[scotian]

I was in Van two weeks ago and stayed at the Patricia Hotel ($58/night with tax) in my favourite area, East Hastings, the place is like a fucking zoo with crack heads and junkies everywhere. The hotel has a nice blues/jazz bar with reasonable prices on beer and food, there's a bunch of $5 lunch places on Granville and those meals are decent too. Overall I think that Vancouver can be reasonably priced if you look for deals and don't mind sleeping in zombie town although there's also cheap hostels on Granville as the poster above noted.