Originally Posted by
jfhscott
I'm as cheap as the day is long, and I have come up with limited ways to mitigate the expense of going to Alaska.
Particularly, get a TOursaver book at
www.toursaver.com.
Toursaver is a great idea - it is saving me almost $800 on my June 2009 trip.
Originally Posted by
jfhscott
I have concluded that one is best off saving one's pennies until they can do Alaska "right", which involves some outlays.
I have to respectfully disagree - with the proper, and more importantly advanced, planning, Alaska can be very reasonable. My 15 day trip in June for two of us will cost about $2600 total including no less than 7 tours. This does include six nights of tent camping but the other nights are hotels, a B&B or a cabin. My car rental for two full weeks is only costing $225 including all taxes and mandatory fees (booked 11-1/2 months in advance). Most people now are paying $100/day for a car rental for the summer.
My trip to Alaska for which I leave tomorrow will cost $1500 for two of us for 5 days. This is more expensive than most of my Alaska trips since we are doing a dogsled tour which costs $325/person and have no discount coupon.
John