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1-10 Rating:	8.904
80.95%     19.04%  YES             Suitable for children?         NO

Last rating added: 05/24/08 from 69.221.76***

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 04/08 - Good
We took the Grand Adventures Tour. IT WAS GREAT!! They delivered exactly as they promised . . . prompt pickup, breakfast at Mickey D's, Lunch on the trail, pictures, all as promised in the ad. It is a small company doing groups of less than 10 (we had 7 in our group). The only way to go!
<bill0925 -at- yahoo.com> - Westland MI USA - Added 05/24/08 - [69.221.76***]    1325

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Grand Canyon
Month Visited: 07/07 - Good
Don't go to the new Eagle's Point Skywalk if you expect to take photographs. They don't let you take your camera out on the Skywalk. NOT COOL. One of the biggest reasons to go way out there is to take photographs out on the skywalk.
<kga_arch -at- swcp.com> - USA - Added 07/10/07 - [216.184.13***]    1295

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 07/07 - Good
We took that Grand-Adventures.com tour and what a whip it was. Hands down the best tour me and my family have ever taken in our lives! We thought the food was just fantastic which we were not expecting at all. It seems to me that they are probably the best kept tour secret in Las Vegas right now. I'm glad I found this site and then found them because this was easily the best experience we had in Las Vegas. The CD slideshow is better then a professional job too. We watched those they put up on the website and thought it was a trick that they just put the good ones up. We were shocked when ours came and was just as good if not better then the ones on the site. I'd easily go back to the Grand Canyon again with them the tour was so good.
<tommymilken -at- yahoo.com> - San Francisco CA USA - Added 08/10/07 - [***]    1298

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 06/07 - Good
We booked our tour through Grand-Adventures.com and had an awesome tour. It ended up being the highlight of our trip to Vegas and I'd recommend them to EVERYONE. I read all of the comments on here about LookTours, Vision, and Grand Canyon Tour Company before booking our tour. I found these guys and wouldn't have had so many of you not shared your experiences here. So, thanks for that.

Grand Adventures picked us up at 6:15 (was on time!) and we were in a small group of eight people. They specialize in small group tours and we loved it. It was very personal, we got a really nice picnic, and they mailed us a very nice CD slideshow after our trip. Their tour guide took pictures all day and they mailed us these pictures. It was a little annoying at times but you'll forget all of that when you get your CD. They are extremely professionally done.
<crease670 -at- yahoo.com> - Greensboro NC USA - Added 06/13/07 - [68.104.81***]    1286

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 05/07 - Good
DO NOT BOOK WITH SHOWTIME TOURS!!!!!!

In accordance with the instructions on my E-Travel-Document from Fun Jet, I called Showtime Tours (702-895-9976) at 10:21 am Las Vegas time on 5/25/2007 to receive the specific pick up location and time for our Grand Canyon South Rim Day Tour on Saturday, 5/26/2007.

Anne Black of Showtime then informed me that Showtime no longer conducts Grand Canyon tours on the weekend and that our tour had been cancelled. I asked to speak to a supervisor, but was refused and told that a supervisor would tell me the same thing. I was quite irate since this trip was confirmed on 5/14/2007 and Showtime Tours made no effort to inform those with pre-purchased weekend tours that they would not be conducting tours on the weekend. I was then given a telephone number and told that I would have to call for a refund.

Fortunately, my travel agent saved the day and our vacation by setting us up for a Grand Canyon tour with another, more reliable, tour company for the very same day. If it had not been for her our vacation would have been ruined.

Imagine my surprise when we were exiting the gift shop at Bright Angel Lodge at the south rim of the Grand Canyon...and what should be parked out front but a large tour bus with the Showtime Tours logo. I snapped several digital images to prove that they were indeed conducting a weekend tour at the Grand Canyon.

I will tell everyone I know that to avoid Showtime Tours like the plague.

