Category: Groupon

Beaty Biodiversity Museum: Museum Outing for One, Two, or a Family (Save 50% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Museum Outing for One, Two, or a Family

Buy now for only $6
Value $12
Discount 50%
You Save $6

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

Highlights
Hands-on activities & interactive stations
More than 2 million specimens
Blue-whale skeleton

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 11, 2012
Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Vancouver
2212 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/

Today’s Groupon to Beaty Biodiversity Museum on The University of British Columbia campus. Choose from the following options:

For $6, you get one adult admission (up to a $12 value).
For $12, you get two adult admissions (up to a $24 value).
For $17, you get a one-day family pass for two adults and up to four children ages 17 and younger (a $35 value).

Housed in an environmentally friendly edifice, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum delights flora- and faunaphiles of all ages with 20,000 square feet of deftly curated collections and exhibits culled from The University of British Columbia’s expansive natural-history collections. More than 2 million specimens come to life with the help of savvy museum interpreters, and a plenitude of hands-on activities including crafts and interactive stations doles out factoid high-fives that imbue digits with knowledge. Learn the tricks of the trade from researchers in the teaching lab, or treat hungry eyes to the cinematic feast of biodiversity-celebrating films in the auditorium. The Blue Whale Exhibit’s 26-metre centrepiece is the largest blue-whale skeleton in Canada and gives nascent Cousteaus the chance to explore cetacean framework without the hassles of bribing a whale maker for his blueprints. Visitors can peruse the museum’s expansive activity schedule for upcoming events.

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Coal Harbour and Lonsdale Boat Rentals: $30, $32 or $45 for a Fishing-Boat Excursion or Boat Rental (Save 50% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Fishing-Boat Excursion or Boat Rental. Three Options Available.

Buy now for only $30, $32 or $45
Value $60
Discount 50%
You Save $30

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Boats from 16 ft. to 18 ft.
Rods, nets & tackle included in fishing excursion
Fishing-spot recommendations

The Fine Print
Expires Oct 31, 2011
Limit 1/person, may buy 2 more Hourston Glascraft options as gifts. Limit 1/trip. Subject to availability. 48hr cancellation notice required or fee up to Groupon price may apply. Must be 21 or older to drive boat. Must sign waiver. Subject to weather. Fishing license not included; boating license not required. Bait and Gas not included.

Coal Harbour and Lonsdale Boat Rentals
Lonsdale Boat Rentals
415 W Esplanade, North Vancouver, British Columbia

Coal Harbour Boat Rentals
1525 Coal Harbour Quay, Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.boatrent.ca/

Today’s Groupon to Coal Harbour and Lonsdale Boat Rentals. This deal is valid at the North Vancouver and Coal Harbour Quay locations. Choose from the following options:

  • For $30, you get a one-hour rental of a 16-foot Hourston Glascraft boat (a $60 value).
  • For $32, you get a one-hour rental of a fully loaded 17-foot fishing boat (a $65 value).
  • For $45, you get a one-hour rental of an 18-foot Bayliner bow rider (a $90 value).

Coal Harbour and Lonsdale Boat Rentals deploys fleets of fishing boats to plumb the depths of nearby waterways for finned treasure and releases rental boats into the wild, blue yonder. Fishing adventurers rehearse effective come-hither fish faces and then hop aboard a fuel-efficient, centre-console fishing boat, fully loaded with rods, nets, tackle, rigs, and other sea-hunting paraphernalia. Before embarking, professional staff can happily point out popular fishing spots to budding mariners. Buyers can also opt to forgo the fishing gear and simply cruise leisurely aboard a 16-foot Hourston Glascraft or 18-foot Bayliner bow-rider rental boat. This Groupon does not include fishing licence, gas, bait, or copies of Moby-Dick for prize catches to autograph.

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Dance 4U – $39 for Five-Week Beginner Dance Class and a Drop-In Dance Fitness Class (Save 54% Off)

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Daily Deal of the Day: Dance 4U – $39 for Five-Week Beginner Dance Class and a Drop-In Dance Fitness Class ($85 Value)

Buy now for only $39
Value $85
Discount 54%
You Save $46

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Classes for all abilities
Salsa & boot camp fitness classes
Expert instructors
Social atmosphere

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 10, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Online reservation required, subject to availability. Valid only for beginner class series. Classes are non-transferable.

