There has been speculation fed by hints from the government that the fees associated with entrances to national parks in the United States are going to significantly increased next year in order to cover the shortfalls of the funding associated with maintenance and the money that is generated by gate admissions. For the most part, the national parks of the United States over the last hundred years have not been looked at as a business designed to make money, but instead as an experience that all citizens are allowed to enjoy, no matter their income level. The proposed changes will potentially increase the per car fees from 20 dollars to seventy-five dollars, which could impact the amount of people able to visit a national park each year. This would probably most effect families who live within driving distance to national parks, as they would be the ones looking for a low cost outing that can provide adventure for a family at a budget cost. Fr the national parks of the southwest, this fee change may have an impact on people traveling to Bryce, Zion, or the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas if they are residents, but would probably have little effect on the decisions made to visit by those who have traveled to Las Vegas from other areas. If you have gone as far as to spend money on airfare and car rentals for a time period, it is doubtful that an extra fifty dollars is going to impact the decision.
Traveling to national parks of the southwest from Las Vegas is quite common. Being the vacation destination that it is, Las Vegas is one of the primary starting places for travel to the surrounding parks, which are generally within a half-day drive from your hotel room. Probably the furthest is the Grand Canyon, which can be reached in around a four and a half hour drive from the city. The majority of the people visiting the Grand Canyon are doing so from other areas of the country or the world, meaning that they are probably leaving from Las Vegas not because they live there, but because they have come there on vacation and are going to use the time to also see the park because they are close enough to make it there without spending their entire vacation traveling. For these types of people, there is little chance that the extra fees are going to impact their decision to go. Others are going to utilize services like ours to transport them from Las Vegas to the national park of their choice as part of a tour. These people do not pay the fees directly, but instead have the fees be part of their price they pay for their tour. For these people any increase in fee will be only a small increase to their tour price, if at all. This is why we suggest allowing us to be your choice of tour company providing your national parks tours from Las Vegas, we provide value and convenience while showing you the greatest open spaces in America!