<vbKinder -at- sbcglobal.net> - Moody TX USA - Added 06/04/07 - [64.123.137.***]    1284

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 02/07 - Good
The Grand Canyon is without a doubt one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. One word of caution ... DO NOT USE LOOK TOURS / VISION TOURS!!!! The bus driver left me and a friend, along with another couple from our bus, at the first canyon stop and took off for the second stop with the rest of the bus. This showed a complete lack of interest in our safety, well-being and enjoyment. We watched the bus drive off (so we were late getting back to the bus by a total of 1 minute) and assumed he was making a u-turn of some sort. But he in fact was just leaving us at the canyon. After contacting the company to complain, he came back to get us and cracked jokes about it for hours afterwards. The Grand Canyon, at least for me, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and Look Tours didn't do much at all to add to this one-day experience. The other drivers at the stop (from other tour companies) were mortified and couldn't believe a driver would take off w/ out his paying passengers. We're not children and didn't need to be shown a lesson.
<misslauder -at- aol.com> - Astoria NY USA - Added 02/24/07 - [205.188.11***]    1277

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 12/06 - Good
After many visits to Vegas it was my first trip to the canyon and I'm annoyed with myself that I hadn't gone before. It's an amazing place! Loved the visitor centre and had a one on one chat with a canyon expert/guide. Bought lots of books and was given lots of booklets for my nephew back in the UK. Definitely not to be missed!
<thehodderz -at- yahoo.co.uk> - Manchester UK - Added 12/10/06 - [88.104.200***]    1263

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 06/06 - Good
How can Grand Canyon get anything other than a TEN (to the tenth)???
<clearspot -at- centurytel.net> - Kendall WI USA - Added 06/28/06 - [69.179.17.***]    1229

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 06/06 - Good
I had a wonderful trip with Rebel Adventure Tours. The hummer ride to and from was enjoyable. I must
say, Richard, the tour guide made it an awesome day!!! He was knowledgable, friendly, and tons of fun.
He made sure we were comfortable, never rushed, great personalized pictures of the awesome views of
the canyon. Take the tour and ASK for Richard!!!
<pwheeler3 -at- woh.rr.com> - USA - Added 07/09/06 - [65.185.117.***]    1230

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Grand Canyon
Month Visited: 12/05 - Good
The Grand Canyon itself was breathtaking, and I'm thrilled we saw it. I knew it was a 14 hour drive there and back, and we were prepared for a long day. Our tour company was Vision Holidays, booked though Look Tours. We were picked up at an area hotel at 6:10, for a 7:30 tour. We were brought to the Vision Holidays offices where we waited for 20 minutes before being loaded onto different buses. The tour company's website mentioned coffee and pastries for "early birds". The so called "pastry" was a packaged, sugar coated honey bun, that had a horrible aftertaste. The ride to the canyon was fine. The bus stopped once (at a gas station) so we could stretch our legs and get a bite to eat. We then stopped for a free buffet lunch at the Quality Inn hotel in a small town just outside of the Grand Canyon. This was the worse buffet experience of my life! To say it was bad would be a major understatement!!! If you're going on this tour, bring a lunch! I kicked myself afterwards for not noticing the Wendy's beside the hotel. We headed to the Canyon after lunch, only to sit in traffic for an hour waiting to enter the park. Once there, we had an hour and a half in total, at two locations within the site. We had enough time to walk around, do some souvineer shopping and get something to eat. We departed the Canyon around 4:30, for what we thought would be a 4 hour drive back to Vegas. Shortly after departing the Canyon we had a 20 minute rest stop at a gas station. I thought this wasn't really necessary as we had only been on the road for 15 minutes or so. We had another 20 minute rest break about 2 hours later. The driver showed two movies on the way home. The first was a major motion picture (a comedy) that contained some swearing and many references to sexual acts. I'm no prude and thought the movie was OK, but there were small children on the bus, and was a little surprised the tour company would show such a movie knowing that children were on their tours. The second feature, was essentially the red-neck comedy hour, where the bus was forced to endure the comedy stylings of four red-neck comedians (the usual sexist, homophobic routines). I think the driver chose features to keep himself entertained, rather than the guests. Everyone on the bus had been up since 5 a.m. or so, and the only thing people wanted to do on the way back was sleep. Attention Vision Holidays...lose the movies! The point to all this...the Canyon is certainly worth seeing, but be wary of the tour company.
<torboy99 -at- yahoo.com> - - Added 12/30/05 - [72.136.197.***]    1199

