The other day, we held a tour to stay at Gouldings Lodge in Monument Valley.
Monument Valley is a popular tourist destination within the indigenous Navajo settlement.
Antelope Canyon, which has been a hot topic in recent years, is also a tourist destination in the same Navajo settlement, but since March of last year, both tourist destinations are still closed because the corona infection situation in the Navajo settlement has not improved.
The Gouldings Lodge used on this tour is one of the few popular hotels where you can see Monument Valley from your room as shown in the photo. However, on this day, only a few rooms were used other than the three rooms we used, and the store was closed. Two days before I stayed at Gouldings Lodge, the hotel contacted me saying, "I have almost no business, so I will close the restaurant to reduce costs."
Actually, there are few places to eat in Monument Valley other than the hotel, and there are many shops that are not open in Corona, so I was chilled by the meal information. You can order meals from the hotel kitchen in advance, so you can take out and eat in your room.
I had the same tour in November and December last year and used the Gouldings Lodge, but it wasn't like this time. Now that the number of tourists has decreased further, the hotel seems to be struggling to reduce costs.
Even in the tourist destinations we visit as well as Monument Valley, there are places like Sedona and the Grand Canyon that are surprisingly crowded and often used by hotels.
The photos I post are the sunrise over Monument Valley from my room and Gooseneck State Park and Mexican Hat Rock near Monument Valley.
A full-day tour of the Grand Canyon was held on May 29th and 30th.
The guests on the 29th were a family of four stationed in New York, a couple stationed in Chicago, and a total of eight men and women studying abroad in Los Angeles.
The guests on the 30th were a family of three stationed in New York and a couple studying abroad in San Diego, for a total of five people.
Everyone came to the Grand Canyon for a trip during the holidays of Memorial Day.
We were able to guide the tour as planned without the expected heavy congestion during the consecutive holidays.
It may be that the soaring price of gasoline makes it difficult to go out in your own car.
On May 28th and 29th, we held a one-night, two-day Grand Circle tour.
There were a total of four guests, a couple residing in Houston and a couple residing in Michigan.
We had you participate in the trip of the Grand Circle using the consecutive holidays of Memorial Day in the United States.
Although there are differences depending on the region, most areas in the United States will be in full swing from Memorial Day to summer vacation. For people living in the United States, this summer vacation is likely to continue to focus on travel within the United States.
After all, summer is the season for national parks, so it seems that the tourist spots in the Grand Circle will be crowded for a while.
A two-day, one-night Grand Circle tour was held on May 24th and 25th.
The customers were two men and women who came to travel from Japan.
The number of customers traveling from Japan is increasing little by little, but it is often the case that mixed-ride tours are still reserved like this time.
It's a tough situation for us to organize the tour, but I think we're very lucky for the customers who participate in the tour.
Please come to the Grand Canyon for sightseeing, aiming for a high charter rate before the overseas travel is revived in earnest and you are busy.
