The COVID-19 crisis has had a dramatic impact on the travel industry, hitting Las Vegas especially hard. The measures that are being enacted by the state of Nevada in order to not only protect the citizens but also tourists to Las Vegas as well have involved limiting travel, which ultimately impacts the tourism industry negatively. As if the cutbacks in travel were not enough, the state-wide closures of many businesses and areas in order to prevent human contact has essentially brough tours to a halt. Even if there were customers who were interested in taking national parks tours from Las Vegas, the national parks themselves have now been shuttered for the time being. This means that even if you were to try to tour the park on your own, it is not open and accessible if it is a state or federal park. We understand that these measures are for the good of the country in order to limit the human interactions that serve as a method of spreading infection, and at the current time we are not offering national parks tours from Las Vegas as a result.
The projections for a return to normal life and activities is fluid and is changing all the time. There are many who believe that restrictions on travel will be lifted by the end of April, allowing tourism activities in Las Vegas to return to normal. Other projections are predicting mid-May as far as the lifting of travel bans and the allowance of businesses to re-open, which would be quite difficult for many businesses to remain operational for that long without the ability to service customers. No matter what the time of the actual return to normalcy, it is obvious that when the all clear is sounded there will be a significant push for people to embark on outdoor activities, including the tours of national parks. This means that we will expect for the bookings of tours to national parks to spike once we are allowed to offer them again, and this spike will probably result in many people not being able to secure a spot on the tours that they want. For this reason, we are offering flexible travel bookings in order to assure our guests a first come assurance that they will be able to reserve the spot they want, when they want it.
The way it works is by allowing patrons to book their tours of areas like Death Valley, and if the travel ban is still in effect at the time of your booking it can be changed and modified without penalties. You will also receive first priority when we are putting that tour together, essentially meaning you are always going to have a seat in the van during the time you choose for the tour. Your reservation will take priority over anyone who booked after you, so the best way to assure you can tour Death Valley or any other national park we service is to book today.