After all the discussions and planning, our Alaska Adventure is now becoming real. Between Thursday and Friday, Oct. 15 & 16, 2009, the majority of the motel and ferry reservations have been made as well as some of the tours. Although most of the motel reservations were made with a credit card guarantee, several motels, the Alaska Marine Highway System and several of the boat cruise / tours required payment when the reservations were made. There are a few which cannot be made until mid-January 2010.
Of course the reservations I am describing above are only for Vancouver, north through Alaska, and the return travel back through the Yukon and Skagway. This will be about 35 days of our travels. I am responsible for the needed reservations for our trip from home to Vancouver, and from Skagway to home. The trip from home to Vancouver is scheduled for 5 days (we may add an extra day before we leave the USA). The trip from Skagway, through the Canadian Rockies (Banff, Jasper), and back home is currently estimated at 14 days, with a few days in the Canadian Rockies already included. The reservations that I need to make can wait until next April or so.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Reservations Finally Started
Our Alaska trip has now entered Phase II. As a reminder Phase I was putting together an initial route containing towns and places we wanted to see and which cruises and tours we wanted to take.
Our travel agent started making reservations today, Monday, October 05, 2009. The delay was that the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) did not publish it's 2010 schedule until late last week. There will be a few minor changes to what we worked on with our travel agent, mainly because of the ferry schedules. As for a few towns, such as Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage, we will be staying a few days each, and have not set specific tours. We feel that we will be able to arrange local tours when we get there.
Stay tuned. As reservations are made I will post updates here, with a summary of what reservations were made. Of course, these postings will not be in complete detail, but with enough that you will be able to follow our travels.
Our travel agent started making reservations today, Monday, October 05, 2009. The delay was that the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) did not publish it's 2010 schedule until late last week. There will be a few minor changes to what we worked on with our travel agent, mainly because of the ferry schedules. As for a few towns, such as Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage, we will be staying a few days each, and have not set specific tours. We feel that we will be able to arrange local tours when we get there.
Stay tuned. As reservations are made I will post updates here, with a summary of what reservations were made. Of course, these postings will not be in complete detail, but with enough that you will be able to follow our travels.
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