Three-night packages also are available. Rates vary by season. Teton Country Wagon Train and Horse Adventures, Jackson, Wyo., offers four-day covered wagon tours in the Targhee National Forest near Yellowstone National Park from late June through August. Evenings are spent on horseback rides, hiking, canoeing, fishing and swimming.
Food is cooked over open fires in Dutch ovens.
Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Chinle, Ariz., offers a Beat the Heat package July 1-Aug. Many Washington, D.C., hotels are offering panda packages - noting the popularity of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the new giant pandas at the National Zoo. The packages include lodging, shopping discounts, popcorn, parking, panda activity books and entry to other kid-friendly attractions. In addition, a contribution is made to Friends of the National Zoo. Quikbook and Hotel Reservations Network report that they are offering rooms at 15 to 30 percent below last year's rates as a result of the sluggish economy.