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Visiting Grand Canyon During Veteran’s Day Weekend Just GotCheaper

The Grand Canyon is open f or business this coming Veteran’s Day Weekend. Ifyou’ve ever considered taking a tour, now’s the time, especially since the NationalPark Service is waiving entrance f ees. “Talk about a great deal,” said Keith Kravitz,owner of Grand Canyon 123, a leading provider of National Park tour inf ormation.“Not only [...]

The Grand Canyon is open f or business this coming Veteran’s Day Weekend. Ifyou’ve ever considered taking a tour, now’s the time, especially since the NationalPark Service is waiving entrance f ees.

“Talk about a great deal,” said Keith Kravitz, owner of Grand Canyon 123, a leading provider of National Parktour inf ormation. “Not only is entrance to the South Rim f ree, but tours, too, have been marked down.”

The f ree entrance promotion is only good at the South Rim. Travelers will still need to pay an entrance f ee toGrand Canyon West, which is owned and operated by the Hualapai Indian Tribe.

“The West Rim is on private land and not part of the Federal Government,” Kravitz noted. “It ’s the primaryreason that this section of the canyon was unaf f ected by f ederal shutdown 2013.”

Travelers based in Las Vegas can go to either the West Rim or the South Rim. “Avoid self -driving to the WestRim as it can get expensive,” said Kravitz. “Best to book a tour wherein all f ees are f ixed.”

West Rim tours f rom Las Vegas include helicopter rides, airplane f lights and bus trips. “Helicopters are themost excit ing,” Kravitz said. “This is because the West Rim is the only place where helicopters are permitted tof ly below the rim and land at the bottom.”

Regarding air tours, there are two kinds: Aerial and landing. Air tours go over Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and theGrand Canyon. Landing tours go to top or the bottom. “Helicopters go to the bottom,” Kravitz noted, “andthere are airplane and helicopter rides that land on top and come with passes to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.”

At the South Rim, travelers can take an airplane ride or a helicopter f light. “The airplane tour is 50 minutes longand covers at least 3/4 of the National Park,” said Kravitz. “As f or helicopters, there are 30-minute and 50-minute f lights.”

There’s also a South Rim package that bundles a 30-minute helicopter ride with a sunset Jeep tour. “This is acrowd f avorite,” said Kravitz. “You go f rom the South Rim to the North Rim and back, then transf er to a Jeepand catch a sunset at the edge. It ’s an unbeatable experience.”

Veteran’s Day is Monday, November 11, and it ’s one of the last three-day weekends in the U.S. “As such, therule of thumb is to book in advance,” Kravitz advised. “All trips – helicopter, bus and airplane – are incrediblypopular during this t ime and do have a tendency to sell out during this holiday.”

Many trips come with a 24-hour cancellation policy and a f ull ref und. “The best tour companies of f er trips withthese guarantees,” said Kravitz. “This is extremely helpf ul because it lets travelers plan their trip ahead of t imeand avoid having to purchase their tour upon arrival.”

The same terms apply to weather cancels. “The options in this situation are just as good,” said Kravitz. “Inmost cases, the passenger will get rescheduled to the next available f light. Or, if desired, another day. Eitherway, all bases are covered.”

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