Cindy E. Harnett TimesColonist.com Saturday, May 17, 2008
B.C. Ferries' May long-weekend reservations are the new hot ticket in town, taking their place alongside Radiohead tickets and the Nintendo Wii in online commerce.
Rebecca Domovitch of Vancouver fretted when ferry reservations to Victoria for yesterday evening were sold out. Then in a "random stroke of genius" she thought someone might be selling the hot commodities for an inflated price on the website Craigslist.
She not only got her reservation, but she also got it at cost -- $17.50.
B.C. Ferries sells reservations at its website by issuing confirmation numbers. At the toll booth, drivers show they have a reservation by handing over a B.C. Ferries printout with a confirmation number, the credit card used to buy the reservation, or a phone number that's linked to the reservation.
Rozie Amos, an announcer at the The Zone radio station in Victoria @91.3 FM and 97.1 FM in Sooke), was thrilled her friend Rebecca had secured a reservation to visit her by going online. She informed listeners there were more online.
"I just think it's funny in this day and age of people selling Nintendo Wii's and concert tickets [online] that people are now selling ferry reservations. Are we really stooping this low?" she quipped.
Amos found one traveller offering $100 for someone willing to give up a ferry reservation for the long weekend.
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