Airport Transfers from or to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
One-Way Service
Round-Trip Service
Hourly Service
Limo and Chauffeur Service at Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Vancouver International counted 26,913,561 passengers in 2025. The airport covers Sea Island, in the City of Richmond. Jet flights use the Main Terminal, which has a domestic side and an international side with its own area for flights to the US, while the smaller South Terminal serves regional airlines and floatplanes. With US preclearance, you clear US customs before boarding a flight to the US. Give your terminal in the booking and the car goes there.
Central Richmond is 5 km from the terminal, 10–15 minutes. Downtown Vancouver is 13 km north, usually 20–25 minutes, and Burnaby 21 km, 30–40 minutes. Surrey lies 33 km south-east, 40–55 minutes. Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley, is 75 km, 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes.
For an arrival, your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur; the exact spot follows the airport's own pickup rules. For a departure, you set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Sprinter Van Service at Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
From late November, ski and snowboard parties land at YVR with board bags, ski bags and boot bags, bound for a condo or a hotel in Whistler. A Sprinter van carries up to 12 passengers with their luggage. Count every bag when you book, because the vehicle is matched to the load. When friends come in on several flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own; when you book for other people, all their transfers can be kept in one account, each with its own booking and confirmation.
The road to the resort is the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Highway 99. Whistler is 136 km from the airport, 2 hours 5 minutes to 2 hours 50 minutes. Squamish is about 79 km, 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes. The highway has few alternate routes: after a crash or a rock slide, traffic can be turned around for hours, so look at DriveBC.ca before the trip. Teams heading to the Whistler Conference Centre, with over 40,000 sq ft of meeting space, take the same road.
Charter Bus Service at Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Alaska cruises start and end at Canada Place, on the downtown waterfront, and the port expected nearly 360 ship calls in the 2026 season. The terminal is about 16 km from the airport, 25–35 minutes. Next door, the Vancouver Convention Centre has two buildings, East and West, with 466,500 sq ft of event space. Coaches come in several sizes with up to 56 seats, and the luggage travels in the hold, so a cruise party or a delegation rides to the pier or the hotel together.
Seattle is about 223 km south, 2 hours 25 minutes to 3 hours 15 minutes, with the same chauffeur and car from start to finish, with no change of vehicle at the border. The Douglas crossing at the Peace Arch is about 44 km from YVR; Pacific Highway, nearby, is a second crossing. On long weekends, US border checks have taken up to three hours, so live wait times are worth checking first. Visitors who need an ESTA must have it approved before they cross into the US by land, and they receive their I-94 record at the land port. Carry the travel documents your nationality and itinerary require.
In the summer cruise months, local vehicles and drivers are booked up early. If your plans go beyond a standard booking, write to support with the dates, addresses, number of passengers, flights and luggage, and the team will arrange it.
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