Recession Creates Lots of Vacancies at Yellowstone
One of the best vacations I ever took was a visit to Yellowstone National Park. Now National Parks Traveler is saying that the recession has created a lot of lodging vacancies in and around the busy park. And that's probably good for your budget.
Yellowstone's lodging concessionaire, Xanterra Parks & Resorts, reports that there is more vacancy for the summer at this time of year than they typically encounter. As a result, if you've always wanted to visit Yellowstone, and managed to avoid the worst of the economic doldrums, this might be a great year to realize that dream.
Winter visitation was down by over 13%. I may look at going back to the park myself…
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May 9th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Absolutely the best time to travel is during a recession for two reasons — first, you do not have the crowds and secondly the hotel industry offers its best deals during the bleakest times. Can’t wait to go back to Yellowstone!
June 5th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I agree with Roman, only if you can afford it though. Some people will take vacations because of the prices and not remember why we are in a recession…