Dance 4U
Dance Centre: 677 Davie St., 7th Fl, Vancouver, BC
Alpen Club: 4875 Victoria Dr., Vancouver, BC
Creekside Community Centre: 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC
http://dance4uvancouver.com/

Limber up for more graceful dance moves with today’s Groupon: for $39, you get a five-week beginner dance-class series plus one drop-in dance fitness class at Dance 4U (an $85 value). Today’s deal is redeemable at the Dance Centre, Alpen Club, and Creekside Community Recreation Centre locations.

Dance 4U’s expert instructors guide students of all experience and ability levels through an array of dance and fitness classes. Five-week beginner classes encourage nascent rhythm-whisperers to exercise muscles as they develop the fundamentals of the dance style of their choice, including swing, salsa, and freestyle Macarena. Prancing pedagogues acquaint rug cutters and their internal metronomes with the jazz-laced “6-count” during the beginner swing class and school feet on basic steps. Treat swivel-hungry hips to mesmerizing Latin moves in a beginner salsa class that teaches musicality and basic footwork at a moderate pace. Though attending classes with a partner or ball gown–clad mop is recommended, students need not worry about showing up solo, as partner rotations occur during each lesson to encourage a social atmosphere.

Hoofers can whip physiques into toned machines during a drop-in fitness class. Pupils shimmy through a combination of core conditioning, calisthenics, and choreography in salsa dance fit, or sweat out the song stuck in their head during dance boot camp.

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Easywash: $35 for Four Guardian Car Washes (Save 56% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $35 for Four Guardian Car Washes ($80 Value)

Buy now for only $35
Value $80
Discount 56%
You Save $45

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, August 7, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Eco-friendly, touch-free wash
Cleans exterior & undercarriage
Rust inhibitor, polish & Rain-X

The Fine Print
Expires Nov 8, 2011
Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Must redeem each subsequent wash within 30 days of prior wash. Valid only between 8am and 8pm.

Easywash
ynnmour South
1501 Main St. North Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.easywash.ca/

Today’s Groupon: for $35, you get four Guardian car washes at Easywash in North Vancouver (an $80 value).

Easywash bathes and buffs more than 40 automobiles per hour while maintaining eco-friendly amenities such as its own water well, which conserves more than 20 million litres of water each year. During the Guardian car wash, motorists pull their prized vehicle or 19th-century phaeton into one of three touch-free automatic bays. Refreshment starts from the ground up with an undercarriage cleaning, rust-inhibitor application, wheel wash, and tire cleaning. A hot soak and three-cycle wash massage away knots in the paint’s soft tissue, followed by a polish, Rain-X protectant application, and spot-free rinse. A three-cycle dry whisks away any lingering beads of moisture.

Upon redeeming each wash, buyers get a new five-digit code on their receipt to punch in for the next wash, which can be redeemed 24 hours a day to satisfy midnight cleaning cravings from type-A chassis. Although not included in the price of this Groupon, additional spiff-up services are available during the concierge team’s hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., includin

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The Academic Public House: $15 for $30 Worth of Upscale Pub Fare, Drinks, and Craft Beer (Save 50% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $15 for $30 Worth of Upscale Pub Fare, Drinks, and Craft Beer

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

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Modern versions of pub classics
Organic eggs & local meats
Watch televised games
Games, trivia, live music

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 3 per person. Limit 1 per table, 2 for tables of 4 or more. Dine-in only. Must purchase 1 food item. Valid only for option purchased.

The Academic Public House
Fairview
1619 W Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.donnellygroup.ca/academic

Today’s Groupon to The Academic Public House. Choose between the following options:

For $15, you get $30 worth of pub fare and drink Sunday–Thursday.
For $15, you get $30 worth of pub fare and drink on Friday and Saturday.

At The Academic Public House, patrons choose from a huge selection of specialty cocktails, whiskies, and craft beers, and peruse a menu of nibbles made from locally sourced meat and organic cheeses and eggs. Crispy pancetta surfs atop the Modern Pub burger’s grass-fed beef patty ($14), and the blackened chicken sandwich’s brioche bun hoists Maple Hill Farms free-run organic chicken, BC farmstead cheddar, and veggies ($14). Reasoning with the Angry mussels ($12) requires a cool head, acquaintance with Robert’s Rules of Order, and an appreciation for thai coconut curry, ginger, and basil. Modern twists settle themselves in brunch favourites such as short-rib hash ($14) and late-night treats.

