Ballaine House B&B or Miller's Landing?--Seward

[SpeedyMarie]

My husband and I thinking about staying at the Ballaine House B&B in Seward. We are staying in Seward for 4 days in July, however, so we want a place that would be a nice, comfortable place where we can eat and sleep, yet not too expensive. Any rants or raves about the place?

 

We are also considering renting one of the nicer beachside cabins at Miller's Landing, with the (perhaps mistaken) idea that we could just walk out around the beach and maybe do some casual kayaking in our free time.

 

Any thoughts? Husband is not too big on roughing it, so I don't think he would enjoy Miller's Landing if it's too close to a true camping experience.

 

Thanks in advance for any comments!

[GlacierLady]

Ballaine B&B is ok,located on a very busy street.The block it is on is called millionaire's row.In early 1900's some of the prominent business men lived here,older houses.3 block downhill walk to downtown.Miller's landing cabins are very close to "roughing it" but you'll have a roof over your head.If not your style, Alaska Salt Water lodge if you want right on the water with very nice accomodations. Kayaking is available right outside the door.There are many nice places to stay here.You need to decide what area,what your activies will be to find something convenient. Boat harbor,downtown,in between,Lowell Point,north of town,noisy,quiet,view,near water,near trails,will you have transportation and need parking? ect ect. No place is really bad here,just many options to choose from.

[SpeedyMarie]

Thank you, Glacier Lady!

 

Do you mean Ballaine House B&B? The proprietor of Ballaine House B&B told me that her place is different than "Ballaine B&B," so I just wanted to clarify. I will check out Saltwater Lodge as well.

[GlacierLady]

Do you know the address of the one your interested in? or a website?

[Kenwoody]

We choose the Ballaine House, historicsewardbb@yahoo.com , Marlee is the neatest lady. She will help you with your tours. She is even going to pick up our luggage from the train so we can go directly to the boat. She is recommended by http://www.Frommers.com .

[GlacierLady]

In town with great view,1 block to Sealife center and downtown.. http://www.alaskas-sewardwaterfrontlodging.com/Rooms.html http://www.innalaska.com/ Good community rooms for groups,downfall lots of stairs to climb http://seward.net/~swannest/main.htm near the boat harbor http://fallsinnalaska.com/ So many nice places to choose from in Seward. Kenwoody...We are all friendly here...Help keep Alaska green :) ~~ Enjoy Alaska~~

[thasmin]

I have been trying for months to get booking info from the Ballaine House (Marlee), as I was interested in staying there myself this summer. She does not seem to answer her phone or return messages from phone or email. I finally got ahold of a friend / caretaker at their number who said he had no idea when she would be taking reservations or if she was even going to come back this month. How confusing for a property that is supposedly open year round. Despite all the recommendations I have seen, I don't consider this a dependable lead myself. I gave up and reserved another location.

[GlacierLady]

I have been trying for months to get booking info from the Ballaine House (Marlee), as I was interested in staying there myself this summer. She does not seem to answer her phone or return messages from phone or email. I finally got ahold of a friend / caretaker at their number who said he had no idea when she would be taking reservations or if she was even going to come back this month. How confusing for a property that is supposedly open year round. Despite all the recommendations I have seen, I don't consider this a dependable lead myself. I gave up and reserved another location.

During the winter there are mainly longer term tenants there.Alot of people do leave for the winter. I can certainly understand your frustrations. I wouldn't rate the place as a top pick anyways. Frommer's...just looked at their website...it's the only listed B&B and only 5 in the list? ohh my! We must have at least 100 places to stay here! They listed 3 restaurants and we have plenty of those too..I'm not impressed with their site.

[mandrews2u]

I used http://www.alaskaview.com emai adress for Debbie is debra@alaskapointodview.com and she helped me book B+B at discounted Price and also discounted my tickets for 1.) Major Marine Kenai Fjords Tour 2.) Sealife Center tickets 3.) Ididaride dogsled Tour The website is cool as you can see all the lodgings available, put them in a folder then decide which you liked best after your through.