It's About Time for Shopabout Tours
Vancouver's only guided shopping tours launch May 27

Vancouver, BC: It's almost too good to be true. There's an actual, honest-to-goodness real company in Vancouver dedicated to helping women and men shop the city. Shopabout Tours has officially launched and tours start May 27, 2005.

Operated by locals who love to shop, Shopabout Tours offers the only guided shopping tours in Vancouver. Guides will take everyone from tourists, cruise passengers, convention delegates, incentive and corporate groups to visiting family members and you on walking shopping adventures around the best shopping neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Choose from: Trendy Yaletown, High Fashion Robson Street, Main Street, and soon to come: Downtown Landmarks, Kitsilano Shop `n' Spa, or South Granville. That's six shopping extravaganzas, starting at just $40.00. They do custom tours, too.

Here's the bonus: you get special discounts in every neighbourhood, and discounts are valid for three entire days after the tour. Plus, since tours last 2-3 hours and are done on foot, when your boyfriend or girlfriend asks how you spent your afternoon, you can say, "Just did my cardio, dear."

Your guides will let you in on the secrets of shopping in Vancouver, and whether you're a Vancouver expert or newbie, there's no doubt you'll learn something new. Founder/owner Donita Dyer knows shopping, and she knows what city visitors are looking for. "How many times have you arrived in a city for a vacation, wanted to go shopping, but didn't know where to start or where to go?" she asks. "Vancouver is a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly city, and full of great shopping neighbourhoods. And since visitors spend approximately 19% of their dollars on retail and other purchases, I think that says we're a good city to shop in!"

Look out Sarah Jessica Parker, Vancouver's on the up-and-up.

Not only has Dyer done her research, she's passionate about her new vocation. "With a large amount of conventions and tour groups in the city year-round I thought this would be a great activity for the spouses of delegates, tour groups or individuals. The tours show them a piece of Vancouver they might not have visited on their own, and it shows them our local fashion culture. Plus it's on foot, so it's more relaxed and fun."

Get ready to strut your stuff with Dyer and her crew. Check out Shopabout Tours on www.shopabout.ca or call 604.375.1228 to book your shopping adventure.

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