Frommer's EasyGuide to Alaska Cruises and Ports of Call
Published on 4. November 2014
256 pages
978-1-62887-097-8 (ISBN)
Description
Both the Inside Passage of Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska are among the single most popular of all cruise destinations, and multitudes of cruisers will welcome this expert assistance in choosing a cruise and the activities on ship and land that the cruise offers. We're proud that our Easy Guide to Alaska cruising is by two foremost experts on the subject: Fran Golden, who writes about cruising for USA Today, and Gene Sloan,, who oversees the two important cruise websites of USA Today. Together, they have been on far more than 100 cruises, and the results of that experience are strikingly evident in this well-regarded guidebook.
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Fran Golden is a well-known travel writer and the cruise expert blogger for USA Today's Experience Cruise website. She is also a contributing editor and chief blogger for the cruise magazine, Porthole. Former travel editor of the Boston Herald, she writes for numerous newspapers and magazines including the Miami Herald, New York Daily News and Virtuoso Life. When she is not at sea, Fran and her partner, David Molyneaux reside in Oberlin, Ohio.
Gene Sloan writes about cruising for USA TODAY and oversees several USA TODAY-owned cruise websites. His stories are distributed by the Gannett News Service to more than 80 other U.S. news outlets. He has written about travel for more than 20 years and sailed on nearly 100 ships. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Moorestown, NJ.
Gene Sloan writes about cruising for USA TODAY and oversees several USA TODAY-owned cruise websites. His stories are distributed by the Gannett News Service to more than 80 other U.S. news outlets. He has written about travel for more than 20 years and sailed on nearly 100 ships. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Moorestown, NJ.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the Authors
- 1 The Best of Alaska Cruising
- The Best of Alaska's Ships
- The Best Ports
- The Best Shore Excursions
- 2 Choosing Your Ideal Cruise
- The Alaska Cruise Season
- The Inside Passage or the Gulf of Alaska?
- Big Ship or Small Ship?
- Cruisetours: The Best of Land & Sea
- Quiz Time: Questions to Ask When Choosing Your Cruise
- 3 Booking Your Cruise
- Booking a Cruise: The Short Explanation
- Booking Through a Travel Agent
- Booking with Discounters
- Booking a Small-Ship Cruise
- Cruising on the Internet
- Cruise Costs
- Money-Saving Strategies
- Airfares & Pre-/Post-Cruise Hotel Deals
- Choosing Your Cabin
- Choosing Your Dining Options
- Deposits & Cancellation Policies
- Travel Insurance
- 4 The Cruise Experience
- Packing for Your Cruise
- Money Matters
- Your Very Important Papers
- Getting to the Ship & Checking In
- Keeping in Touch with the Outside World
- Visiting the Ports of Call
- Tipping, Packing & Other End-of-Cruise Concerns
- 5 The Cruise Lines: The Big Ships
- Some Components of Our Cruise-Line Reviews
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Celebrity Cruises
- Disney Cruise Line
- Holland America Line
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Oceania Cruises
- Princess Cruises
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Royal Caribbean International
- Silversea
- 6 The Cruise Lines: The Small Ships
- Alaskan Dream Cruises
- American Cruise Lines
- Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic
- Un-Cruise Adventures
- Alaska Marine Highway System
- 7 The Ports of Embarkation
- Anchorage
- Seward
- Vancouver
- Seattle
- Juneau
- Whittier
- 8 The Ports & Glaciers
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Canada's Inside Passage
- Ketchikan
- Misty Fjords National Monument
- Admiralty Island National Monument
- Tracy Arm & Endicott Arm
- Baranof Island
- Sitka
- Juneau
- Icy Strait Point, Icy Strait & Hoonah
- Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
- Haines
- Skagway
- Hubbard Glacier
- College Fjord
- 9 Cruisetour Destinations
- Denali National Park & Preserve
- Fairbanks
- Prudhoe Bay
- Nome & Kotzebue
- The Kenai Peninsula
- The Yukon Territory
- The Canadian Rockies
- 10 Alaska in Context
- A Short Gold-Rush History
- Introduction to Southeast Alaska's Native Cultures
- 11 Alaska Wildlife
- On Sea
- In The Air
- On Land
- Index
