When I first planned my vacation to Yellowstone National Park, I attempted to do it through the Yellowstone National Park Lodges website. I originally planned on staying inside the park in a cabin near the Old Faithful geyser. Everything was going according to plan until it was time for me to arrange my excursions. I wanted to visit a canyon in the park nicknamed "The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone" but all of their excursions to that location were booked months ahead of time. I really wanted to see it and in my despair felt like canceling my whole trip until the customer service rep recommended that I contact a company named Yellowstone Fun.
I called Yellowstone Fun and talked to a down to earth guy named Charlie Thomas. I explained my situation and to say that he helped me out would be a major understatement. And yes, he had an available slot for the excursion to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone! Even though it was already September and my vacation was planned for December, he meticulously arranged everything except for my flight (which I'd already set up myself). He set up a package for me that when all was said and done cost me about $1028. I had to finish paying for everything by the end of October. Here's what my package included:
1) A shuttle to take me to West Yellowstone, MT from the airport in Bozeman, MT and back once my vacation was over: West Yellowstone is about 90 miles from Bozeman. The shuttle company is named Karst Stage.
2) Four-night lodging at Three Bear Motel in West Yellowstone along with a free breakfast each morning at the Three Bear Restaurant in the motel. He also gave me a coupon for one free prime-rib dinner at the restaurant.
3) A Yellowstone park pass that covered each of my trips into the park: You need to have a park pass whenever you enter Yellowstone National Park.
4) Snowcoach excursions for three separate tours into Yellowstone National Park: A company called Alpen Guides provided the snowcoaches and drivers.
5) A ticket to the IMAX Theatre in West Yellowstone
Charlie Thomas sent me an email explaining in detail everything I paid for. The email also included printable maps of the town and the park. There were also recommendations on what to wear in order to stay warm and this humorous bit of advice: Never eat yellow snow where the buffalo have roamed.
Everything seemed so easy and good to be true that I was skeptical at first and kept calling him before I caught my flight out there. I was so used to having to set up each part of my vacation by myself. But it all went according to plan and I didn't have to worry about a thing. I ended up being there from Sunday, 12/16/2018 - Thursday 12/20/2018. Charlie even told me about a hotel I could stay in near the airport since my flight wasn't scheduled to leave until the afternoon of 12/21/2018. That hotel was a separate entity and wasn't a part of the package he arranged but him recommending that hotel saved me from having to spend hours at the airport before my flight home.
If you ever want to visit Yellowstone and do it in style, I recommend Yellowstone Fun. In addition to what I've told you about, you can also rent snowmobiles from them and ride that instead of the snowcoach. I'm rating Yellowstone Fun five stars. If you're interested, here is their website:
https://www.yellowstonefun.com/ read more