Roll Call Alaska 2014
Anyone traveling to Alaska in 2014? We ,my wife and I, are planning a trip and was wondering if anyone is planning on going in 2014 also. Would go this year, except we have two weddings to go to in...
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sheltieRV wrote:Arriving early afternoon worked for us. Of course the caravans have reservations but we arrived before most of the other campers.
The past couple of weeks we have started to run into Caravans (going up the Cassiar and then direclty to Kenai limited our contact with most of them until recently) and finding that when we do, we have issues getting a decent site or anyone that cares about our business. I have started asking RV Parks if they have caravans coming in when we plan to stay. It's just the nature of the beast in a short season with a group that means lots of money versus my single site.
Caravans often but not always had the best sites. We never had any interference when they arrived because they don't use any CG staff. Their leader arrives first, knows all of the reserved sites and directs them in by radio and/or with his car. ie They do not stop at the office which is part of what they are paying the big bucks for.
About caravans: They offer a service that we saw as useful. Like all reservations, bus service from the CG to the event, group social aspects and a source of information and help. Typically they meet in the morning to discuss the days driving, events, etc. The down side is a fixed schedule with only a few open days.
We wanted the independence from a fixed schedule. I also thought the cost was high. However we racked up more cost than I expected. I under estimated camping cost and event/tour costs and was close on fuel costs.
