Travel Tips

If you’re the type of Alaska traveler who wants to take control your adventure from the driver’s seat, hands on the steering wheel, guiding your travel companions to every great Alaska destination and landmark on your bucket lists, you’ve come... Read more

Most of the people who visit Alaska will find themselves in Anchorage at one point or another. After all, Anchorage is Alaska’s biggest city. There is so much to see and do around Anchorage that visitors can sometimes struggle to... Read more

Was your 2021 Alaska cruise just cancelled by your cruise company? With Transport Canada’s February 2021 announcement banning large cruise ships (100+ passengers) bound for Alaska from operating in Canadian waters and docking in Canada until February 2022, many people... Read more

As we begin to travel again to Alaska in 2021 (or begin planning future travel), it is important to be aware of steps being implemented by the travel industry to keep us as safe as possible while we are still... Read more

Every new year, nothing brings more enjoyment than dreaming about your next big trip. As 2020 draws to a close, this couldn’t be more real as the vast majority of our 2020 travel became one big “cancel that”. But the... Read more

At Alaska Tours, over our 30+ year history, we’ve been asked lots of questions by visitors planning their trips. Road trippers, in particular, as well as those who enjoy driving themselves to and around Alaska tend to wonder about and... Read more

If you love beer (and especially microbrews), Alaska is a great place to discover delicious local breweries which are sprinkled all over the state. The Brewers Guild of Alaska, a nonprofit trade group founded in 2000, heralds the increasing local... Read more

With more commercial airlines adding service to Alaska and more frequent flights to Alaska, America’s “Last Frontier” is more accessible than ever. Although this year has been much quieter, in 2019 a record-setting 5.7 million travelers passed through Anchorage’s Ted... Read more

In Alaska, the hottest fashion trend is warmth. Saying that Alaska’s weather is wild is the most accurate meteorological forecast ever. In fact, Alaska is a land of extreme weather that can change fast and swing unpredictably. T-shirts and sunburn... Read more

For nearly 100 years, the Alaska Railroad has taken passengers to classic Alaska destinations and adventures aboard an iconic form of American transportation – travel by rail. One bonus to traveling by rail is that the Alaska Railroad treats its... Read more