The restaurant’s wooden walls and leather banquettes receive a warm glow from light columns and contemporary fixtures. Weekly events such as Wednesday’s Rock Never Dies supplies ears with classic covers. UFC, NHL, and NFL games reveal themselves on television screens, and amateur matches take form in foosball, pool, and synapse-stretching trivia.

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Vancouver Photo Workshops: $45 for Digital SLR Camera Photo Seminar (Save 55% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $45 for Digital SLR Camera Photo Seminar ($99.68 Value)

Buy now for only $45
Value $99
Discount 55%
You Save $54

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Friday, August 5, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Two-hour seminar
Live demonstration with model
Expert instructors
Simple tips for better photos

The Fine Print
Expires Dec 31, 2011
Limit 1 per person. May buy 2 additional as gifts. Subject to availability. 48hr cancellation notice or $15 fee may apply. New clients only. Must have digital camera and memory card.

Vancouver Photo Workshops
Mt. Pleasant
14 W 7th Ave. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.vancouverphotoworkshops.com/

Today’s Groupon: for $45, you get a two-hour Take Better Pictures with Your Digital Camera! photo seminar and a live photography-shooting demonstration at Vancouver Photo Workshops (a $99.68 value, including HST). The seminar runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. and on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Vancouver Photo Workshops’ expert instructors bestow their camera-commanding prowess upon nascent shutterbugs with informative and interactive seminars and demonstrations in a more than 7,000-square-foot studio. The two-hour Take Better Pictures with Your Digital Camera! photo seminar presents picture-snapping pupils with a bevy of tips and pointers to ameliorate their image-imprisoning abilities, covering fundamental topics such as exposure, depth-of-field, ISO, and lens-cap removal. Fill brain boxes with simple strategies relating to quotidian picture-taking situations, such as how to snap subjects indoors or how to demand that the moon stop giving everyone bunny ears. During the lesson, a camera hooked up to a projector allows the instructor to deliver a real-time demonstration of the tactics covered in the lesson, using a model to illustrate techniques such as capturing subjects set against soft, crisp, or squirrel-covered backgrounds. Detailed handouts supply shutterbugs with a plenitude of image samples, and students are required to bring their own point-and-shoot or digital SLR camera and notepad to class.

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Whip Salon & Spa: $49 for a Facial or $120 for a Spa Package with Facial (Save 51% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Facial or Spa Package with Facial

Buy now for only $49
Value $100
Discount 51%
You Save $51

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Tourmaline facial, massage & eye treatment
Facial tailored to skin type
Products at least 97% natural

The Fine Print
Expires Jan 31, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. 24hr cancellation notice required. Limited availability during the month of December. Services are non-transferable.

Whip Salon & Spa
Downtown Vancouver
1236 Richards St. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.whipsalonspa.com/

Today’s Groupon to Whip Salon & Spa. Choose between the following options:

  • For $49, you get a one-hour Elemental Nature facial (a $100 value).
  • For $120, you get a 90-minute Aveda resurfacing tourmaline facial (a $150 value), a half-hour relaxation massage (a $70 value), and a 20-minute firming eye treatment (a $25 value; a $240 total value).

As an Aveda concept salon and spa, Whip Salon & Spa turns spa services into beauty rituals that stimulate every sense through signature aromas, teas, and products at least 97% botanically derived. The one-hour Elemental Nature facial customizes a regimen based on a consultation and skin analysis. A steaming and extractions awaken new vigour in visages, and a massage soothes hands, arms, scalp, feet, and legs.

A nonabrasive alternative to microdermabrasion, the 90-minute tourmaline facial strives to refine skin texture, shrink pores, and outsmart Father Time. While charged minerals scrub and hydrate the skin, bodies plunge further into relaxation as massage dances across the scalp and extremities. The half-hour relaxation massage continues to lovingly knead the body like a shapely ball of naan dough, relieving tension with the help of Aveda’s Pure Fume collection. Ocular areas refresh beneath the firming eye treatment, during which a 20-minute massage and mask combat puffiness, dark circles, fine lines, and overzealous clown makeup.

