Aside from having some soap at the ready -- honestly, this has been an issue at every condo I've ever stayed at -- Linda's place is comfortable and relatively quiet. We'll be glad to stay there in the future.

Owing to traffic, we were late in getting in to Vancouver, but Linda's mother was accommodating in meeting us. The location's great -- near the Sheraton Wall Centre, where we typically stay -- but it took us a while to figure out how to park nearby. For others who need a place to leave their car: Go to verrus.com, sign up for an account and register your car. Then park your car in the garage of Paramount/ScotiaBank building on Burrard and Smithe, and pay by phone. (The instructions are next to the meter.) This will let you pay for more than 12 hours of parking at a time, and you'll be able to walk everywhere.