What is a tried and true way of finding discount alaska cruise tickets?
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Others have recommended shoulder-season travel (May, September) and I agree. Bring an extra warm layer, but everything will be less crowded, cheaper, and a few freezing nights really knock down the bugs.
I’d add:
Consider “re-positioning” cruises. The ones in May that get the ships to Alaska (from Mexico or Japan, etc) and ones in September that get them back. They don’t do as many touristy stops, but they do stop in places few people get to (the Aleutians islands, for instance). Therefore they tend to attract more experienced travellers and nature-study types looking to get to less travelled places.
Also consider the Alaska State Ferry system. A whole lot cheaper and more flexible than the cruise lines. If you want a cabin, you’ll be fixed on the sailing dates you select, just like the cruise ship. It won’t have 5 swimming pools and 7 sqaure meals a day, but will stop in the same towns. And cruise past the same fjords, eagles and whales. The State Ferry is at its best if you’re willing to bring a sleeping bag, sleep in the covered, heated Solarium with all the locals and if you want to step off one ship and spend 3 days or two weeks in Juneau, or Ketchikan or Sitka or Haines, etc, you can board the next ferry travelling in your direction at no additional cost.
We’ve considered doing what friends have done and going free on a smaller ship by being the ship’s physician. But paying full fare is probably cheaper for most people than going to medical school
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