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Post by Scott on Nov 25, 2006 13:43:49 GMT -8
Found a BC Ferries ad in the B section of the Vancouver Sun today advertising CoastSaver Savings. Suppost to be certain sailings, even some on weekends, where you can get substantial savings... like 25 dollars for a car and driver. But I can't seem to find anything on the website about it yet.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 25, 2006 13:51:37 GMT -8
Found a BC Ferries ad in the B section of the Vancouver Sun today advertising CoastSaver Savings. Suppost to be certain sailings, even some on weekends, where you can get substantial savings... like 25 dollars for a car and driver. But I can't seem to find anything on the website about it yet. There's a PDF news release on their "news releases" section of the website. I saw it 5 minutes ago.
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Post by Curtis on Nov 26, 2006 1:29:08 GMT -8
Just decided to give everyone a deal till the holiday season starts and they get more business.
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Post by kylefossett on Nov 27, 2006 15:48:49 GMT -8
BC Ferries has done this a few times over the last couple of years during slow periods. It gets the people who can travel at those times to help lighten the load on the busier sailings
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 20, 2007 10:58:40 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on Feb 20, 2007 13:39:47 GMT -8
I can't remember when BCFS's website has been more misleading, specifically their new CoastSaver Sailings' chart for route 30, Duke Point to Tsawwassen. Case in point, try these two links for the savings for the two different directions of route 30... www.bcferries.com/promotions/coastsaver.html#TSA-DUKwww.bcferries.com/promotions/coastsaver.html#DUK-TSA..."But wait, isn't that the same chart?" You might ask, and you'd be right. In the past, the CoastSaver Sailings page would have helped unsuspecting travellers with a link to the schedules for these routes - not that they can't find the schedules on their own today - but now those travellers, possibly even clueless tourists, might be led to believe that there is a 5:15am sailing from Duke Point, for example, and show up at 5am only to watch the modified scheduled sailing of 5am already departing, or show up at Tsawwassen expecting to be on a 10:45pm sailing only to find out that the actual modified schedule has them leaving over an hour later. Although possibly representing an unexpected inconvenience for unknowing travellers, these senarios in themselves might not be the end of the world, insult is, though, added to injury by this confusing chart by the fact that for the remainder of the modified schedule it notes that the so-called Sunday departures of route 30 at 5:15am and 7:40am are at "regular" fare, where Sundays beyond the modified schedule are left blank to represent the standard lack of the first two round-trips on all Sundays; by simple logic, a person who isn't in-the-know, like most of us, couldn't be blamed for concluding that because the term "regular" isn't blanked-out for the first two sailings on Sundays during the modified schedule, as it is for after the modified schedule, that there are in fact sailings from either side at 5:15am and 7:40am on Sundays during the modified schedule, and end up waiting up to over 5 hours after showing up for what they thought would be a scheduled "regular" fare sailing at 5:15am on a Sunday. As confusing as this rant of mine might seem, I would argue that it pales in comparison to how vexing the new CoastSaver Sailings' chart for route 30 to/from Duke Point could potentially be for unsuspecting travellers, let alone during the modified schedule. I say 'get your act together bcferries.com,' and don't scrimp on the bandwidth - it's not worth it.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Feb 20, 2007 14:21:58 GMT -8
another confusing thing about the chart is starting with the April 14th section for the coast savers for TSA to SB and SB to TSA they have the sailings listed as 7pm 9pm 1pm 3pm 7pm and 9pm. Does that make any sense?? Use April 14th as an example the 7pm 9pm 1pm and 3pm are regular fare and the 5pm 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So they say the 7 and 9pm are regular April 14th fare then they say the 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So do they mean AM? ? They better get their times straight or they are gonna confuse people. I would think that means AM the first two sailings!
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Post by Scott on Feb 20, 2007 19:31:35 GMT -8
Despite the confusion, this is good news that they're extending the coastsaver program. I'd probably pay the extra 10 bucks to take my car than pay for parking. And I might even go more often.
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Post by staffer on Feb 26, 2007 17:45:05 GMT -8
another confusing thing about the chart is starting with the April 14th section for the coast savers for TSA to SB and SB to TSA they have the sailings listed as 7pm 9pm 1pm 3pm 7pm and 9pm. Does that make any sense?? Use April 14th as an example the 7pm 9pm 1pm and 3pm are regular fare and the 5pm 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So they say the 7 and 9pm are regular April 14th fare then they say the 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So do they mean AM? ? They better get their times straight or they are gonna confuse people. I would think that means AM the first two sailings! Routes 2 and 30 are confusing because the sale price is only available on one side of the route. Unlike route 1, the sale price happens at the same time on both sides of the route. Another thing would be to have a better chart for clarity and select if one wants the 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock.
