We cruised to Seward via Celebrity and stayed there a few days and fished....we took ur fish home on the same aircraft we flew out of Anchorage-as luggage. It was a lot more reasonable than shipping the box home Fedex. Hotel rates are obscene and if you really want to hang out in Anchorage for a while, you can call the university there and if it's school break you can rent a room there for around $86.00 per night. We paid $229 for one night at the Hampton in Anchorage.