Best way to get from SEA TAC to Vancouver?

[Dble]

Going on round trip Vancouver cruise on July. Flying into Seattle. Would like to spend the night in Victoria BC. Suggestions for travel to Victoria? Hotel in Victoria? Getting to Vancouver cruise port from Victoria?

[SpeedNoodles]

Ferries.  But, it won't necessarily be inexpensive.

[Kathleen]

Ferry would is quick and fairly easy.

https://www.clippervacations.com/seattle-victoria-ferry/?mkwid=s_dc|pcrid|679089733888|pkw|victoria ferry|pmt|b&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpYKknOO_ggMVDiqtBh0Fpw0tEAAYASAAEgJavPD_BwE

 

[sammyg]

Fly into Seattle, stay the night in Victoria, and then cruise out of Vancouver the next day? I think that’s going to be tough.

With the ferry route (Victoria Clipper), you would need to arrive in Seattle with enough time to get from the airport to downtown Seattle waterfront, before the ferry leaves, which is usually 8AM-ish. Then you need to get from Victoria/Vancouver Island, over to downtown Vancouver cruise port, which will require some driving and taking a BC Ferry - probably a 4 hour journey in total. Keep in mind, BC ferries are not the most dependable mode of transport.

If money is not an issue, you could take a seaplane from Seattle to Victoria, and another from Victoria to Vancouver. It would be beautiful!

There may be regular flights from Seattle airport to Victoria and maybe from Victoria to Vancouver. That wouldn’t be awful, if the schedules align with your flight into Seattle. 

Neither train nor driving from Seattle would really make sense, if your trying to get to Victoria for the night. 

[Zacharius]

23 minutes ago, sammyg said:

If money is not an issue, you could take a seaplane from Seattle to Victoria, and another from Victoria to Vancouver. It would be beautiful!

There may be regular flights from Seattle airport to Victoria and maybe from Victoria to Vancouver. That wouldn’t be awful, if the schedules align with your flight into Seattle. 

Alaska Air runs SEA-Victoria (YYJ) flights a few times daily. If the flight to SEA is already booked, adding a SEA-YYJ flight puts you in to "separate tickets" territory which is something to be careful with. It can be done, but there are things to be aware of and I'm happy to advise on that if this is a route OP wants to check out. 

Air Canada does YYJ-YVR flights, but it may be worth the extra expense of the seaplane to get you between city centres. I've done that flight and it's fantastic. Harbour Air runs these flights if you want to check out pricing and compare it to Air Canada/Air North/Westjet on the YYJ-YVR route (keeping in mind the additional time/expense of getting between city centres and airports on both ends of that very short flight).