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amother

Sun, May 12 2024, 9:30 pm

Working on scheduling a 3 day vacation to Banff. Has anyone been there recently and can suggest a nice hotel?

doctorima

Mon, May 13 2024, 12:06 am

Can't go wrong with the Fairmont Banff Springs

amother

Mon, May 13 2024, 9:37 am

Thanks!! That hotel is quite expensive Smile

. Any cheaper options that ppl stayed at and were happy?

amother

Iris

Mon, May 13 2024, 9:52 am

Ooooh it's beautiful there! Enjoy your trip!

amother

Babypink

Mon, May 13 2024, 9:59 am

We stayed in the Falcon Crest lodge in Canmore which is close to Banff.
We had an apartment, so we were able to bring meals from N.Y. and heat them up.
We went in August, so it was full of frum people

amother

Salmon

Mon, May 13 2024, 10:00 am

amother OP wrote:

Thanks!! That hotel is quite expensive Smile

. Any cheaper options that ppl stayed at and were happy?

We stayed in Canmore. Was cheaper and less touristy then Banff but just as beautiful. We biked to Banff from there.

amother

Mon, May 13 2024, 10:12 am

amother Salmon wrote:

We stayed in Canmore. Was cheaper and less touristy then Banff but just as beautiful. We biked to Banff from there.

Thanks! What hotel did you stay at?

amother

Mon, May 13 2024, 7:47 pm

Bumping for evening people Tongue Out

estyblack

Tue, May 14 2024, 10:02 am

Is it worth it to go with little kids? Or lots of hiking necessary?

amother

Bottlebrush

Thu, May 16 2024, 9:15 pm

There is chabad house there now with the Chabad Rabbi offering kosher catered food. Look it up when you get there. The shiluchim are amazing people, I know them well.
Chabad of the Rockies

There are also many regular hotels and suites that won't break the bank there. Search air bnbs.
Canmore is right outside banff and beautiful too and a little cheaper to stay.

amother

Floralwhite

Wed, May 29 2024, 11:54 am

Hi,
I went in the winter and it was BEAUTIFUL! We would love to go back in the summer but have a 14m so don’t think that’s happening. We stayed at Tunnel Mountain Resort in the center of town. They have different options but we took a cute little cabin. We took along Betty crockers for meals. We stopped at Walmart straight from the airport to buy food basics. There’s also a decent supermarket in banff.
For breakfast we had pancakes (frozen pancake mix), eggs, salad, bread. Tuna and peanut butter for lunch. Supper we took along sous vide meat and chicken which needed minutes on the Betty. We bought sides at Walmart like potatoes, string beans…
Activities I can’t really help you with cuz we did winter activities like skiing and dog sledding. We watched a lot of YouTube videos to find things to do.

amother

Natural

Wed, May 29 2024, 12:05 pm

I'm also looking.
anyone know about Shabbos minyan in June?
Tysm

amother

Maroon

Wed, May 29 2024, 12:24 pm

I started to look into this as well. Staying in Banff for a house three bedrooms is about $1000 a night.
Looking in Canmore the cheapest is about 600 a night.
This is in August.
Is this to be expected?
It’s really beautiful and I want to go there. I just didn’t wanna have to spend so much money. Thanks.

amother

Natural

Wed, May 29 2024, 12:32 pm

amother Maroon wrote:

airbnb has so many options for super cheap and well rated.
you need to be careful to read reviews properly before booking but they are often good clean cabins/homes etc.

amother

Maroon

Wed, May 29 2024, 12:42 pm

amother Natural wrote:

airbnb has so many options for super cheap and well rated.
you need to be careful to read reviews properly before booking but they are often good clean cabins/homes etc.

I looked in Airbnb and VRBO. For a house that it’s at least three bedrooms I couldn’t find anything under 600 in Canmore.

amother

Natural

Wed, May 29 2024, 5:26 pm

amother Maroon wrote:

I looked in Airbnb and VRBO. For a house that it’s at least three bedrooms I couldn’t find anything under 600 in Canmore.

why dont you try surrounding towns and drive twenty minutes to save $$? I found many options at $80 a night on airbnb

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