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| Frommer's Alaska 2008 (Frommer's Complete) | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles P. Wohlforth
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 43597
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 498
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0470152885
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.980452
EAN: 9780470152881
ASIN: 0470152885
Publication Date: November 19, 2007
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Product Description
Since 2001, Alaska has had an increase in visitors every year, with 1.56 million in 2006. Cruise ship passengers increased an estimated 4% in 2006.
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 Alaska Tour Book March 8, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an must for the tourist who wants to know something about the area they will be visiting. It is full of good info for a person going on a cruise. It has helped us to plan our days in the different ports we will visit. We highly recommend this book.
Frommer's Alaska 2008 April 6, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Frommer's Alaska 2008 proved to be as complete a vacation guide as we'd expected from previous worldwide books purchased under this name previously.
 Condescending to Cruisers August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife and I are in our 30s, and took our first trip to Alaska to cruise and see the beauty of the coast and its wildlife. In preparation for the trip, we bought 3 books: (1) Frommers Alaska, (2) Lonely Planet - Alaska, and (3) Fodor's Ports of Call. If you are taking a cruise, and are buying less than 3 books (or if you don't want to check a 2 pound book in your luggage) - then you should not buy Frommer's Alaska.
Frommers Alaska is the largest / thickest of the books discussed above, but much of the information is irrelevant to a cruise ship passenger (cities in the deep interior, hotels, suggested 2 week-long itineraries, etc). There is one 20 page chapter, not written by the author, devoted to choosing a cruise-line, which can be helpful. However, better information can be found in a cruise-specific "ports of call" book.
One of the irritating aspects of the Frommers Alaska book, is the author's negativity towards cruise vacationers. Every chapter that discusses a port, includes a backhand remark regarding cruisers / tourists. It is much more pleasant to plan the vacation using a book that is more cruiser-friendly (or at least neutral, such as Lonely Planet).
Frommers Alaska is geared towards the land-traveler, and cruise passengers are better served with a cruise-specific book.
Vacation Guide January 12, 2008
0 out of 44 found this review helpful
This will be my first visit to Alaska and I purchased the book to help me make the most of the trip.
Great Info, very helpful while out there! September 12, 2008
Great Book! Really helped us while in Alaska. Don't go there without it
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