Day Trips From Las Vegas

Viator Announces Summer Travel Bargains

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2011

With the start of the 2011 summer travel season, Viator - the leading resource for nearly 9,000 tours and activities in 750 destinations in 150 countries - today announced a summer sale on popular tours and activities in top vacation destinations.

"Consumers have many great incentives right now to head out of town on a short day trip or a week-long getaway, including discounts and savings on popular destination activities," said Ms. Barrie Seidenberg, president and CEO of Viator Inc. "And with Viator's new travel apps, it's easier than ever to find and book things to do, on the go and up to the last minute."

Save on Close-to-Home Day Trips With soaring prices at the pump, a Viator day trip is cost-effective: someone else does the driving (or flying), you don't have to fill the car up with gas, and you avoid paying fuel surcharges. In fact, pricing on Viator tours and activities has remained stable in this economy, and summer vacationers will find many discounts up to 50 percent off on popular day trips, including Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam Day Trip from Las Vegas , Niagara Falls Day Trip from New York by Air, Paris Rail Day Trip from London, London to Stonehenge Day Trip, Pyrenees Mountains Day Trip from Barcelona, and Naples and Pompeii Day Trip from Rome, among many others.

Purchase a City Pass at a Bargain Rate If you're headed to a city, see the sights for less by picking up a city pass at the start of your trip. These passes are offered in many cities across the U.S. and abroad, and give travelers all-inclusive, unlimited access to top attractions and activities, including cruises, tours, museums, galleries, public transportation, and in some cases the ability to skip long lines. Viator offers city passes in top destinations worldwide with savings up to 50 percent, including Amsterdam, Boston, London, Los Angeles, New York City , Paris, San Francisco, Sydney and Toronto.

Great Deals at National Parks National parks are a great option for budget-oriented travelers, with so many within a short drive - or ferry ride - away from home. For example, Alcatraz Island, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is a popular attraction on Viator, with a variety of tour options and savings, including Alcatraz and San Francisco City Tour (10 percent discount) and Alcatraz Tour plus Muir Woods, Giant Redwoods and Sausalito Day Trip (13 percent discount), among others.

Day Trips: Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon

Carved more than 14 million years ago, the Grand Canyon inspires awe in even the most jaded of visitors. From Las Vegas, the most logical day-trip itineraries are to the South Rim or the West Rim. The South is more expensive to get to by helicopter or bus, but because the views haven’t been marred by a large, glass skywalk — a misguided addition — it’s the better visit. A royal residence for more than 700 years, Chateau de Fontainebleau is more impressive than Versailles, in my opinion, because it suffered a less thorough sacking during the French Revolution. Napoleon, who once called it “the house of the centuries; the true of home kings” is partially to thank for its good looks. He helped to restore the chateau, using it to host — and sometimes imprison — visiting dignitaries, such as Pope Pius VII. Today, visitors walk through halls of exquisite frescoes, elaborate stucco and boisseries (carved woodwork), royal apartments stuffed with period furniture, and exquisite formal gardens. The chateau is about 45 minutes from Paris by train.  Few areas are as storied. Dotted by many of the country’s first colonies, the region’s beautiful landscapes inspired the first school of American painting — the Hudson River School; see images — and persuaded the tycoons of the Gilded Age to build opulent mansions here. Spend the day touring one of these American palaces — my favorite is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and home in Hyde Park. Or head to Dia:Beacon, America’s most important museum for the conceptual and minimalist art of the 1960s and 1970s. At lunch, kick back for a meal with a future top chef at the Culinary Institute of America. Just 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, this redwood forest was designated as a national monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Back then, the redwoods — the tallest living things on Earth — were so abundant in this area that people thought they’d never run out of them and used them extensively for construction. Alas, Muir Woods is one of the last groves in the world. Explore these handsome woods via three well-marked hiking trails. In summer, a free shuttle runs from the Sausalito ferry stop so even those traveling without cars can get here easily from San Francisco.

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