We stayed here for 4 nights before our Alaska cruise. The hotel was centrally located and appeared to have been recently renovated. The hotel was in walking distance of the cruise ship and we met a family that walked to the pier on embarkation day rather than take the shuttle.
The new flat screen TV's had been installed just days before we arrived. Probably the only thing that I could find to complain about is that they only have one small elevator for all 8 floors. We found it impossible for both of us to ride the elevator along with our luggage, had to take shifts. This was just a minor inconvenience for us. Someone else might find it intolerable, though.
For those of us lugging a laptop along, there was free wi-fi in the rooms. There was a desktop available for use in the lobby for everyone else.
The hotel provided complimentary shuttles to the cruise ship pier. There is a breakfast/lunch restaurant on the lowest floor that had very good food. Next door is an Irish pub with good food and cold beer. Unfortunately, the pub is not open on Sundays.
Bedding and mattresses very comfy and of high quality.
Overall, we were very happy with our stay at the Days Inn Downtown Vancouver.

The room was very small but quite comfortable (similar to good new york hotels). location was very convenient as we had an appointment at the american cosulate which is 2 blocks away. the bay is just behind the hotel, great location if you are visiting vancouver for the first time. good service. they also had a breakfast restaurant that was veru nice.

I booked a room for one night In Downtown Days Inn, at Pender st, Vancouver. When I checked-in I was told that I have booked 2 rooms for the same night. I tried to explain that I booked only one room and not 2. The front desk receptionist was not courteous at all. She insisted me to change it to 2 nights if i want to avoid charges for two rooms, was asked to talk to manager next day,but the next day the manager told me that they cannot give it for 2 nights as the booking I made was for 2 rooms the previous day and I have to pay again if I had to stay that night and told me i will be charged two rooms for same night though we only stayed in one room.We were Shocked after listening to him.I paid 142$ for a tiny room, with no breakfst and additional 17$ for parking. They have charged me additonal 142$ for the other room for the same night, would never stay in the hotel again and will not recommend to any of my Friends.

When searching for a city centre hotel in a city I've not visited before, I worry about three basic things: is the hotel in a bad area? is it noisy? is it clean?

The Days Inn in Downtown vancouver meets those basic needs. It is reasonably priced for a downtown hotel (although tends away from budget to mid-range during the summer months).

I have stayed here approximately twice a year for the past five years without problem.

The basics:

* Area: Vancouver has a very scary area; this hotel is comfortably outside of that area by 2-3 blocks. It is in the financial area so tends to be pretty dead in the evenings and weekends, but is safe. It is a few blocks to the nearest convenience store.

* Noise: the street outside is not a particularly busy one, plus you'll probably be facing a wall on the side rather than the street. It is in the city centre though, so some minor traffic noise. I've very rarely heard noises from the corridor or other rooms.

* Cleanliness: very good, never had a problem with the rooms, bathrooms or beds.

But there are a few other things to know about this hotel:

* Rooms are small, I mean SMALL. Not New York small, but not generous by any means. The bathrooms are tiny.

* Most rooms look out the side of the building, straight onto a blank wall. You can just about see some sky if you look straight up. A few rooms at the front look out over the street, but these are a bit noisier (from the street) and lighter (from the giant yellow Days Inn sign).

* Parking is but valet only, at about CAD$15/day. You can go in and out as much as you like, but this is not super convenient.

* The elevator is tiny and slow.

* Stairs wind around the elevator, so you end up walking much further than normal back-and-forth stair well, and even get a bit dizy.

* TVs aren't very large, and have a strange, separate channel changer box (with remote).

* Curtains are okay thinkness for keeping light out, but are absolutely minimal height so there is lots of light leaking in under the curtain. Normally to stop this in other hotels I push the curtain onto the window sill to keep out the light, but the curtains here only just reach the sill. Also they are cutout around the air conditioner (which is usually in the window).

* No pull-in area outside the hotel, so when arriving by car just park on the street and run inside to check-in and give the keys to the valet.

* No free breakfast

It is not all bad though:

* Safe area
* Quiet
* Clean
* Walking distance to downtown attractions (gastown, cruise terminal, harbour tower, Robson street, Granville Street).
* Very close to buses (on Burrard and Granville)
* Very close to Skytrain (Burrard St)
* In-room safe
* Elevator requires room key (so a little bit more secure than hotels with open access to the room floors)
* Valet parking is usually sufficiently quick to retreive cars, even when several people are leaving at the same time

Overall, I recommend this hotel if you want to stay downtown at a more reasonable price.