Pent-up Demand Driving Record Reservations for Grand Canyon Rafting Vacations

SALT LAKE CITY - Feb. 23, 2021 - PRLog -- Western River Expeditions reports that despite pandemic-related closures for nearly half of its 2020 operating season, the company experienced surprisingly high demand for the Grand Canyon rafting trips (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-rafting) it was able to operate.

"We feel very fortunate to have had many sold-out departures this past year," said Brandon Lake, co-owner of Western River Expeditions. "And already in 2021 there are significantly more people booked than at the same time last year."

However, Lake underscored the need to book as soon as possible for 2021 and for 2022. He advised checking online to determine the availability of a remaining handful of 2021 Grand Canyon departures, joining a waitlist for sold out departures, or checking back frequently for any cancellations.

2021 availability:

3-day Grand Canyon (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-river-trip): 4/13, 4/27, 5/4, 5/10, 8/30

4-day Grand Canyon: sold out

6-day Grand Canyon (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation): sold out

7 (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation)- (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation)day Grand Canyon (https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-vacation): 4/1, 4/5, 4/15

Still available in 2022:

3-Day Grand Canyon: Good availability April - September

4 -Day Grand Canyon: Good availability May – September

6 -Day Grand Canyon: 5/11, 8/23, 8/24, 8/27, 8/31, 9/14

7-Day Grand Canyon: 4/5, 4/11, 4/12, 4/20, 6/8, 9/7

For more details on Grand Canyon rafting please see https://www.westernriver.com/grand-canyon-rafting.

Lake and his team have surmised that these are the forces driving this surge:

• Pent-up desire
• People wanting to travel again but doing it right by signing on for the top multi-day raft trip in the United States
• Counting on the healing forces of Nature blot out stress
• Going with trusted company that has shown protocols have been effective (https://www.westernriver.com/covid-19) in safeguarding guests during the pandemic
• Checking off another life-list adventure
• Being able to travel domestically when most international travel options just aren't available

For a copy of Western River Expeditions' 2021/2022 catalog, questions, availability and reservations call toll-free: 866.904.1160 (Local: 801.942.6669) or visit the website at: http://www.westernriver.com/.

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