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Perch: $14 for Pizza Dinner for Two (Save 52% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: $14 for Pizza Dinner for Two (Up to $29 Value)

Buy now for only $14
Value $29
Discount 52%
You Save $15

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Vegan- & omnivore-friendly gluten-free pizzas
Five wing & nugget sauces
Gluten-free beers & dessert

The Fine Print
Expires Feb 4, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 2 per table. Dine-in only. Not valid for daily specials.

Perch
Artist Resource Centre
109-1701 Powell St. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.eatdrinkperch.com/

Today’s Groupon: for $14, you get choice of two pizzas (a $19 value) plus an order of wings (a $10 value) or tofu nugettes (an $8 value) at Perch, located in the Artist Resource Centre (up to a $29 total value).

Perch feeds the people with an eclectic menu highlighted by gluten-free pizzas topped with vegan and carnivore-friendly accoutrements. The barbecued pulled pork, marble cheddar, and slaw on the #10 entice adventurous eaters and enthusiasts of the number 10, and chefs cover the #1 in familiar standards of tomato, basil, and mozzarella in a balsamic reduction. Vegan options abound and include temptations such as the #4, layering yams, arugula, and cashews atop vegan cheese. For an appetizer or ironic dessert, the tofu nugettes and wings come accompanied by choice of barbecue, maple, Thai peanut, hot, or “lu~icide” sauce. Though not included in today’s Groupon, diners can grab gluten-free beers and dessert while enjoying Perch’s decor of clean, modern lines balanced by green cushions, a sparkling chandelier, rotating artwork, and a resident tightrope walker.

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Klahowya Village in Stanley Park: Spirit Catcher Train Ride. Three Options Available. (Save 50% Off)

Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Spirit Catcher Train Ride. Three Options Available.

Buy now for only $10, $14, or $36
Value $20, $28, or $72
Discount 50%
You Save $10, $14, or $36

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

Highlights
13 min. ride through Stanley Park on a covered mini train
Family-friendly storytelling
Explore Klahowya Village

The Fine Print
Expires Sep 11, 2011
Limit 3 per person. Valid only for option purchased. Children must be 17 or younger for family options. Immediate family members only for family options.

Klahowya Village in Stanley Park
Stanley Park
Pipeline Rd. Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.aboriginalbc.com/klahowya-village

Today’s Groupon to the Spirit Catcher Train at Klahowya Village in Stanley Park. Choose from the following options:

  • For $10, you get one ride on the Spirit Catcher Train for two adults (up to a $20 value, including HST).
  • For $14, you get one ride on the Spirit Catcher Train for an immediate family of four (two adults and two children ages 17 and younger) (a $28.80 value, including HST).
  • For $36, you get unlimited rides on the Spirit Catcher Train for an immediate family of four (two adults and two children ages 17 and younger) until the end of the season on Sunday, September 11 (a $72 value, including HST). 

The Spirit Catcher Train ride is free for children younger than 2.

The iron-horse whisperers at the Spirit Catcher Train ride whisk voyagers of all ages away on a 13-minute journey through the sylvan surrounds of Stanley Park aboard a covered miniature train. Riders choo-choo through the verdant woodland to follow the story of Princess Klahowya and her animal friends as they race to find Raven to save the sun from the Chief of Darkness. Aboriginal youth in elaborate costumes and trees with a knack for dramatic monologues act out the narrative’s crucial events at various locations along the tracks, and an audio soundtrack narrates the story as the train is in motion. While they ride, visitors can also admire the bevy of First Nations artwork and installations that bedizen the train’s path. Engine excursionists can prepare for their upcoming ride and memorize the train’s path for accurate prejourney daydreams with this video.

Train trekkers can also explore the Klahowya Village, which celebrates First Nations and Métis culture with a plenitude of activities and events, including dance performances, cultural tours, and a storytelling circle. A 40-foot teepee welcomes wee visitors in to partake in Aboriginal crafts with the resident 39-foot artisan, and hungry mouths can nosh on Aboriginal eats provided by Raven’s Landing for an additional cost.

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