Caravan Trip to Alaska
Looking to take a trip to Alaska and thinking of going with a caravan. Anyone taken a caravan trip? If so; any suggestions or advise would be appreciated.
Forum Discussion
I will also endorse on what most everyone has posted on this topic, if you look up "independent" in the dictionary you should see a small picture of me next to the word.
However I will also endorse for those who feel comfortable with travelling in a large group, knock yourself out (I would definitely RV caravan in other regions of the world other than North America if I had the opportunity or incentive).
An RV caravan is better than being crammed in a tour busload of people on a tight schedule of when to wake up, when to eat (where to eat is not a choice), when to be on the bus, when to stop, when to see the sights-ok now back in the bus we gotta go, when to sleep, etc...
...and heaven forbid if a road washes out making it impassible, or closed due to fires, or other weather related type of road closure, an overbooking of a location by mistake of the tour guide or lodging establishment itself to where they relocate a group to another place (pretty much where else lodging is available at that moment) or any other mishap that alters a planned schedule you will potentially miss other sites to see where tour guides make alternate plans or retreat depending on the situation at hand.
An RV caravan does have more flexibility on alternate plans as you don't worry so much about the lodging element compared to a bus tour, however a non caravan RV'er will have the greatest advantage of flexibility of waiting it out for a road to reopen, or waiting for the rain to subside, as you will see the same exact places and even more places that a caravan will (at YOUR own pace and schedule).
Road closures do not happen often but they do happen and temporary in most cases as given this post upon a detailed perspective, one might want to consider weighing the factors upon an RV trip to the far north whether independently solo, independently double, or with a large group.
They had a national commercial slogan a while back which also applies for a trip to Canada and Alaska that goes like this :
It's so easy.... even a caravan can do it !
However I will also endorse for those who feel comfortable with travelling in a large group, knock yourself out (I would definitely RV caravan in other regions of the world other than North America if I had the opportunity or incentive).
An RV caravan is better than being crammed in a tour busload of people on a tight schedule of when to wake up, when to eat (where to eat is not a choice), when to be on the bus, when to stop, when to see the sights-ok now back in the bus we gotta go, when to sleep, etc...
...and heaven forbid if a road washes out making it impassible, or closed due to fires, or other weather related type of road closure, an overbooking of a location by mistake of the tour guide or lodging establishment itself to where they relocate a group to another place (pretty much where else lodging is available at that moment) or any other mishap that alters a planned schedule you will potentially miss other sites to see where tour guides make alternate plans or retreat depending on the situation at hand.
An RV caravan does have more flexibility on alternate plans as you don't worry so much about the lodging element compared to a bus tour, however a non caravan RV'er will have the greatest advantage of flexibility of waiting it out for a road to reopen, or waiting for the rain to subside, as you will see the same exact places and even more places that a caravan will (at YOUR own pace and schedule).
Road closures do not happen often but they do happen and temporary in most cases as given this post upon a detailed perspective, one might want to consider weighing the factors upon an RV trip to the far north whether independently solo, independently double, or with a large group.
They had a national commercial slogan a while back which also applies for a trip to Canada and Alaska that goes like this :
It's so easy.... even a caravan can do it !
