Thanks Pam - always had champagne tastes on a beer income! Wonder what sort of money we're talking about.

On our trip to Canada, we stayed a few days in Vancouver, hired a car and stayed one night at Kamloops and then headed for Jasper where we stayed a couple of nights. We went to Lake Louise on our way to Banff where we also stayed a couple of nights - it was only about a 20 minute drive from there I think. My one wish was to have lunch overlooking Lake Louise and my other half decided it was to pricey and headed for the cafe overlooking the coach carpark! I was less than impressed and always said I'd get to do it my way one day. The scenery everywhere was magic though, especially between Jasper and Banff. We flew out of Vancouver to Los Angeles but didn't have any problems. We toured the west coast of the US then before heading home. The thought of flying from Anchorage to Sydney without a stopover is a bit daunting but I don't really need to see LA again. The alternative would be to fly Anchorage-Vancouver, Vancouver-Hawaii, Hawaii-Sydney - no, that sounds worse!

I know Princess and Holland America both offer this type of trip so maybe it can be arranged separately and not as an add-on with Radisson.