steelmooch
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Hello, all...and thanks for your time and consideration.
We're hopeful that the board might please share some experiences and provide some recommendations about how to narrow our research moving forward.
We are Western PA travel trailer campers who are working toward a summer trip to coastal Alaska.
We're able to spend about 2 weeks in the Juneau/Skagway/Klukwan/etc (interior corridor), plus or minus a few days.
We initially looked into some "cruise" options, but it was quickly apparent that, even with a 1-week itinerary on a "moderate" cruise line, an interior cabin, airfare all the way from PIT to SEA, and limiting ourselves to "reasonable" land excursions that people typically do while they're there (such as excluding anything in a helicopter), our party of 4 would easily need a budget bumping from 4 digits into the low 5 digits, which is more than we are able to spend without significant buyers' remorse.
We've been looking at flying into Juneau (or another city) and renting an RV, and I'd appreciate your thoughts/experiences with that. I'm seeing a lot of nice, small motorhome options that certainly aren't cheap ($200-$300/night), but it looks like a viable option for us. Travel trailers are also available for less, but when paired with a rental tow vehicle, seem to be fairly on par with the motorhomes price-wise.
Our goal is to see some towns...to see some wildlife...to get some culture...kind of an all-around experience without any needs or requirements that are too specific or intense in any one theme/area.
Is this "what people do" when coming all the way from the East Coast with a desire to RV Alaska? Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.
We're hopeful that the board might please share some experiences and provide some recommendations about how to narrow our research moving forward.
We are Western PA travel trailer campers who are working toward a summer trip to coastal Alaska.
We're able to spend about 2 weeks in the Juneau/Skagway/Klukwan/etc (interior corridor), plus or minus a few days.
We initially looked into some "cruise" options, but it was quickly apparent that, even with a 1-week itinerary on a "moderate" cruise line, an interior cabin, airfare all the way from PIT to SEA, and limiting ourselves to "reasonable" land excursions that people typically do while they're there (such as excluding anything in a helicopter), our party of 4 would easily need a budget bumping from 4 digits into the low 5 digits, which is more than we are able to spend without significant buyers' remorse.
We've been looking at flying into Juneau (or another city) and renting an RV, and I'd appreciate your thoughts/experiences with that. I'm seeing a lot of nice, small motorhome options that certainly aren't cheap ($200-$300/night), but it looks like a viable option for us. Travel trailers are also available for less, but when paired with a rental tow vehicle, seem to be fairly on par with the motorhomes price-wise.
Our goal is to see some towns...to see some wildlife...to get some culture...kind of an all-around experience without any needs or requirements that are too specific or intense in any one theme/area.
Is this "what people do" when coming all the way from the East Coast with a desire to RV Alaska? Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.