Caravan's and Tour Groups
I'm retired and as or Oct. of this year, my wife will be retiring. In the spring of 2015 we're planning an extended trip to Canada and Alaska. We're experienced rv'ers, and currently have a 30' clas...
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FWIW, we're going through the same deliberation process. DW wants to go with a caravan for the "security"; I'd be fine going solo. If we do the caravan route, though, we'd probably go with the Adventure Caravans 59-day tour: http://adventurecaravans.com/tour/alaska-the-canadian-rockies/. They offer a fair amount of flexibility on the daily schedules, allow one to join or bail out of the trip at any time (with corresponding adjustments in the price), and have said I can change the duration of the stops to meet our interests (e.g., I think I'd like to spend less time in Fairbanks, get to Denali ahead of the group, and wait for them to join us later). When I roughed out a solo Alaska trip and compared it to the Adventure Caravans version, the two were almost identical.
I'm sure you've seen it, but Joe & Vicki Kieva have a book on RV'ing in Alaska, and the chapter on "Solo or Caravan" is available online: http://rvknowhow.blogspot.com/2011/01/alaska-solo-or-caravan.html.
We haven't made a decision yet--we're going to talk to the Adventure Caravans people at the FMCA rally in Perry in March. I'll be smarter in a couple months.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
I'm sure you've seen it, but Joe & Vicki Kieva have a book on RV'ing in Alaska, and the chapter on "Solo or Caravan" is available online: http://rvknowhow.blogspot.com/2011/01/alaska-solo-or-caravan.html.
We haven't made a decision yet--we're going to talk to the Adventure Caravans people at the FMCA rally in Perry in March. I'll be smarter in a couple months.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
