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Why I Start a Grand Canyon Tour Business

My very first Grand Canyon tour began innocently enough but ended on a mission to start my own Grand Canyon touring company. I was living in San Francisco when some friends flew over the pond from England. They rolled in and made my living room their camping ground for a few weeks, stuffing cans of beans in the book shelf and draping dirty laundry over the curtain rod. It became a euro clothesline, where underwear and socks waved to everyone walking by on the street. I warned them but that's like putting an apple pie on the window sill to a homeless person. They disappeared one night, as fresh, clean, unguarded laundry would in San Francisco. I took the second week of their trip off of work and set out on a triangular tour of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. We arrived in Las Vegas and their main mission was to walk the Strip and then book a Grand Canyon bus tour. I had my car and was all for driving but they wanted to treat me to a bus tour since I had been doing all of the driving. It was a real treat, all right. We found a tiny place on the steps of where the old Boardwalk Casino was. Some young kid there was selling the heck out of this awesome tour. He told us we'd get a "hearty continental breakfast" and "delicious" buffet lunch" in addition to our fantastic tour to the Grand Canyon. He told us the bus would pick us up at our casino at 6:10am. The bus stop was empty the next morning and although we were early, we thought we missed the bus. We called and they said that the bus was on the way there now and to wait for it. The bus finally showed up at 6:45. The driver got on my nerves right away. He said he had already been by at 6:10 and we weren't there. I said, "Look, don't even try that. We were out here at 5:55 so unless you came by before that then you are lying." He told me to get on and find a seat and people like me, who always want to argue, are the reason he was late. I sat down, thinking, "Ok, at least we're on our way to the Grand Canyon now." Please keep in mind that this is just the beginning of our pain, agony, and suffering. We were not on our way to the Grand Canyon. We were on our way to their office to pay for our tour. So, after sitting outside for 30 minutes, we had to stand in line for another 10 minutes and wait another 20 for everyone else to finish processing their payments. The best part is our "hearty" continental breakfast. They handed us a box of apple juice and a Danish pastry. It wasn't even Mott's either. They told us to get back on the bus. The bus finally backfired it's way out of the parking lot at 7:35am. The driver was terrible, obviously a failed comic-turned-bus-driver. We chugged our way down the 215, through Boulder, and made our first stop at Hoover Dam. People ran off the bus like they were fleeing a burning house. Over yonder was a gift shop with a big pink sign that said, "Snacks!". The driver yelled, "Get out of that shop! We don't have time and you won't get your pictures of the Hoover Dam." One guy said, "You should have fed us something 'hearty' then!" The comic-turned-bus-driver (CTBD) cussed at him. I said, "What kind of language is that in front of children?" He just looked at me like a bat with vision. He didn't know what to do. We went opposite of the crowd and went to take our pictures, thinking we'd flow backwards and hit the snack shop after that. Everyone rounded up their snacks and got some pictures and we took off, making our next stop in Kingman, Arizona. Our bus started having engine problems half way to Kingman. It chugged along, backfiring like my grandma coming off a poor bingo haul. The CTBD said it was "bad gas". The bus filled with bad fumes and the air was very stuffy. They also wouldn't let us use the onboard bathroom because it stinks up the bus. The fire alarm sounded again at Kingman and people fled off the bus to freedom. The people who did not have time to get some food at the last stop ran to Wendy's, Subway, and into the gas station. The CTBD kept on telling his miserable jokes to the older people who didn't want to get off of the bus. We went into Subway and got some sandwiches, knowing know that our buffet was probably all about everything except "good". The fire alarm sounded once again at Tuscayan around 1:00pm and everyone fled off the bus to freedom again. Tuscayan is located right outside Grand Canyon National Park and home to the infamous IMAX theatre. Every big bus stops here. The place was a mad-house and horribly crowded. We waited in line for 20 minutes, only to learn that our "buffet lunch" was a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. We had to pay for our drink. Niccce! I left it on the counter and we walked over to the Italian place across the street called Spaghetti Western. We didn't load back onto the "burning building" again until 2:00 and FINALLY found our way to the first lookout point at 2:30. We only had 20 minutes at Mather Point and it took us 10 minutes to walk there. On the way back, some rodeo clown retired sheriff from Mississippi saw an Elk in the woods and ran after it to get some pictures. Somehow, he managed to get lost in the woods so a bunch of us had to get off of the bus to find him. It was November and there was snow on the ground so we just tracked him. After 45 minutes of following his tracks, we found him sitting on a log in the woods. He was quick to remind us that he learned to stay in once place and wait for help. I said, "Or look at the snow and follow your footprints back to the bus!" Everyone laughed but he didn't think it was funny at all. I added, "How many burglars have you caught?" The bad news is the bus driver cancelled our second stop at Yavapai Observation Deck because we had lost an hour looking for this guy. So, he took us to Bright Angel Lodge for some gift shopping. Everyone on the bus was seriously disappointed. I realized once we got to Bright Angel, the final big bus stop, that everyone who came on a big bus was equally disappointed. The common theme was, "The Grand Canyon is beautiful but this isn't the right way to see it!" We left Bright Angel at 5:30 and did not get back to Las Vegas until 11:00. The CTBD was grumpy because we "caused him to be late getting home to his family that night." I know that some people don't like their jobs but that comment was terribly unprofessional. The worst part was as we all fled off the bus at the very first stop (no one waited for their courtesy drop-off), the CTBD blocked the first guy and held out a tip jar. He was not letting people off of the bus easily and making snide comments to them if they did not tip. He stopped me and I said, "I have more respect for a bank robber. At least they'll stick a gun in your face and tell you to give them your money! You guys scammed us bad and I will be disputing my credit card for false advertising!" He cursed at me and I laughed at the irony. I yelled, "Hey everyone, it gets better! He just cussed at me while holding a tip jar!" I pushed by his arm and got off of the bus. My friends and I were thoroughly disgusted. I moved back to San Francisco, sold everything I owned, and by trial and error started Grand-Adventures.com in April, 2005. We ironed out the perfect tour for people who enjoy traveling in good company. Everyone comes as a guest and leaves as a friend. We learned from other tourists in Vegas over the next three days that everyone shared the same opinion. Most of the travel agents along the strip push the tours that give them the biggest "kickback". They aren't selling you the best tour for the best price. If that is the case, then they'd be booking our tour for each of you! Two important questions to ask these travel agents are:1. What is your commission on this tour versus other tours in your brochure rack?2. Have you ever been on this tour?Now, there are some very good travel agents on the Strip but you'll have to sort out the shady characters when you get here. I'd also recommend you do some serious Grand Canyon tour shopping online and before you get to Vegas so you can make the best choice for yourself. That will help you make the best decision for you and your family. You can always stop in an internet caf? and book the online trip if you don't find something you don't like. However, you will risk not being able to book the tour you'd like online if you wait too long.

Darryl F. Gariglio founded Grand-Adventures.com in 2005. He is an avid traveler with years of traveling and customer service experience. He understands that there will always be good business in good service and offers that to all of his guests.