Doug and Herb's place was perfect for what we needed. It was just a short 10-15 minute walk to the train station to get to downtown Vancouver (you can also take a bus that's about a 2 minute walk from their place to the train station if you don't want to walk). The place was very clean, and there are plenty of restaurants, conveniece stores and produce markets within a few minutes walk. At first I was weary about booking this place due to the fact that the bed was actually a pull out sofa and the purpose of my vancouver trip was to run a half marathon, but it was very comfortable, even with my achy, tired body! It was also very easy to catch a cab on commercial drive when we didn't want to deal with public transportation! We would definitely stay at Doug and Herb's place if I'm in Vancouver again!