bballmomma Posted June 26, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 26, 2019 DH and I are planning our Alaskan cruise in June 2020 from Whittier. We are planning 2 overnights in Denali area before our cruise and as I look at lodging, there are very few accommodations left at this point. I am only going online but when I go to one travel site to look at broad availability there are only 5-7 hotels/cabins that have availability. My question is do some properties not have reservations open at this time for early June next year or is everything really booked up this early? Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKStafford Posted June 26, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Have you looked at the Chamber of Commerce page: http://www.denalichamber.com/denali-member-directory/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballmomma Posted June 26, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 hour ago, AKStafford said: Have you looked at the Chamber of Commerce page: http://www.denalichamber.com/denali-member-directory/ I had not looked at that page but in doing so I clicked on a property I was interested in, Denali Bluff, and it says has all dates outside of this summer as "unavailable" I had looked at the properties listed on the Alaska.org website as close to the park entrance and each of them showed nothing available on my dates. I called one of the Princess lodges and she said they thought they had opened those dates but to call an 800# to check availability. I was on hold for 20 minutes before I gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballmomma Posted June 26, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I called this property and was told that they won't take reservations for next year until mid-August so I guess I will try back then. I will assume the other properties I see are operating in a similar manner. Great news that i have some time to decide, not running out of inventory all together already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapleleaves Posted June 26, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Healy and Carlo Creek are within 15-20 minutes drive. Some of the smaller hotels, cabins will take reservations for next yr. The advantage to that is that you will probably get this years rates. Here's another web site to check : http://www.a1cms.com/_dcc/accommodations/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKStafford Posted June 26, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, bballmomma said: Denali Bluff, and it says has all dates outside of this summer as "unavailable" You are probably early for booking stuff for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroraRose Posted June 27, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 27, 2019 We ran into a similar problem while planning our stay in Denali last summer for this upcoming August. We ended up renting a cabin through VRBO in Healy, and the total cost for the entire 3 days was the same as one night in a hotel in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterdrago Posted June 27, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Give Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge a call directly. Awesome place. Great view of the Alaska Range. Don't use the net to find rooms. When they had no rooms in May this year when looking last October, a TA found what we wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterdrago Posted June 27, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 27, 2019 57 minutes ago, AuroraRose said: We ran into a similar problem while planning our stay in Denali last summer for this upcoming August. We ended up renting a cabin through VRBO in Healy, and the total cost for the entire 3 days was the same as one night in a hotel in the area. Big thumbs up for VRBO. Most likely the way we will do it next time in Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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