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Post by hwy19man on Mar 3, 2007 23:58:02 GMT -8
another confusing thing about the chart is starting with the April 14th section for the coast savers for TSA to SB and SB to TSA they have the sailings listed as 7pm 9pm 1pm 3pm 7pm and 9pm. Does that make any sense?? Use April 14th as an example the 7pm 9pm 1pm and 3pm are regular fare and the 5pm 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So they say the 7 and 9pm are regular April 14th fare then they say the 7pm and 9pm are coast savers April 14th. So do they mean AM? ? They better get their times straight or they are gonna confuse people. I would think that means AM the first two sailings! Routes 2 and 30 are confusing because the sale price is only available on one side of the route. Unlike route 1, the sale price happens at the same time on both sides of the route. Another thing would be to have a better chart for clarity and select if one wants the 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. I agree. I am totally confused when I see the Coast Saver Page. It is difficult to understand what is what. I am all for the 24 hour clock, it should be the only way when it comes to transportation schedules.
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Post by Hardy on Mar 4, 2007 18:59:43 GMT -8
It is difficult to understand what is what. I am all for the 24 hour clock, it should be the only way when it comes to transportation schedules. I do just about anything that I have to print/type/file with YY-MM-DD dates, and 24h time. This way there is never any confusion. Plus, in case you have to do time or date math, this is the easiest format to do so without making errors!! But then again ..... why the heck would ANYONE every do ANYTHING the easy way!!
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Post by Alberni on Apr 20, 2007 15:53:56 GMT -8
I'm planning to go to Nanaimo today so I thought I check to see which Tsw-Duke sailings were list as CoastSaver. After taking a look, I noticed that only late sailings on Saturday and early Sunday are now listed under CoastSaver. The last time I checked the list was two weeks ago and I could have sworn that I saw all sailings for Saturday and Sunday listed as Coast Saver until the end of May. Is it me or did they eliminate half of the usually CoastSaver sailings?
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Post by kylefossett on Apr 20, 2007 17:07:45 GMT -8
it is possible that they eliminated some of the coast saver sailings. getting into a busier time of year so don't be surprised to see more disappear
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 25, 2007 10:14:15 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2007 12:46:30 GMT -8
The savings comparison between Routes 1&2 and Route-30 is interesting / puzzling:
Route 1&2: - passenger saves $5.00 - vehicle saves $15.00 - only available for 3 separate days
Route 30: - passenger saves $1.50 - vehicle saves $5.50 - available for a period of 20 consecutive days
So Route 1&2 save more, but it's only for 3 different days. Route 30 saves less, but it's for a longer period.
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Post by Coastal Drought on Aug 25, 2007 18:15:11 GMT -8
Great. I was hoping it would last until the weekend I off for a scouting camp. (September 28th-30th).
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Post by kylefossett on Oct 1, 2007 16:57:48 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Oct 1, 2007 18:02:15 GMT -8
No Surprise Here. Should have seen this coming.
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Post by Hardy on Oct 2, 2007 5:00:06 GMT -8
to help get people away from the busy sailing times bc ferries has extended the coast saver program through to april 2008 Perfect "BC business sense" -- instead of increasing capacity, modify the user patterns/habits instead. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is a bandaid solution. Again, from a corporate point of view - perfect thing to do, as it maximizes capacity and gives the illusion that the company is being responsive to the desires of the consumer. In reality though, it is all just smoke and mirrors .....
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 2, 2007 8:47:07 GMT -8
wow, okay; but are you a rep of bcfs or am I just dreaming?
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 2, 2007 8:50:53 GMT -8
to help get people away from the busy sailing times bc ferries has extended the coast saver program through to april 2008 Perfect "BC business sense" -- instead of increasing capacity, modify the user patterns/habits instead. Hear, hear
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Post by Neil on Oct 2, 2007 10:33:03 GMT -8
Giving people incentives to travel in off peak times is pretty common on ferry systems elsewhere in the world. It's a good idea, and hopefully they'll expand it, as it's certainly cheaper than building bigger vessels which would only be needed part of the time.
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Post by Dane on Oct 2, 2007 11:48:36 GMT -8
I like it too, plus, like congestion on arterial roads, ferry congestion will inevitably end to a reduction in car traffic.
Fun fact of the day, vehicle trips into Vancouver has been on a steady decrease for the last several years.
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Post by Guest on Oct 2, 2007 14:53:34 GMT -8
Just wondering, CoastSaver savings are both ways, right. I want to get on from Duke Point to Tsawwassen on a Sunday, so I was wondering if that would qualify (or is it Tsawwassen to Duke Point only)
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Post by kylefossett on Oct 2, 2007 16:23:10 GMT -8
to help get people away from the busy sailing times bc ferries has extended the coast saver program through to april 2008 Perfect "BC business sense" -- instead of increasing capacity, modify the user patterns/habits instead. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is a bandaid solution. Again, from a corporate point of view - perfect thing to do, as it maximizes capacity and gives the illusion that the company is being responsive to the desires of the consumer. In reality though, it is all just smoke and mirrors ..... in refit season they do not have the needed capacity to handle the crowds in the busy times. this encourages people to travel during the non-busy times. spreads out the crowds and maes it more manageabl
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