Photo: DXR (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)A clean, sociable hostel right on Granville Street, HI Vancouver Central puts budget travellers in the middle of the downtown action, with dorms and private rooms, a shared kitchen and a busy events calendar. It is walkable to the waterfront, Yaletown and the nightlife. Rooms are simple but well kept. Join one of the hostel walking tours or pub nights to meet people, and use the kitchen to keep costs down.