Mistakes when planning an Alaska vacation

Just like any vacation, you could naturally make mistakes, in planning your Alaska vacation. 

Here’s 11 …. I’m sure I could have come up with more ! 

2.  Plan too much !  Get tired.

3.      Not plan enough.  Miss out on a lot you should have planned to see.

4.      Choosing Northbound over Southbound.  Most folks like to do the land first, if available.

5.      Choosing the wrong tour for you and then being disappointed.  Or not planning a tour that considers all folks that are going.  Ex.  Salmon bake over whale watching !

6.      Choosing the wrong tour operator.  Ex.  Choosing a non-name brand versus Princess and Holland America who are the Queen and King in Alaska.

7.      Choosing the wrong category.  Ex.  You didn’t choose balcony and many of the cruisers saw whales or other animals in the water.

8.      Not choosing a cruise with enough time in port.  Ex.  Ship leaves Ketchikan at 12noon, and you didn’t even get to see the town !  Oh well, there’s next time.

9.      You wanted to see one of the better glaciers, but choose a r/t Seattle cruise, because you didn’t know.

10.      You wanted to at least touch Anchorage, but you didn’t know a r/t Seattle or Vancouver cruise did not do this !

10.   You get to ship, to discover all the tours you wanted are sold out.

 

#1 .... Remember, help yourself avoid such errors ... Use a cruise-only specialist or a travel agent, if you do not know a cruise-only specialist.