EasyPark

These guys deserve negative stars. 7 months ago Kenneth N. wrote that you can park all day for $ 7.50. Well EasyPark has implemented the most ridiculous fee structure now. Before 6pm it’s $ 3.75 per half hour to a maximum of $ 10. Once you cross 6pm your time resets and you’re on another round of parking fees. $ 3.75 per half hour to a maximum of $ 10. So if you come early and leave before 6pm you’re only paying $ 10. But if you park 1.5 hours before 6pm and leave 1.5 hours after 6pm you have to pay $ 20! Apparently this was newly implemented and caught me off guard. I spoke with the parking attendant who was explaining it to me and told her that that’s ridiculously stupid. She somewhat agreed with me. This used to be one of the best deals parking downtown on the weekend. Now it’s the worst. Way to screw people who need to come in the late afternoon and stay for the early evening. Never coming to this lot again. Good riddance.

DO NOT PARK at easy park if you are visiting from out of town. They say $xx/​hour, max 10 (or whatever the price for the lot might be) and then gouge you by having your «all day» parking end at 6 pm. By 6:20 you have a very expensive ticket — with no warning. Parking in Van is easy and wonderful — they text you when your meter is about to expire! There’s simply no need to put up with that sort of misleading customer non-​service.

Going to reveal my 2^nd best secret on where to park in DT, and prime DT of course — how does being connected to Pacific Centre sound? :) What’s even more cool, is the entrance/​exit is not in the busy area where pedestrians are crossing, nor where there’s constant cars in and out, but more on the end, provided you don’t mind mind walking from Sportchek towards the mall.
The ONLY way is to come south-​bound on Howe St (one-​way), and once you’ve seen Sportchek, make a hard left to this parkade; height restriction is 6’6″ so if you’ve got a ski rack, you’re SOL. Trust me, I’ve learned the hard way haha.
Well, I should be more clear: it’s the best value on the weekends, $ 7.50 ALL DAY! While their machine really sucks, the buttons seem really hard to press as it’s a pay by license plate type, so make sure you remember it or you’ll be walking back and forth.
AMEX good.