Meal Plans on Alaska tours

Thank you for all the feed back. Our Cruise / Tour starts and finishes at the Seattle airport. We plan on storing the FW at Tall Chief RV park while on the trip. Here is the itinerary. Total package $5,525.02 for the two of us.
Sat Jul 5 Seattle, WA
Upon arriving in Seattle, board a deluxe motor coach to embark your ship in Vancouver as your journey begins.
Sat Jul 5 Cruise begins in Vancouver, BC, Canada 5:00pm
Sun Jul 6 Inside Passage (Cruising)
Mon Jul 7 Tracy Arm (Twin Sawyer Glaciers), AK (Cruising) 10:00am 10:30am
Mon Jul 7 Juneau, AK 1:00pm 10:00pm
Tue Jul 8 Skagway, AK 7:00am
Tue Jul 8 Tour begins in Skagway, AK / Fraser, BC, Canada / Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Meet your Journey Host in Skagway before departing aboard the historic White Pass train to Fraser, then on to Whitehorse via Explorer coach.
Wed Jul 9 Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Yours to explore - choose from optional excursions such as local sightseeing or wildlife viewing adventures.
Thu Jul 10 Whitehorse, YT, Canada / Dawson City, YT, Canada
Follow the route of Klondike gold stampeders in style to Dawson City, with an included lunch stop in historic Minto.
Fri Jul 11 Dawson City, YT, Canada / Fairbanks, AK
Your journey continues as you board a short flight bound for Fairbanks, Alaska's Golden Heart City.
Sat Jul 12 Fairbanks, AK
Take a step back in time to pan for gold at historic Gold Dredge 8, with time left for optional excursions.
Sun Jul 13 Fairbanks, AK / Denali National Park, AK
Today it's off to Denali for a two night stay at this magnificent national treasure.
Mon Jul 14 Denali National Park, AK
Venture deep into Denali on the Tundra Wilderness Tour, the best way to see wildlife and hopefully Mt. McKinley too.
Tue Jul 15 Denali National Park, AK / Anchorage, AK
This morning, board the luxurious domed rail cars of the McKinley Explorer bound for Anchorage where you will bid farewell to your Journey Host.
Wed Jul 16 Anchorage, AK / Seattle, WA
Fly from Anchorage to Seattle and catch the courtesy shuttle to your nearby airport hotel.
Thu Jul 17 Seattle, WA
Your Land + Sea Journey concludes this morning in Seattle.

We did a 14 day land/cruise a few years ago. I don't remember the cost of meals begin really high but I have "cheap" eating habits. One point though. Some excursions involved meals while on land or on the cruise. I know we attended a Salmon Bake that DH drooled over and we took a Crab Boat excursion that ended with an all you can eat Crab meal...again DH drooled!

Merrykalia wrote:
We did the cruise/tour in 2000 and while in Fairbanks, we walked down the street from the hotel and ate at a steak restaurant. It was a nice restaurant, but was by no means an exclusive restaurant and our dinner (steak, potato, salad with dessert) was in excess of $75, for two of us. Yes, I found it to be much more expensive in Alaska than at home.

Well I recall meals being higher in Alaska when we took our cruise there a couple years ago, just a couple of lunches. About 20 years ago when I went there for work often we were allowed more for meals as they were noticeably more expensive.

We did the cruise/tour in 2000 and while in Fairbanks, we walked down the street from the hotel and ate at a steak restaurant. It was a nice restaurant, but was by no means an exclusive restaurant and our dinner (steak, potato, salad with dessert) was in excess of $75, for two of us. Yes, I found it to be much more expensive in Alaska than at home.

donn0128 wrote:
If that includes three meals a day then do the math,
Ten day three meals a day equals 30 meals, divided by 390 dollars equals what..... $3.90 a meal. Pretty cheap in my book. When i was on the road, the company allowed us 35 dollars a day. Even 15 years ago it was hard to eat decently for that amount. I say go for it if it comes out to less than five dollars a meal

HMMMM. The way I figure it $390 for 30 meals comes out to $13 per meal not $3.90. That seems to be quite expensive to me. Now, if that $390 is for two people then it only comes out to $6.50/meal which would be reasonable in my opinion.
Barney

donn0128 wrote:
If that includes three meals a day then do the math,
Ten day three meals a day equals 30 meals, divided by 390 dollars equals what..... $3.90 a meal. Pretty cheap in my book. When i was on the road, the company allowed us 35 dollars a day. Even 15 years ago it was hard to eat decently for that amount. I say go for it if it comes out to less than five dollars a meal

Umm, $390 divided by $3.90 per meal equals 100 meals, not 30 meals.

A trip of 9 days is 27 meals, if that is for 2 people, that becomes 54 meals. Divide $390 by 54 meals and you get a little over $7 per meal. Still not bad. If that is for one person ($390 per person) it becomes a little over $14 per meal. That may take some thinking.

It depends where the tour takes you.
our tour encluded Denali and at the lodge,dinner was $35 or $40 bucks a night.

I commented so much about the additional cost,that when we went to Hawaii my wife bought the meal plan.

We went to Alaska the summer of 2006. We did not take the cruise or tour, we drove our Motorhome and towed the jeep. I did not find the meals to be that much more expensive. I like being able to eat when I want and what I want but then that is me. Fuel was more expensive, parks were not that bad. souvenirs were expensive.



This is at the Katmai Refuge

another at Katmai Refuge

This was on Skilak loop before getting to Sedotona

This was on the Skilak Loop

If that includes three meals a day then do the math,
Ten day three meals a day equals 30 meals, divided by 390 dollars equals what..... $3.90 a meal. Pretty cheap in my book. When i was on the road, the company allowed us 35 dollars a day. Even 15 years ago it was hard to eat decently for that amount. I say go for it if it comes out to less than five dollars a meal

Sounds like fun-where does the tour take you?(I can't answer your question,just wondering where you go)