Category: Groupon

Charm Modern Thai: $15 for $30 Worth of Thai Cuisine and Drinks (Save 50% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $15 for $30 Worth of Thai Cuisine and Drinks at Charm Modern Thai

Buy now for only $15
Value $30
Discount 50%
You Save $15

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight (Sunday, April 17, 2011). Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Classic Thai with modern twist
Lauded duck spring rolls
Fruity cocktails
Evocative atmosphere

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 8, 2011
Limit 3 per person. Limit 1 per table, 2 table of 6 more. Dine-in only. Valid for alcohol. Must purchase a food item.

The Company
Charm Modern Thai
http://charmmodernthai.com/
1269 Hamilton St. Vancouver, British Columbia

Cut from the same restauranteur-cloth that created Thai House Restaurant Group, Charm Modern Thai infuses the culture’s classic fare with modern twists to give Vancouver diners an authentic Thai eating experience without having to hitchhike to Bangkok again. Dig into dinner with the duck spring rolls ($9), acclaimed by Vancouver magazine as one of the “Best Things to Eat” in 2009, or opt for the mildly spicy lemongrass mussels ($10). Super-soupers can slide spoons into the tom kha lobster bisque ($8), while the larb organic gai salad ($10) tumbles organic chicken in a mix of herbs, spices, chilies, and fish sauce. Entreewise, Charm sticks to staples such as the pad thai ($12, available with chicken or prawns), the tamarind duck ($20), and the pineapple-braised short ribs ($15), which bring together meat and fruit in harmonious fashion.

Pair plates with a concoction from Charm Modern Thai’s cocktail menu—the Sukumvit Lycheetini ($7) blends Absolut, Soho, and fresh lychee juice, into an island-evoking elixir, and the Soi Cowboy ($8) ups the fruity flavour with Absolut vodka, melon liqueur, and pineapple juice. Guests can enjoy their dinner from Charm Modern Thai’s outside patio, or they can opt to enjoy their meal in the restaurant’s interiors of ruby reds and high-rising bamboo stalks.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

The Movie Spa: Laser Hair-Removal Treatments. Two Options Available. (Save $126 or 56% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Laser Hair-Removal Treatments at The Movie Spa. Two Options Available.

Buy now from $99
Value $225
Discount 56%
You Save $126

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight (Friday, April 15, 2011). Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Nearly painless procedure
Works on a range of skin types and hair colours
Watch movies during treatment

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 16, 2011
Limit 2/person. Valid only for option purchased. By appt only; subject to avail. Must schedule all appts by 9/16. 48hr cancel. or fee up to Groupon price may apply at appt. Must be 18+. New clients only. Extra fee for upgrades. May redeem across visits.

The Company
The Movie Spa
http://www.themoviespa.com/
2525 Arbutus St. Vancouver, British Columbia

If comic books have taught us anything, it’s that getting zapped with mysterious rays always gives you crime-fighting abilities—in this case, superhuman smoothness. Let your skin fulfill its dream of pummeling two-bit hoodlums with today’s Groupon for laser hair removal at The Movie Spa, located on Arbutus Street. Choose one of the following options:

  • For $150, you get three bikini treatments (up to a $555 value).
  • For $99, you get three lip, chin, or underarm treatments (up to a $225 value).

Customers view feature films in low-lit luxury while undergoing a wide range of beauty services at The Movie Spa, a cogent combination of movie theatre and spa. Today’s Groupon is good for laser hair-removal treatments employing the highly regarded Lumenis LightSheer diode laser. This nearly pain-free device works on most hair colours and skin types and improves the look of other unsightly skin tenants such as sun damage and superficial leg veins, but not Celine Forever tattoos. The Movie Spa’s star-studded sanctuary was the site of Michael Bublé’s CD release party, where guests watched as newly rehabilitated CDs were released back into the wild, as well as an official spa sponsor for the premiere of Sex and The City: The Movie. Guests are welcome to bring their own DVDs or Blu-Rays to enjoy during treatment, or choose from The Movie Spa’s illustrious library of cinematic favourites.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

Fly Gravity Sports: $69 for a Tandem Hang-Gliding Session (Save 59% Off)

Today’s Groupon Deal of the Day: Fly Gravity Sports: $69 for a Tandem Hang-Gliding Session ($168 Value)

Buy now for only $69
Value $168
Discount 59%
You Save $99

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Friday, April 15, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Pilot with 15 years experience
Fun for all ages
Breathtaking views
$20 discount on HD flight video

The Fine Print
Expires Oct 25, 2012
May buy multiple. Limit 1 per visit. Not valid until 5/1/11. Reservation required; subject to availability. 24hr cancellation notice required for parties of 3 or less, 48hr for parties of 4 or more. Must be 18 or older or have guardian consent. Must sign waiver. 60-220lbs weight limit. Tax included.

