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[quote=Anonymous]Seattle resident here.

I would book more time in Vancouver than Seattle. It has more things to experience close to the city than Seattle. Seattle is a smaller city and harder to take in as a tourist. You also have to drive or take ferries to really experience the breadth of Seattle’s natural beauty and its surroundings. You can experience beaches, forests, striking urban landscapes and mountain hikes/vistas in one day in Vancouver.

I would schedule 2 nights in Seattle and more nights in Vancouver or the San Juan islands and Victoria. If you’re headed to the islands be really careful about ferry planning because they require either long waits (2-3 hours) or reservations on weekends, and the reservations open up in the spring.

Seattle things to note:
1) hotels in Seattle are tough in the summer during cruise season
2) check the Mariners schedule and don’t try to come if the Blue Jays are in town 
3) August forest fire smoke is a thing- we were lucky this year but it has ruined a few recent augusts 
4) Seafair is great (airshow + boat races) but traffic comes to a halt and it’s not as fun if you don’t have a locals viewing spot to go to- avoid the first weekend of august
5) I would take a mediocre swimmer kayaking or canoeing out of Aqua Verde on Lake Union or the waterfront activities center at UW but absolutely nowhere else. Do not take non-swimmers into the Puget Sound!
6) don’t expect to casually stroll the city and stumble into cute places. You really need a car and also be willing to take transit plus have a plan and set destinations. There are a lot of areas that are nice and populated yet still require a level of alertness that make it unpleasant to be a pedestrian.[/quote]

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