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 08/05 - Bad
We rented a car a drove to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon on the Indian resevation. I'll never do it again! The directions only mentioned a 14 mile dirt road. This was more than a dirt road people. It was the road from hell. Very large rocks were everywhere. This road could destroy a new car in a matter of hours. Do not take this route. It is terrible.
When we got to the canyon, we were treated very badly. Bad attitudes were everywhere. We were given the impression that the overlook was open to the public. It's not. You can take the bus tour for $39 per person, air ride for $152 per person or drive yourself for $16 per person. They are there to take your money people. We decided to drive ourselves.
It had been raining when we arrived but they sold us the tickets anyway without mentioning a word about the weather. We were charged $16 PER PERSON just to look off one small section of the canyon. We drove to the view point, and got out of the car to look. We looked for about 10 minutes when it started to rain again. We got in the car and waited for about 30 minutes for the rain to stop. The female guard at the gate drove up and told us we had to leave because of the rain. We could not get a refund either! What a waste of time and money. From now on, I'll just look at pictures of the Grand Canyon.
<rickeymathis31014 -at- yahoo.com> - Cochran GA USA - Added 08/06/05 - [63.105.6***]    1148

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 06/05
The Grand Canyon itself was spectacular. If you go do not use Vison air or any of their affiliates. Had I not contacted them the night before we would have missed it. They changed the pick up point and did not tell us. In addition the tour was delayed by a good hour and a half, (plane difficulty) but they still brought us back at the specified time, so they just cut that part out of the trip. Had the tour been inexpensive, I guess I might understand, but it was high and I expected better service.
<daniel.zadorozny -at- eds.com> - Lucas TX USA - Added 06/13/05 - [192.85.4***]    1087

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 06/05 - Good
The helicopter ride/tour was the next best thing to do in Vegas. It made the whole trip worthwhile, besides my wedding! Buy the dvd, afterwards. Well worth it! memories to last forever!!!!Take the maverick company. They were nice.
<robin2402 -at- earthlink.net> - Four Oaks NC USA - Added 06/17/05 - [67.77.210.***]    1100

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 05/05 - Good
If you're in Vegas for a week and you've got one entire day to spare (as well as a hundred bucks) do yourself and take a bus tour to the south rim. The scenery is breathtaking and the memories will last a lifetime.
<KOConner -at- rohcg.on.ca> - Ottawa ON Canada - Added 06/16/05 - [64.26.135.***]    1091

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 04/05 - Good
The Grand Canyon was excellent the tour guide was good but I would not use look tours {Vision tours} again. The bus trip of 14 hours broke down and turned into a 19 hour trip.They say I am getting a refund for that and havent received it yet.They never return my calls when I leave a message about this problem.Kathy
<jkflint -at- novocon.net> - Canton NY USA - Added 06/29/05 - [64.80.168***]    1126

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 03/05 - Good
The canyon itself was the most awesome thing I have ever experienced. The bad news is that I flew Vision Air booked through Look Tours. We were 120 people jammed into a room with a sign indicating that max number of occupants was 85. Obviously, there was not enough seating, so many had to stand. We waited through an over an hour and a half delay without explanation. Ten minutes before we took off, they finally told us that the planes would be there shortly. My airplane window was scratched and had some kind of greasy stain on it making it difficult to take pictures. Once we had landed by the canyon, the bus part of the tour was excellent. The bus was clear, the driver friendly and knowledgeable. However, twice (based on info from our Vision Air friends) we had to change our activities. First they said the plane for our return trip was delayed. So we went to another stop. We were there 5 minutes when we were told we had to leave right away to meet the planes. When we got to the airport, we had to wait for 40 minutes because there were no planes! Finally, even though they were supposed to drop us off at our hotel (the Aladdin), we were told we had to get off at Belagio and walk back - of course it was raining at the time. So, definitely, get to the Grand Canyon - just find another tour operator.
<bogey_jim -at- cox.net> - USA - Added 05/23/05 - [68.9.175.***]    1078

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 11/04 - Good
Went on a helicopter tour with Papillion and had a blast. The pilot was great and really seemed to know what he was talking about. If you ever watched "Velma and Louis", don't know if I'm spelling it right, but we flew over where they did the scene going over the cliff. It was really neat.
<ArmyBabs2 -at- aol.com> - Edison NJ USA - Added 11/30/04 - [192.67.48***]    999

