A Review of Our Accommodation in Anchorage Booked on the Home Away Website

Accommodation in Anchorage

We booked a 2 bedroom condo unit for our vacation in Anchorage, Alaska

We stayed in Anchorage for 5 days. Instead of booking a traditional hotel type of lodging, we chose a more homey option for our vacation in Alaska.

J. could have his own bedroom in Anchorage

We booked through a website called Home Away, specially for people looking for a home style accommodation.

Our bedroom at the the 2 bedroom unit in Anchorage

Our 2 bedroom condo unit at Tall Birch, just outside of Anchorage, did not disappoint us.

A spacious living dining room at the unit.

We liked the place as the condo was spacious with a good size living dining room.

The kitchen was well equipped.

A well equipped kitchen made us feel like home. I bought some salt and other condiment needed for preparing our simply meals there.

It provided us with basic items such as paper towels, sandwich bags, species; it was convenient for us. We even made our sandwiches for our day trip to the glaciers.

We spent most of our time in the dining room in the evenings playing board games!

There was a big screen TV in the living room, but we hardly had time watching any programs at all.

We spent two evenings playing our favourite board game at the dining table.

A balcony which we didn't have time to enjoy.

There was a balcony with a table and chairs where we could sit and sip our morning coffee and enjoy the ravine like scenery outside.

However, we were busy every day with day trips, that we did not use the balcony much.

There were a few issues during our stay there:

1. The location of the unit was a little too far from  the Anchorage downtown area, therefore we didn't spend much time there.

Close to the airport, we could hear a plane flying over us often. However, it was all right at  night as there seemed to be less planes landing at the airport nearby..

Anchorage, Alaska

2. There was no immediate service available when something didn't work at the condo unit. When we turned on the TV, there was image on the screen but no sound. The coffee machine didn't work either. By the time, the owner of the unit came to fix it, it was our last night there.

3. This was the part I didn't like at all. We had to pay extra charges including a hefty cleaning fee and  other charges besides the cost per night charge. Even though we kept the condo spotless, we still had to pay the cleaning fees of US$ 250.00. It didn't matter whether we booked a 2 or 4 days stay, the same fee applied. Because of this charge, we booked a 5 night stay which meant that we could not drive too far from Anchorage to explore other sites and stay overnight somewhere else.

Overall,  the condo unit was OK for our accommodation during our vacation in Anchorage. It was a good place for family travelling with more than two people.

This was a first for us spending more time on a board game than watching TV.   I enjoyed playing games with my loved ones a lot. I hope we would keep up this activity at home once when our vacation is over.

R.T.
Anchorage, Alaska