Fly Gravity Sports
62724 Airport Rd., Hope, BC
http://www.gravitysports.ca/magento/

Today’s Groupon: for $69, you get a winch-tow tandem hang-gliding session from Fly Gravity Sports (a $168 value) at the Hope Regional Airpark in Hope.

Fly Gravity Sports launches the gravity-bound into the skies via professionally piloted tandem hang-gliding sessions. Following an extensive preglide briefing on flight procedure and safety measures, during which Groupon customers have the option to purchase an HD video of their flight with a $20 discount, would-be cloud surfers don helmets and aerodynamic plumage before being secured to the aircraft alongside instructor David Llewellyn, a hang glider with 15 years of experience. To lift off, the glider is pulled along, kite-like, by a winch, requiring no running start. Pilot/patron pairs reach an altitude of 750 feet or more, experiencing the exhilarating surge of awe familiar to majestic eagles and noble shopping bags on blustery days. Guests are given a chance to steer the aircraft or relax and absorb breathtaking bird’s-eye views of the mountains of Fraser Valley. Finally, the pilot steers the glider back to earth’s solid embrace.

Fly Gravity Sports grants the gift of flight seven days a week to customers of all ages and spelling abilities, provided they fall within a weight range of 60–220 pounds. Though flights depend on weather conditions, Fly Gravity Sports will reschedule cancelled sessions for a time befitting customers’ schedules.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

HOT DEAL: C Restaurant $20 for a Four-Course Brunch Summer Tasting Menu, or Four-Course Lunch Summer Tasting Menu (Save 50% Off)

UPDATE: This deal is a very hot seller. They’ve already sold 3,650+ vouchers as of 7pm!

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: C Restaurant – Four-Course Brunch Summer Tasting Menu ($40 Value) or Four-Course Lunch Summer Tasting Menu ($40 Value)

Buy now for only $20
Value $40
Discount 50%
You Save $20

This is going to be a very hot seller today so don’t miss out! There’s a good chance this deal will sell out early so if you like the deal, I suggest you buy it ASAP in case it sells out.

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednessday, April 13, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Sustainable, local seafood
Mezzanine seating area
Sleek, modern décor
Waterfront outdoor patio

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 30, 2011
Limit 1/person, may buy 2 add’l as gifts. Limit 4/table. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required; subject to availability. Dine-in only. Not valid for special events, Mother’s Day or Easter. No substitutions except to meet dietary needs. Lunch option valid Mon-Fri, brunch option valid Sat-Sun.

C Restaurant
1600 Howe St., Vancouver, BC
http://www.crestaurant.com/

Today’s Groupon prevents inner-system quarrelling by subduing chatty cheeks with innovative eats at C Restaurant (a $40 value), located on Howe Street. Choose between two options:

  • For $20, you get a four-course brunch summer tasting menu for one person (a $40 value).
  • For $20, you get a four-course lunch summer tasting menu for one person (a $40 value).

The four-course brunch and lunch menus showcase the creative concoctions of executive chef Robert Clark and chef de cuisine Lee Humphries, composed from local, sustainable seafood and produce. The brunch course starts with an eligible yogurt parfait that sensually smooches lips with layers of seasonal fruit and granola. Next, a smoked-trout salad bombards tongue buds with bursts of pink grapefruit, ginger, and rocket before the main course of eggs benedict arrives, saddled with potato hash and crisp prosciutto. Diners enjoy the afterglow with a soothing mint-chocolate-chip ice-cream cone.

The lunch course starts with hot or chilled leek-and-potato veloute accompanied by a posse of crème fraiche and smoked Larry Albright trout (add lobster for $10). Following on its heels, the second course tops a butter-lettuce salad with slow-cooked egg, maple syrup, and crisp prosciutto (add spot prawns for $1.50 each). The main course plates pan-seared halibut “bouillabaisse” with crushed potatoes, crisp squid, and streamed mussels, or may be upgraded to a grilled flat-iron steak frites with peppercorn sauce ($10 extra). As with the brunch course, a mint-chocolate-chip ice-cream cone soothes excited diners with cooling flavours and reassuring whispers that the meal was not an astral vision. Diners may make substitutions for dietary restrictions to either course.