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 11/04 - Good
First time ever going to the grand canyon, so we decided to go via helicopter, and we took the tour that winds up on a ranch, for dinner, and optional horseback riding. the tour was $289 and the horseback riding was an additional $30. I have never been on a helicopter before, never been to the Canyon, and never been horseback riding before, wasn't going to miss the chance to do it. I thought the entire tour was amazing.
<bralph17 -at- hotmail.com> - Toronto ON canada - Added 06/26/05 - [64.229.26.***]    1119

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 10/04
My father, wife and I decided to take a helicopter tour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. We chose Papillion Tours ($269 per person) and had a great time. They picked us up from the hotel on time. While driving to the Las Vegas airport, we watched a safety video. Once at the airport, we checked in and had a reasonable wait (about 15-20 minutes) prior to boarding the helicopter. The pilot was friendly and very informative. It was obvious that he enjoyed his job and this is what really made the trip. Everyone was friendly and we had a great time!
<rossi6998 -at- earthlink.net> - Whittier CA USA - Added 10/16/04 - [4.46.22***]    985

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 07/04 - Good
The Grand Canyon was awesome, not much more to be said but as to the Tour Operator... well thats a different story.
We went with 'Look Tours'. After picking us up at 07:10 for an 08:30 flight we were still standing around ina hotel at 08:45, miles from the airport. No-one seemed to have a clue what was supposed to be happenning. The fight was advertiesed as 1 h 25 minutesbut we were back on the ground in lesss than an hour. Also charged $10 each for fuel costs which they don't tell you until you arrive at the desk. Bloody cheek! If this had been the UK I would have made a scene but I was on holiday so I decided to chill.
Choose a better Tour company and the trip would be great
<DAVID -at- brookes.ndo.co.uk> - Perth uk - Added 07/21/04 - [195.92.168.***]    941

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 05/04 - Good
Heli-USA does an excellent job! The helicopter was a bit small for six passengers, but the trip was well worth it. Ride was smooth and speed of the chopper was appropriate. Our pilot/tour guide was superb! Price for our trip was competitive with other companys' prices. Shuttle driver was helpful and offered good "Vegas" advice.
<cpgv6087 -at- yahoo.com> - Grove City OH USA - Added 05/15/04 - [24.95.6***]    896

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 05/04 - Good
we went on a 4x4 hummer tour of the grand canyon with Rebel Adventure Tours and it was awesome. it took us to the Hoover Dam, Lake Meade, The Joshua Tree Forest, and The Grand Canyon. We had lunch on a indian reservation and got to roam around the west rim taking pics. our guide was nicknamed Big Bear and he was wonderful. he made sure the women got plenty of stops at clean rest rooms and was more then willing to take pics of us. he also was very willing to share thoughts and facts about each place we stopped. they picked us up and dropped us right at our resort too. it was a wonderful day. the tour lasted over 9 hours and was worth every bit of what we payed.
I highly recomend this and cant wait to go back and do it again
<msd760 -at- aol.com> - Lewisberry PA USA - Added 05/30/04 - [216.37.245.***]    906

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 03/04 - Good
Awesome "hole in the ground"! A nice change of pace to split up the week in Las Vegas.
<blthiele -at- hotmail.com> - Litchfield MN USA - Added 05/16/04 - [66.103.16***]    898

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 01/04 - Good
The number reason why we went to Las Vegas ! It was a visit of a lifetime ! We had a great flight through Showtime Tours and landed and went to the edge of the canyon to see wone of the wonders of the word! Don't miss it if you visit Las Vegas. Showtime Tours is the best tours in Las Vegas.
<dgreen15 -at- cfl.rr.com> - Kissimmee FL USA - Added 01/20/04 - [65.33.129.***]    824

