Reservations - Ma Johnson's Hotel

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Just about all of Alaska, south of the Denali Highway, is incredibly scenic.
The most common first-time visitor mistake: Breaking up the long drives between actual destinations.
Alaska is larger than Texas & California combined, but only has the population of El Paso, TX. A halfway dot on the Alaska map is often just a gas station.
Start a day's drive in the early morning, this greatly increases chances of seeing wildlife.
It will be light out the whole time you are visiting in the summer. You'll sleep less, play more, and drive a lot.

Best advice:

Pick destinations worthy of 2 or 3 nights and do the long drives all at once. Avoid the temptation of breaking up the drive with halfway dots-on-the-map as destinations. You don't want to end up at 3 in the afternoon at a place not at all worthy of your valuable vacation time! It's light out the whole time; you will want to spend your time at the coolest places (your a researcher or you never would have found us! Be careful with halfway dots as substitutes for research.

The Ma Johnson's is an award winning, living museum hotel. The boarding house rooms are authentic and contain real artifacts from town. The rooms are smaller than most hotel rooms, and we recommend packing as though it is "Carry On Luggage" - Leaving big suitcases in the vehicle. The Ma Johnson's hotel is shared bath, there is a bathroom next door or across the hall to each bedroom. There are no outlets in the room (CPAP Machines can be accommodated with advance notice). You will find plenty of charging stations for your batteries in the hotel lobby. Rates include the McCarthy Lodge Breakfast for all our guests in both hotels. There are no taxes in McCarthy, Alaska.

Because we are such a small hotel with a limited season, and no "walk-in" traffic, we don't want you to book your hotel room unless you are sure you are coming to McCarthy. When we confirm your reservation we will run the charge for the Full Amount and send you a confirmation email with a confirmation number. If you cancel between the time of booking and 45 days prior to arrival there is a $25 per room-night cancellation fee.

An exception to the typical last minute cancellation policies when you book directly on this website:

If you cancel with less than 45 days notice, we cannot give a refund. However, we can issue a full credit towards a future stay if you call us to cancel by 6pm on the day of arrival. This credit would be good for 2 years and is non-transferable. We recommend travel insurance readily available on the internet, through your travel agent, or your insurance agent.

LATE CHECKOUT OR ARRIVAL:

Checkout time is 11 am. A late check out fee of $50.00 per room for check outs between 11 am and 1 pm, and 100% room charge after 1 pm, will be assessed. Check in time is 3 pm. Guests arriving after 9 pm will need to arrange a late night shuttle to the hotel. There is a $50 Charge for a Late night Arrival & Check in; we will be able to provide a Shuttle to the Hotel if you call ahead (during business hours to 9pm).

OUR DOG POLICY

With prior approval for your dog, you MAY be able to bring your family pet to McCarthy.People friendly and dog friendly pets can be welcomed, with prior approval from the Hotel Manager. There is a $50.00 non-refundable cleaning fee. There is a $250 Refundable Security Deposit.

Dogs are not allowed in the buildings and making an exception for your pet REQUIRES PRIOR APPROVAL as we are a small hotel with limited dog-friendly rooms.

Dog welcomed to McCarthy's Ma Johnson's Hotel must be under 45 Pounds

OUR PRIVACY POLICY

McCarthy Lodge takes your privacy seriously. The following outlines our privacy policy:

This policy covers how we treat your personal information - that which is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we don't own or control but provide your information to upon your request.

These companies include but are not limited to local flightseeing firms, guide companies, etc.

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

McCarthy Lodge only collects personal information from you when you fill out one of our forms to contact us or to book a room at one of our hotels. We only use this information for the purpose it was intended. We ask those who contact us through our web site to provide us with their e-mail address only so we can respond to their inquiries. We never sell, rent, or lend e-mail addresses of users to anyone.

COLLECTION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

We do not store credit card information online or for future charges. We are PCI DSS compliant in all credit card transactions.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

McCarthy Lodge never shares any of your personal information with other companies unless you have expressly asked us to for instance when you request that we make a reservation with one of the other vendors here in McCarthy and Kennicott on your behalf. Once that information is in their possession, though, we cannot control how it will be used.

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RESERVATIONS call +1 (907) 554-4402

Check in: 3 pm - Check out: 11 am

2023 Season: May 15 - September 15th

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