Floor-to-ceiling windows, elegant minimalist décor, and a cozy mezzanine level that overlooks the main floor all endow C Restaurant with a modern, open quality. The outstanding service ensures your meal will run smoothly, like a freshly shaven gazelle.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

Waterway Houseboats in Sicamous: $750 for $1,500 Toward Rental of Any Houseboat (Save $750 or 50% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $750 for $1,500 Toward Rental of Any Houseboat at Waterway Houseboats in Sicamous

Buy now for $750
Value $1,500
Discount 50%
You Save $750

This is a pretty good deal, but $750 is by far the most expensive daily deal that I have ever seen. I’m curious as to how many of these they are going to sell.

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Large selection of safe & luxurious custom houseboats
Explore warm Shuswap Lake
Eco-friendly onboard amenities

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 30, 2011
Limit 1 per person. Limit 1 per visit. Reservation required; subject to availability. 10-day cancellation notice required. Deposit required. Must be 19 or older. Must sign waiver.

Waterway Houseboats
Marina #1 Mervyn Rd., Sicamous, BC
http://www.waterwayhouseboats.com/

Today’s Groupon: for $750, you get $1,500 toward any houseboat rental at Waterway Houseboats, just south of Sicamous on Highway 97. Patrons can reserve their buoys year-round for three to seven days, and pricing varies by season and length of rental.

Anchored in the waters of the warm mountain Shuswap Lake, this houseboat company designs, builds and customizes its arsenal of luxurious watercrafts for safe and indulgent coastal cruises. Their fleet of more than 15 amphibious domiciles accommodates between 10 and 30 guests, and Waterway Houseboats furnishes each bateau with a hot tub, fireplace, and water slide. Finless seafarers can indulge in the shade of an overhead bimini top or summon a spectrum of gullible sun rays on deck while observing rushing waterfalls and beaches from the stern of a 40-foot-long Mirage 10-sleeper (from $1,290). Intimate Facebook friends can sprawl their oiled limbs out on an 18- person vessel bedecked with an outdoor barbecue and seven bedrooms (from $1,835), and the splendour of the Waterway’s three-storey, 94-foot-long marine majesty, The Legacy, covers the Shuswap’s 1,000-kilometre expanse trying to parallel park.

In addition to a quality-assurance program that inspects every boat on a 200-point scale, Houseboats endows river riders with a special-needs gondola harnessed with wheelchair accessibility and medical necessities. The yacht mavens also make efforts to preserve and protect their indigenous environment, supplying barge dwellers with biodegradable soaps, a recycling program, and an economical battery-charging system to optimize onboard circuits and revive electric eels.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

Cupcakes by Heather and Lori: $8 for a Half Dozen Cupcakes (Save 50% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $8 for a Half Dozen Cupcakes at Cupcakes by Heather and Lori ($16 Value)

Buy now for only $8
Value $16
Discount 50%
You Save $8

This is going to be a very hot seller so don’t miss out on the deal.

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, April 11, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Basic, whole ingredients
Playful, colourful
Seasonally rotating flavours

The Fine Print
Expires Oct 12, 2011
Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only at Denman St. location. Not valid for custom orders.

Cupcakes by Heather and Lori
1168 Denman St., Vancouver, BC
http://www.cupcakesonline.com/

Today’s Groupon: for $8, you get a half dozen cupcakes at Cupcakes by Heather and Lori on Denman Street (a $16 value).

Founded by shop namesakes and longtime friends Heather White and Lori Joyce, Cupcakes by Heather and Lori crafts its colourful, creative confections from basic, whole ingredients and a playful, fun-loving outlook. Baked fresh daily, each of the shop’s pastel-hued pastries contains only natural, old-fashioned constituent parts such as real butter and real happiness. Delectable offerings include the signature Sweet 16, a well-made classic vanilla cake topped with pink buttercream frosting and pastel sprinkles, and the more decadent carmalla, a chocolate and caramel affair sporting praline sprinkles amid mocha icing. The red velvet cupcake combines the forces of red cocoa cake and cream cheese frosting, and the koo koo presents coconut cake festooned with cream cheese icing and shredded coconut as a topper. Cupcakes by Heather and Lori also maintains a rotating crop of seasonal flavours that changes every few weeks. With an awning and interior colour scheme of pink, vanilla, and chocolaty brown, even the shop itself calls to mind its palate-pleasing wares.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

MacSailing: $30 for a Two Hour Introduction to Sailing Class (Save 50% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Two Hour Introduction to Sailing Class ($60 Value)

Buy now for only $30
Value $60
Discount 50%
You Save $30

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Canadian Yachting Association-certified
Hands-on sailing experience
Small class sizes
Equipment provided

The Fine Print
Expires Jun 30, 2011
Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Reservation required; subject to availability. Must be 19 or older. New clients only. Must use in 1 visit. Tax not included. Not valid with other offers.

