Juneau July 2024 - How to get to Mendenhall Glacier (not the city bus)?

[tj_shopper]

We are a group of 33 friends and family that will be traveling on Radiance of the Seas on May 24th.  We arrive to Juneau on Sunday, May 26th.  After calling multiple agencies, we finally decided to rent vans and drive to Mendenhall Glacier ourselves.  We are renting one 15 passenger van, one 11 passenger van and one 7 passenger mini van from Juneau Car Rental.  Total cost split among 33 of us was about $30 per person.  We tried to book three 11 passenger vans, but they did not have three available; thus the 15, 11 and 7 passenger vans lol.

 

It is a bit of a hassle though as the 7 passenger van will be at the cruise port area ready for us; however, we would need to drive the 7 passenger van to their airport location to pick up the 15 passenger and 11 passenger vans.  A lot of time wasted driving to the airport to pick up the vans, then back to the cruise port to pick up everyone, and then drive to the Glacier.  When we're done, we'll have to do the same.  They do have a shuttle to bring the drivers of the three vans back to the cruise port when we are done.  Luckily our cruise is in Juneau all day from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. so we have plenty of time going back and forth.  Hope this helps.