Brand New [WEDNESDAY]

Shopaholics Not-So-Anonymous

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Vancouver isn’t just about mountains and ocean, people. It’s a shopper’s paradise! But how do you get the inside goods on the best shopping spots in town?

Shopabout Tours has the answer. Modeled on an idea former Tourism Vancouver associate Donita Dyer experienced in New York, Shopabout offers easy, inexpensive shopping tours on foot, by neighbourhood, to all the niche stores with all the neat stuff! Main Street, Yaletown, Robson. . . why not let a local shopping expert lead you on your next shopping binge?

A two-hour tour covers one neighbourhood, and these folks are flexible – love a store, linger longer, or if power-shopping is your thing, they’ll run you past the best goods for the best buck in town, lickety-split. At just $39 bucks a head for two hours, you can’t afford not to get on board.

Even better, when you sign up for a tour, you get a Shopabout discount card, valid for three days, so you can go back post-tour for a more leisurely shop at anywhere from 10 to 20% off, depending on the store.

Start polishing that credit card, baby, and get ready to go on a tear.

Shopabout Tours, 604-739-4048, www.shopabout.ca, info@shopabout.ca