GC Flight

Majestic and absolutely amazing! Educational and I’m so glad I booked a second time with GCFlight. Thank you for booking a great deal!!! Thanks for the wonderful memories. Will always book through Gcflight and their friendly knowledgeable agents!

Great company, staff, and equipment. Friendly professional service and expert commentary from pilot «Mad Dog» made this bucket list item the highlight of my Vegas trip. Serenity Helicopters is the one to book!

Had an amazing trip to the Grand Canyon today, thanks to GC Flight! Our trip was everything they promised it would be, and I appreciated the staff being willing and able to answer all of my questions effectively. It was a wonderful experience, and I would highly recommend booking any trip to the Grand Canyon with them! Thanks GC Flight!

Thank You GC Flight and Five Star Helicopters for making my son’s dream come true! Connor has dreamed of seeing the Grand Canyon since his fifth grade school project. Everyone was accommodating and went above and beyond for him which wasn’t expected. Connor has to drive his wheelchair everywhere he goes but our pilot assisted in lifting Connor into the helicopter. GC Flight made sure there was a wheelchair at the West Rim when Connor arrived so he was able to visit the Hualapai Indians. Everyone was so friendly and made this a very special 21^st birthday gift! Thank you again GC Flight and Five Star Helicopter Tours for an incredible experience!

A wonderful and professional experience

I had to stop and pen this review immediately!
So, I’m planning a 5day trip to Vegas, and a place called «GC FLIGHT» obbbviously means I’m calling to inquire about what? A flight right??? OK, so evidently the receptionist who can only hear my voice just ASSUMES I’m interested in a mere BUS tour… I’m thinking «why is she telling me about a bus tour when I’m calling about a helicopter or airplane tour???». I’m 34 and my businesses are self-​sustaining/​run without my presence on the premises. My friends and I can afford a helicopter ride just fine. It is unfortunate that some receptionist ASSUMED b/​c I’m Black (duhhh) that all I was calling about was a bus tour. Btwn mi amigas and myself, that’s almost a $ 1400 loss on their end or whatever percentage they get from booking for other companies. I’d rather book directly with Maverick or whomever I end up choosing and pay the additional monies than to support ANY company who does not train their staff to know what not to say and what not to do. She accepted no responsibility for her unmerited assumption and had the NERVE to say I was the one who brought up a bus tour when I’m not even looking for a bus tour. As a business owner, please be advised, customer service is everything. You don’t interrupt clients when they’re asking questions and you don’t place blame on them either. I could barely get in a word edgewise.
Now off I go to resume my research on which company to book with. I will not be patronizing any business that employs someone who has such poor behavior rooted in personal biases.

There are so many travel companies trying to give you the best experience at the Grand Canyon. GC Flight actually does this though. Their customer service is up to par and they go to the extremes to make sure everyone is comfortable and sticks together. I was referred to GC Flight by my sister. She used their services last year and the limo driver drove all the way out to Arizona to bring them to the Grand Canyon. She had no idea how accommodating they would be.

If you have to buy from this company, do it in Vegas. The price for the South rim tour is $ 17 ($ 72) cheaper than the discount coupon sites offer ($ 89). You also have to pay a $ 20 fuel charge either way you buy it. The trip from pickup to drop off was 17 hrs (too long in a bus). You will save money and be more comfortable if you rent a car for the day and drive yourself. The breakfast is a vending machine danish and a juice box. Lunch is nothing to write home about (pizza or sub or rice box). Bring binoculars if you want to see the dam. You aren’t going to be anywhere near it. The first stop at the Canyon was at sunset and all went well. The second stop at the Canyon was in the dark. Nothing to see. Returned to the hotel at 11:00 PM ill and exhausted. It was much like being in a plane for a very long time. The bus was clean and nice. Employees were fine. Be prepared to get hustled at the office. The owner wants you to upgrade your tour and will exaggerate and lie to do it. If you want to see the IMAX film at the Canyon, buy your ticket at the site where it is 25% cheaper. Bring coats, the weather is rough at this time of the year. I would have actually forfeited my money rather than take this trip if I new what I was in for and I’m cheap. Buyer beware.

