Alaska Travel Guide August 2020
8.22 Saturday Day 1 Travel:
BHM-ATL-SEA-ANC with Delta Airlines arrive in Anchorage at 9:16 pm. Travel tips for booking flights cheap- Each Tuesday from 1-pm Flights are the cheapest. Subscribe to Delta Email Alerts for Specials on some of your travel bucket list places. It is also cheaper to usually fly in & out of the same airport.
You can also apply for a Delta Amex sky-miles card. I use this year round to gain miles to use to purchase tickets. When you first sign up with this link you can get up to 50k in free miles & roughly that's 1 round trip flight give or take.
Flight Cost- Comfort: $480/each
-Pick up Rental Car with Hertz Rentals at Airport- Rental: $680.00 for the week with multi city pick up & drop off. I highly recommend hertz they make it a breeze but other options that are at either airport are budget & enterprise. Also- shop for deals thru employer or credit card rewards & through Costco.$689 is very cheap for the time we had others compared around 1400-2100. I can’t stress checking for deals here enough!
Best Western Suites Lion in Anchorage 186/night
Middle of the Way Cafe Brunch for two: $40
Walmart: Groceries- I suggest getting a case of water and things in case of Emergency for your road trip. Cost $50
8.23 Anchorage to Seward, AK.
Drive time 2 hours 24 minutes/ 127 miles
Airbnb Alaska Base Camp Yurt: $286.62/night
Thorns Lounge: $$ - worth every penny of $100
8.24 Seward Day 2
Millers Landing Orca Island to Three Alpine Glaciers Kayaking Tour $140/person - $305
Well Abode AirBNB in Seward 191.00
Dinner: Salmon Bake: $$ 100.00 for two
Lunch 8.25 Zudys Cafe $30 for two
Check out My Blog Post on our Seward Experience Here
8.25 Drive from Seward, AK to Talkeetna, AK
Drive approximately 4 hours 20 minutes/ 238 Miles
We had dinner at the Talkeetna Lodge $$$ they think very highly of their food but the views on the outside table are amazing. $130 for two. If the Talkeetna Roadhouse was open we would have ate there in my previous AK travel post.
Adventure: Talkeetna Phantom Tri-River Charters- this was one of the very beat crews & our favorite activity while there. Tip: Salmon fishing is best in the morning. Dinner we had talkeenta lodge & We ate at the Burger Barn in Talkeetna for lunch after fishing.
Cost $380 for two + tip
Fishing License: 30.00 each
Salmon Ship/meat processing: $236
Lodging: Talkeetna Hobbit Cabin as seen on HGTV. $171/night
Food: $260
Check out my Talkeetna Blog Post
Interested in salmon fishing? Check out my The Salmon Way post here:
8.26 Wednesday Denali National Park
We did our fishing trip in Talkeetna & Drove to Denali. Drive time was 2 hours 42 minutes/ 164 miles. We stayed Cantwell for our AIRBNB in a Rustic Canvas Yurt. Cost for two night minimum $202.00 we just ate camp food from groceries we had already purchased at the grocery store.
8.27 Thursday Denali National Park
We had originally planned to do the dog mushing ATV ride with them on 8.26 through AirBNB experiences but this was cancelled due to covid19. Cost though would be $70 each which we were refunded.
8.27 Change of Course Thursday & 8.28 Friday Fairbanks Chena Hot Springs
Since our Dog Mushing experience was cancelled we last minute booked an extra night in the North Pole to chase the Northern Lights. We were able to add an additional night to our North Pole Northern Lights Cabin. Cost $211/night total at $422
Adventure: Chena Hot Springs Resort- Cost $17 person Take quarters with you to get a key for your locker.
Eats: Pagoda Chinese so good if you love Chinese food go here $35 for both
Pizza for dinner $35
8.29 Saturday Fairbanks
We spent the day in Fairbanks before our flight home on the red eye. We had lunch at Brewster's. We visited the Alyeska Pipe Line View Site & road some back roads looking for wildlife. Then We turned in our rental & flew home from FAR-SEA-ATL-BHM arriving home on 8.30
Lunch Fairbanks : Bresters $45 for two
Airport Food - $60 for two
Souvenirs: $200.00
Total Budget with round up:
Flights: $960
Rental Car: $680
Trip Gas: $220
Lodging: $1475.00
Kayaking Adventure: $305 + tip
Wildthingz Dog Mushing Adventure: $140.00
Talkeetna Fishing Charter: $450 + tip
Salmon Meat Processing & Ship Home: $236
Chena Springs $32
Souvenirs: $200+
Food Cost for Trip/Restaurants & grocery trip: $780.00 +tips
Cost: $5478 (+ Tips Everywhere)
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