Marc's condo was fantastic! The location was a quick bus ride to downtown and all the sites. We purchased day passes for the bus from the 7-11 up the street and used them for the day. It was nice coming back to the condo at the end of the day and lounging on the comfortable couch while watching a movie on Netflix. The surround sound is fantastic! We also enjoyed making breakfast each morning. We didn't check out much of the local neighborhood (there are shops and restaurants on Commercial Dr), but we felt perfectly safe at the condo. It was REALLY REALLY warm when we were there (unseasonably warm for Vancouver) but we were still okay in the condo because of a ginormous fan that Marc has placed over the bed. If you're super sensitive to heat, though, and visiting in the dead of summer, you might want to consider sticking in your own additional fan and just note that there isn't any air conditioning. Again, we were fine, but just something to consider. It was a beautiful condo and we would certainly stay there again if/when we visit Vancouver again! Oh and getting and returning the keys from Marc was super easy.