MacSailing
West Point Grey
1300 Discovery St., Vancouver, BC
http://www.macsailing.com/macsailing-home

Today’s Groupon: for $30, you get a two-hour Introduction to Sailing class at MacSailing (a $60 value) in the Jericho Sailing Centre. Courses are offered in the evenings during the week, and two to three times daily on weekends.

Canadian Yachting Association-certified, MacSailing’s coaches (some past and present members of the National Sailing Team) school nautical novices with certifications in water safety and first-aid training. An introductory course introduces students to sailing and the preferred methods of fending off giant, man-hungry cuttlefish. A short lecture details the basics of sailing, as well as some safety procedures, but the bulk of lesson time ships pupils out from the beach for practical, hands-on experience on open water. Instructors demonstrate wind-leashing boating techniques, such as points of sail, steering, balance, and emergency christening. With class sizes limited to 20 participants and three instructors, students often ponder truth and unity in the human condition as they sail two per boat. MacSailing’s facilities don dory disciples with life jackets and wetsuits for all sizes and boast change rooms with showers.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

Samba Brazilian Steakhouse: $20 for $40 Worth of Brazilian Fare and Drinks (Save 50% Off)

Today’s Groupon Deal of the Day: $20 for $40 Worth of Brazilian Fare and Drinks at Samba Brazilian Steakhouse

Buy now for only $20
Value $40
Discount 50%
You Save $20

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Brazilian steak house & rodízio buffet
À la carte options
Nightly live entertainment

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 11, 2011
Limit 3 per person. Limit 1 per table, 2 for tables of 6 or more. Valid for alcohol. Dine-in only. Must purchase 1 food item.

Samba Brazilian Steakhouse
1122 Alberni St.,Vancouver, BC
http://charmmodernthai.com/

Today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of Brazilian fare and drinks at Samba Brazilian Steakhouse on Alberni Street.

Samba Brazilian Steakhouse’s chefs and passadores serve up sizzling Latin flavours in this Vancouver-area Brazilian steak house. À la carte selections skim South American coasts and pastures with succulent bites of steamed mussels and chorizo in white-wine-butter sauce ($9) or fruit-salsa-clad Carmen Miranda halibut over jasmine rice ($29). Hungrier diners can opt for the all-you-can-eat rodízio buffet, a Brazilian dining tradition ($14–$16 for lunch, $29–$32 for dinner). The rodízio’s meat-bearing passadores flock to patrons’ cries for steak, presenting wares directly from their churrascaria skewers’ rotating selection of cuts. All dinner entrees and buffets include a salad bar for mixed-green nibblers and unruly pocket rabbits.

Patrons ease down entrees and bask in a postdinner glow with handheld cocktails, such as Amazonas Slammer (with Southern Comfort, vodka, and orange juice) ($5.75), or a Sambatini with vodka, limoncello, apple juice, and lime ($7.50). Nightly live Latin music and other entertainment provide aural sustenance.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!

UBC Museum of Anthropology: $15 for Two Adult Tickets (Save 52% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology – $15 for Two Adult Tickets ($31.36 Value)

Buy now for only $15
Value $31
Discount 52%
You Save $16

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Friday, April 8, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Recent expansion project
Exhibits First Nations, international artifacts
Works by native artists for sale

The Fine Print
Expires Oct 9, 2011
Limit 5 per person. Limit 5 per visit. Must use in 1 visit. Tax included.

University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC
http://www.moa.ubc.ca/

Today’s Groupon: for $15, you get two adult-admission tickets to University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (up to a $31.36 value) on Marine Drive. Groupon holders also get 20 per cent off at the museum gift shop.

The recently expanded Museum of Anthropology drives thriving exhibition, education, and research of the visual and performative culture of First Nations and international communities. Visitors bask in sunlight streaming through the Great Hall’s 15-metre-high windows, framing exhibits and performances, as well as totem poles, house posts, and carved masks from First Northwest Coast Nations. Multiversity Galleries (Ways of Knowing) showcase more than 10,000 objects from cultures around the world, from Cantonese opera costumes to toys, coins, paintings, ceramics, and grocery receipts from other Asian nations. Museum goers admire artwork by Ojibwa artist and activist Carl Beam in a temporary exhibit, examine 19th-century European earthenware in the Koerner Gallery, or engage in heated staring contests with Bill Reid’s sculpture The Raven and The First Men, featured on the $20 bill.

MOA Shop wares welcome hands and eyes with original Northwest Coast jewellery, masks, baskets, and limited-edition prints. Gregarious guests also peruse a gallery of books with topics related to contemporary Northwest Coast art and issues or a line of giftware, hardware, and business attire designed for the museum by First Nations artists.

Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Don’t miss out!