With the Olympic Games, to Canada in 2010, the holiday home market in Vancouver and surrounding area has started to gain momentum.
Salt Lake City in 2002 (North America's most recent winter Olympics) saw some 220,000 out-of-town visits from athletes, members of the press, Olympics officials and spectators. Assuming a similar number of visitors arrive in the region of Vancouver in February 2010, require that local now his thoughts on the challenge of satisfyingshort-term demand for housing.
Venues for the Winter Games 2010 span approximately 120 miles from Richmond (south of Vancouver) in Whistler (two hours drive north of Vancouver). While Vancouver is a large population center with many hotels are smaller centers need to make creative solutions to accommodation. Proposals to date have included:
A proposal for short-term accommodation on cruise ships in Squamish, andA proposal for Whistler workers in the construction trailer or a houseto container.
Another source of housing supply comes from local private homeowners. From January 2008 the website called Rent 2010 more than 30 Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler and homeowners who make their homes in (or rooms in their houses) available to athletes, spectators plan, and other guests at the time of the Olympics 2010th
How much does cost a private apartment?
In January 2008, twenty-five of the Vacation Rental ListingsTo ask a price. The average nightly price for this sample was) $ 343 per room (Canadian currency. Eighteen of these apartments are in and around the city of Vancouver itself, and showed a nightly rate of $ 268 per room.
