Far from the madding crowd – Vancouver’s airport enclave

Long flights, missed sleep, zany time zones? This can help. $32.10 Canadian buys you a bit of rest and relaxation at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). That’s the per-visit price of admission to the airport’s Plaza Premium Lounge, an oasis of sanity in what can be the craziness of airline travel AD 2006.

For the beaten of body, there are private napping rooms. Follow slumber with a shower.

Famished? There’s a self-service buffet, with soups, sandwiches, and snacks. Take your fare to an easy chair, sit back with a glass of complimentary wine and take in the knockout scenery that surrounds YVR.

If you insist on being productive, go ahead. The staff won’t stop you. The Plaza Premium Lounge proffers wireless high-speed Internet, quiet work areas, and fax facilities.

The enclave is located in the International Departures area, post-security, on Level 3. Traveling within Canada? Look for a new Plaza Premium Lounge in Domestic Departures to debut this fall. Cheap Flight News will pass along all the particulars when it premiers.

© Cheapflights Ltd Jerry Chandler