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 12/03 - Undecided
We went on a tour to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon with Scenic Airlines, and it was a rip off. 3 adults went, and it cost $221.33 per person. We were picked up at 07.30am from our hotel, and we traveled to poick up other people at different hotels, driving past our hotel 3 times. We everyone was picked up we drove to the North Las Vegas Airport, and arrived there at 08.30am. We waited there for 40 mins to get onto the small cramped plane. The flight to the West rim took about 45 mins. When we arrived at 10.20am, we were told to board an old School bus, that was coloured white, and was taken down the road to Eagle point by some indians for our first stop. There was not much to see, and we left there 10 mins later to be taken about half a mile to our finale stop of the day for a spot of lunch. Here we stayed until 12.30 when the bus arrived to take us back. We had an hour here, and we had to eat some sort of concoction that the Indians had cooked. It was disgusting. It was all outdoors and it was cold, nowhere to get cover. Our flight home to Las Vegas was at 1pm. It was great to get back. Again we had to wait for the coach to drive us back to the hotel, again we past our hotel 3 times before getting dropped off.
I have been on tours to the Grand Canyon with Scenic Airlines before, and have had no problems with there tours before. I would not reccomend the west Rim tour to anyone, you just do not see much of the Grand Canyon, and for the price it just seems so expensive for what you get.
<NakedHighway -at- aol.com> - England - Added 12/11/03 - [195.93.32***]    784

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 09/03 - Good
We went on our trip to the Grand Canyon on Saturday 20 September with Sundance Helicopters. We had only been in the air for around 10 minutes (just going over Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam) when our pilot announced that he had to turn back to base.

Tragically there had been a helicopter crash.

We were offered a full refund or re-schedule for another day.

My husband was very keen to go and so we rescheduled for Tuesday 23 September. We are glad that we went as it was a wonderful experience. We were picked up by a stretch limo at our hotel (Luxor) and driven to the airport. Great flight and then when we landed we had a champagne picnic. It is scary on the helicopter but that is a big part of the fun.

Definitely a must see.
<mazz662002 -at- yahoo.co.uk> - London UK - Added 10/09/03 - [62.140.211.***]    761

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Grand Canyon             
Month Visited: 06/03 - Good
We took the plane-to-helicopter-to-boat tour for $278/person in the guide (the one with the BBQ) and it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know how to rate this for children at all- probably best for teens rather than younger children. This tour takes you to the West Rim Holapai nation- 40 minute ride by plane, 5-10 minute down into the Canyon by helicopter- unbelievably great- and 20-30 minutes on the river and then 30-40 minute BBQ stop at edge of Canyon and then back again by same. 6-7 hours from hotel and back again total with transportation. Would most definitely do again and inspired us to do another tour following day. Next day, did the $238/person tour in guide- 90 minute helicopter air ride only over the West Rim which was also great. 3 1/2 hour door to door- transportation included. Highly recommend!! If you have motion sickness problem- you may need to take a little something before you go but don't let this stop you unless you get really bad. Both trips included flight over Hoover Dam and Lake Mead- great photo opps. Can't say enough!!
<leball99 -at- adelphia.net> - USA - Added 06/20/03 - [68.69.105.***]    640

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 06/03 - Good
Absolutely breathtaking! It was even more beautiful than I imagined with its beautiful peaks and you could even see the rapids of the Colorado River from one point. My husband and I visited just before sunset and visited every point. It is a long drive from one end to the other, but it is definitely worth it to view from each point. We left around 8:30 pm hoping to see it at sunset, but we still had quite a drive to Flagstaff. Only other thing I can say is that I wished we had a camcorder.
<mg_lawson -at- netzero.net> - Edmond OK USA - Added 06/22/03 - [171.75.204.***]    649

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 01/03 - Good
OUT OF THIS WORLD, WE FLEW IN A 14 SEATER WITH VISION AIR $169 EACH, 50 MINS TO GET THERE, FLYING OVER LAKE MEAD AND THE HOOVER DAM, THEN A 3 HOUR BUS TRIP STOPPING OFF AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS, THEN WE GOT A BUFFET AND BACK ON THE PLANE. EXCELLENT TRIP OUR PILOT FRIENDLY AND COMMENTED ALL THE WAY ON WHERE WE WERE. DONT BOOK EARLY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN VEGAS TRYING TO GET YOUR BUSINESS CUTTING PRICES.
<marty_murtha -at- yahoo.com> - Redcar CL england - Added 01/24/03 - [62.254.6***]    454

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Grand Canyon       
Month Visited: 12/02
Unbelieveable, something you must see in your lifetime
<david.smart -at- hpdsoftware.com> - Brighton UK - Added 04/14/03 - [212.158.99.***]    568

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