Transfer Costs

[CruisinDoug]

We are booked for The Summit in August 2005, sailing August 19. However, we will be doing a land excursion with Celebrity beginning August 14th. We will be flying from Cleveland to Anchorage for the excursion, then sailing from Seward to Vancouver. We have booked cruise air for $755 per person. I am now seeing fares for $644 on Travelocity and was wondering what the additional costs would be for transfers. I have been unable to find any cost on the X site.

[JNLROSE]

Doug, I can't specifically help you in terms of your cruise, but in my experience transfers to & from airports, hotels & piers cost no more than $10-15. They have NEVER been worth it in my opinion. We have always been able to make those trips much less costly that what Celeb charges. I know for example in Europe, we booked the same hotel as our friends using Celeb & we got a room for almost $200 less!!!! We paid 130 E & they were quoted by Celeb 320 E Samo samo! I would do some more research if I were you!

 

Just my 2 cents worth! We don't do Celeb sponsored tours unless we absolutely must!

[sdcruiser]

You might try posting this on the Alaska forum. You'll probably get more precise answers from there.

 

For us, we've taken the cruiseline transfers from Sea-tac airport to the pier, and Vancouver airport to the pier. They usually charge from $20-30/pp each way. Or R/T, $40-$50/pp. We've also taken cabs in these same areas at half the cost of the cruise line transfers.

 

But, I believe Seward transfers might be much higher via cab/shuttle than the cruiseline might offer, as the airport is farther from the pier than most others are. At least, that's what I've read on the Alaska boards.

 

SDcruiser

[CruisinDoug]

Thank you for your responses. That's about what we figured the $$ would be. I'm just thinking that sticking with the cruise air and transfers might make us feel a little more secure about making the connections.