaka

October 2006

This hostel is very well located with super friendly staff who are always there to help. It was not just me, but also the other budget travellers who really got benefited from their bunch of free services with only $15. The owner is a very patient and generous gentleman who rarely shows his temper although sometimes some customers could be very unreasonable. I stayed there for two weeks and I like this hostel personally with all the services with that little money and would like to recommend it to all my friends.

Comment by Katie

August 2006

This place was dirty and it smelled. The bathroom had stains all over the floor, walls, et cetera. The managers were completely unfriendly and just downright rude. It was a horrible experience and I would never ever go there again, nor would I encourage anyone else to do so.

Comment by Anonymous

April 2005

Oh my God, this was the worst hostel I have ever seen. If you are the kind of person who doesn't mind staying in cheap accommodations, this would still most likely be below your standard. It was dirty, and I certainly did not feel safe there at all. I could not recommend this place. Even if you have a really low budget it is not worth it.

Comment by Annoyed

November 2004

This place had very unfriendly managers, but it's a good deal I suppose.

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