Campground Fees
I finally got around to computing how much we paid for campground fees on our 122 night trip to Alaska and back....The highest was 54 and the lowest was 8......
Forum Discussion
Alaska 2013 Trip Summary
Our route of 9,630 miles and 142 days was north from Phoenix via Salt Lake, Great Falls and Edmonton. Then we continued on to the Alaskan Highway from Dawson Creek to Junction City. On to Fairbanks, Denali, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Palmer, Valdez, Tok, Haines, ferry to Skagway, Alaskan Highway, Cassiar, Hyder, Seattle area, San Francisco area and return to the Phoenix area. You can see our website here: Alaska Trip 2013. And we put 2,740 miles on the toad.
Costs: Fuel diesel $5,276 for 1218 gal, Toad gas $530, Groceries $2,459, Dining out $2,052 Campgrounds $3,267 ($26 average), Miscellaneous $2,895, Total $16,479. There were several weeks of boon docking in the lower 48.
The Canadian and AK portions of the trip: 100 days 6/5-9/13 Camping costs $3,298 avg $33 with 1 boon dock day and 5 days in Valdez w/o hookups so lower cost and 5,900 miles.
The lowest fuel cost for diesel was in Phoenix at $3.46/gal and Beaver Creek was $6.22/gal. My 2013 Trip Fuel Log shows the prices along our route and the price variations were consistent in 2014. Prices may be lower in 2015 but I’d bet a doughnut that the variations will be consistent. You can use the fuel log to plan ahead to buy fuel when you don’t need it and drive past a higher priced area. We also used the limited AFD fuel lock stations in Canada. We used our Visa PenFed Cash Rewards card to create an account at the pump. Probably saved a little cost but liked the idea of using a fuel lock station and there were no tourists. We also got 5% monthly fuel cash back on the PenFed card throughout the trip including Canada. And neither of our Visa cards have any transaction fees unlike Amex. Check on Canadian stations fuel discounts as using them in 2013 would have cost us more since you pay inside and lose the PenFed 5% cash back.
Hope this helps with your planning.
Our route of 9,630 miles and 142 days was north from Phoenix via Salt Lake, Great Falls and Edmonton. Then we continued on to the Alaskan Highway from Dawson Creek to Junction City. On to Fairbanks, Denali, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Palmer, Valdez, Tok, Haines, ferry to Skagway, Alaskan Highway, Cassiar, Hyder, Seattle area, San Francisco area and return to the Phoenix area. You can see our website here: Alaska Trip 2013. And we put 2,740 miles on the toad.
Costs: Fuel diesel $5,276 for 1218 gal, Toad gas $530, Groceries $2,459, Dining out $2,052 Campgrounds $3,267 ($26 average), Miscellaneous $2,895, Total $16,479. There were several weeks of boon docking in the lower 48.
The Canadian and AK portions of the trip: 100 days 6/5-9/13 Camping costs $3,298 avg $33 with 1 boon dock day and 5 days in Valdez w/o hookups so lower cost and 5,900 miles.
The lowest fuel cost for diesel was in Phoenix at $3.46/gal and Beaver Creek was $6.22/gal. My 2013 Trip Fuel Log shows the prices along our route and the price variations were consistent in 2014. Prices may be lower in 2015 but I’d bet a doughnut that the variations will be consistent. You can use the fuel log to plan ahead to buy fuel when you don’t need it and drive past a higher priced area. We also used the limited AFD fuel lock stations in Canada. We used our Visa PenFed Cash Rewards card to create an account at the pump. Probably saved a little cost but liked the idea of using a fuel lock station and there were no tourists. We also got 5% monthly fuel cash back on the PenFed card throughout the trip including Canada. And neither of our Visa cards have any transaction fees unlike Amex. Check on Canadian stations fuel discounts as using them in 2013 would have cost us more since you pay inside and lose the PenFed 5% cash back.
Hope this helps with your planning.
