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Employee Experiences
Kristen- Juneau Driver Guide
The fall foliage around Juneau rivals any region in the country (Source: Planetware) I’m not joking when I say that driving has always been my biggest fear. As a kid I wouldn’t even drive the family tractor around the farm, and at sixteen I would have been quite content to...
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Employee Experiences
Kathleen- Division Manager
Amazing Anchorage is a perfect place to call home (Wikimedia Commons) In February of 1997 my sister moved to Anchorage, Alaska to work at a local hospital. She called me in March and suggested I come up for the summer and play.
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Employee Experiences
Chantal- Guest Service Host
The first year I came up to Whitehorse, I had never travelled or experienced any other parts of Canada. This job gave me the opportunity to experience a part of Canada most people don’t get the chance to see. I also had the opportunity to expand my knowledge of Canada...
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Your Next Adventure Starts Here
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Employee Experiences
Charles- Kluane Guide
Working for Holland America as a Kluane tour guide was the experience of a lifetime. First of all, being able to visit an amazing place every day is a great start, and Kluane national park truly is a place of stunning landscapes and unique attributes. The excitement and motivation that...
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Employee Experiences
Dan- Whitehorse Operations Manager
A pleasant summer day in the town of Skagway. After a 15 year career at sea with Princess Cruises as Cruise Director it was time for a new adventure! We had cruised Alaska for many years but we had never been able to enjoy the inland portion of the Yukon...
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Employee Experiences
Gideon- Director of Southcentral Motorcoach Operations
Stunning vistas are just par for the course in the Last Frontier Alaska. The Frontier with a capital “F”. My images of the Great Land were shaped by Jack London’s “To Build A Fire” and the television show “Northern Exposure”. A land of extremes inspires extreme stories!
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Employee Experiences
Bernadette- Rail Services
The Exit Glacier is an Alaskan natural landmark I grew up in Alaska, having moved here at age five. My dad was a pilot for a small air-taxi service out in bush Alaska, and he flew everything from mail, groceries, and dog-teams to med-evac flights up and down the villages...
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Employee Experiences
Charlotte and Robert- Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge
The Kenai River is one of the best rivers for fishing in America My husband and I went to Alaska for the first time in 1995 when we took 5 weeks off from work and drove up from Seattle.
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Employee Experiences
Shey- Front Desk
Beautiful view of the Kenai River Nestled into the mountains, valleys and rivers of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula lays the town of Cooper Landing. To some, the community is but a minor speed reduction on their whirlwind tour of southwestern Alaska; the tiny grocery store and the hole-in-the-wall coffee shop appearing...
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Employee Experiences
Jase- Line Cook
When I applied to be a line cook at the Kenai Princess Lodge, I had no idea what to expect or what I was getting myself into. I have had nothing but pleasant surprises, positive interactions and good times since I’ve gotten here.
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Employee Experiences
Celeste- Ketchikan
Beautiful Ketchikan (Bob Hirschfeld) My trek to Ketchikan, Alaska was an unusual one. I’m from New Jersey and I was employed as an Account Executive for a finance company in midtown Manhattan. I had been in this position for almost a year, after originally being trained as a credit analyst...
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Employee Experiences
Sarah- HR Assistant
My name is Sarah, I’m from San Diego, California and I am the Human Resources Assistant at the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge. I found this job after my sister-in-law told me about an amazing summer she spent in Alaska after completing her Bachelors degree.