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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

We paid $30,000 last year for 4 of us to spend a week seeing Yellowstone with our every need attended to: expert guides, input from the researchers who study the animals there, high powered binoculars and scopes, retrofitted tour vans with charging ports and the ability to pop their tops for roadside photo taking opportunities, welcome gifts, daily hotel breakfasts and picnic lunches in the park with appetizers and desserts, served on tablecloths with actual dinner plates and silverware, access to cold beverages and snacks at all times, all the nicest accommodations in the area, our luggage magically appearing in each new hotel room without our having to lift a finger, multiple course dinners, alcohol included, transportation to and from airports. Because we didn’t have to plan, organize, study maps, spend time behind the wheel, pack lunches or find restaurants or check into hotels ourselves, and we had experts guiding us, we were able to maximize our time viewing wildlife and thermal features. We saw so much more than if we had taken the trip on the cheap.

While you were eating on tablecloths for $30k, others were riding a stagecoach, horseback riding through a valley, whitewater rafting, boating, stargazing on a quiet hill, or achieving Junior Ranger badges—all on their own for much less than that price tag. The driving is a very simple loop where no one could possibly get lost and no need for a bus driver. Even with staying at premier lodges, the cost need not be $30k.

We also did this for very cheap, camped in the park and saw so much wildlife and landmarks. Not sure what op saw that we did not! I don't really want anyone waiting on me the way op describes either. To me that's the opposite of enjoying nature, too much fussing.

Right, it’s not that difficult of a vacation. You drive around the loop and stop when you see something interesting. The park gives you a map when you drive in. There are signs everywhere. Have a question, ask a ranger or stop in at a visitor center. It’s not difficult!

30,000 lol. Got to be a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

This is the most ignorant comment I’ve read today.

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Anonymous wrote:The new admin exempted NPS from the hiring freeze the other day.

I don't believe it.

Anonymous wrote:The new admin exempted NPS from the hiring freeze the other day.

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Anonymous wrote:It goes beyond your summer vacation. This is wrecking the cultural and national heritage for future generations as well.

Yup. There is a reason ISIS attacked and destroyed world heritage treasures. If you want to control and subjugate you population,.you need to erase prized heritage from before and start all over again. This is literally year zero kinda stuff. Destory Amercan heritage so the tech oligarchs can stay over again with a blank slate and control the country after wiping out any memory of our constitutional Republic.

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Anonymous wrote:We are supposed to travel to Glacier this summer but I’m trying to come up with a back up plan. And the trip is expensive!

I am sorry- it's an incredibly beautiful place, hope you can eventually go.

Yes, it's definitely worth seeing, but it's also pretty remote. My understanding is that the concessions are run by contracts, so hotels and restaurants should be open.

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Anonymous wrote:The new admin exempted NPS from the hiring freeze the other day.

I don't think. Maybe they did for law enforcement but not all the other people who keep the park clean and help things run well.

Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is Tr@mp wants to drill and use minerals from these parks. I need to find the source for that before I post it here.

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Lol the onsite hotels are often $300/night and fully booked months in advance.

Manhattan in August is cheaper than Yellowstone.

You think that $300 a night is expensive? That is cheap.

Anonymous wrote:The new admin exempted NPS from the hiring freeze the other day.

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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

Agree. And yes, even Yellowstone.

Ignorant. I paid 700/night two years ago during peak season. Nothing poor or cheap about it. But that's not the point of national parks. I'm assuming you're a dumb striver who has to show everyone how much new money you have by buying expensive purses and sunglasses.

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Anonymous wrote:National parks are poor people vacations anyways.

Tell that to the millions of people who come from across the world to see them.

Have you been to Yellowstone lately? You can barely move for all of the Chinese people. I doubt they are poor.

Two years ago we took the Shuttle in Zion to and from The Narrows. Both times we were the only non-French on the shuttles. They were incredibly rude and the BO. 🫤

Anonymous wrote:They are a major draw for international tourists so we are turning away a ton of money. Also lots of Americans who would have vacationed at home in US will say f— it and go to someplace else.