We purchased the Hoover Dam Deluxe Motor Coach Tour through groupon, so we ended up paying $ 50 instead of the normal price of $ 110. The driver was on time picking us up and then took everyone out to the airport they are based from. They split the groups up for the express and deluxe tour there, and everyone headed out. We spent 90 minutes at the dam and then the driver took us over to an overlook to lake mead. We then headed to lunch… this is where it starts getting bad. They took us to
. My wife and I thought it was a joke when we pulled in, but we figured we could give the buffet a shot. While waiting in line we noticed two things: 1 was that the buffet was normally $ 7 and that today happened to be asian theme day. I got the orange chicken, pot stickers, and pork fried rice… and took one bite from each. and about died from an overdose of sodium. Overall the food was so salty and mushy it was unedible. My wife opted to give the salad bar a shot, which was fine till she tried the carrot stick which was mushy on the outside but still frozen rock hard on the inside. We decided dessert was probably the safest thing to try, so we grabbed a pecan pie, and a brownie… how bad can that be right… Well the pecan pie resembled the carrot, extremely mushy on the outside and frozen solid on the inside. The brownie was edible, but not by much. After lunch we still had over an hour to kill at the casino, so my wife and i dropped $ 5 each into the penny slots and played for as long as we could while being overwhelmed by cigarette smoke. We ended up just waiting outside for the last half hour. We departed and went to the ethel M chocolate factory, and the Cactus Garden, which was pretty good. After that we headed back into Vegas to start dropping people back off at their hotels. This part of the trip took over an hour and a half, my wife and I were contemplating jumping off and grabbing a bus down to our hotel, but figured that it couldnt be much longer… wrong. Overall the trip started at 830 AM and ended at 530, but if I had the opportunity to do it all again, we would have just rented a car and bought a map. Driver was great, but overall the product was just not worth the money.

I bought a Hoover Dam Tour for my boyfriend and me while we were visiting Vegas. The actual Hoover Dam tour was amazing. We got a tour of the power plant and then had free time to walk along the edge. The backdrop was perfect for taking pictures and we both really enjoyed this part.
But this is where the tour should have ended. We were bused back to a hole in the wall casino in the middle of the desert for a lunch buffet. It reminded me of the buffet in Vegas Vacation. It was obvious that the food had been left out for quite a while. Maybe even the previous days leftovers. We picked through the line and were able to eat some salad and mashed potatoes. I honestly didn’t want to risk my digestive system with the rest. After this, we of course were left to drop our money in the casino for a little while. The tour ended with a quick walk-​through of Ethyl M’s chocolates. I felt this was another ploy for the tour company to get us to spend our money.
We loved seeing Hoover Dam. I honestly wish we would have just rented a car for the day and driven out there. It would have been a better experience.

I’d say this is 2.5 stars. I have mixed reviews about the South Rim Grand Canyon Bus Tour we took on Saturday.
I purchased my tickets via Living Social and I got an $ 89 deal, per person, which is currently priced at $ 158/​ea. The company itself was very accommodating and had great customer service. But the rest of experience was mediocre. Their website states the following:
«Your completely narrated tour will leave from Las Vegas to Boulder City with views of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead & the Mighty Colorado River. You will be one of the first to cross over the new Mike O’Callaghan — Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge which is the longest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere spanning over 1,000 feet and 890 feet of above the Colorado River. You will also travel through the habitat of the big horn sheep and the amazing Black Canyon on your way to the Grand Canyon. Learn about the Pioneer Indian Wars, early Spanish Conquistadors, the Missionaries, Mountain Men, Explorers and Settlers. Upon arriving at the Grand Canyon South Rim you will have 3+ hours to tour the Grand Canyon National Park by shuttle which stops at Mather Point, Bright Angel Lodge & Yavapai Point. Additional stops at Hopi House Museum and Grand Canyon Railway. Plenty of time to enjoy the canyon at Its finest. «
As locals, we met the tour bus at Planet Hollywood. But we were told to be there 6am, 6:15 at the latest. But we sat in that tour bus for over an hour while we waited for everyone else to arrive. We didn’t get on the road until 7:30! The «breakfast snack» consisted of junk food from Costco and bottled water given to you pre-​boarding.
The «guide» was a very nice older man, but you could tell he’d been doing this a long time and had lost his mojo. He overshot on the enthusiasm and started out the day announcing everything like Howard Cosell, but by 9pm that night, sounded like Ben Stein on Quaaludes.
The «guided tour» part was also quite weak — he told us all kinds of things no one really wanted to know, like directions and back streets around Vegas, like he was a cab driver. They’re all tourists, dude; no one knows what you’re talking about but us.
But when we got out of town, we were really looking forward to hearing stories of the surrounding areas and historical tales and whatever. That’s what we thought was going to happen, but instead he put in a video from like, 1950, about the Hoover Dam made by Disney. So we went to sleep as best as we could.
We got to Kingman, AZ where he stopped to let everyone stretch their legs, pee and get a snack. There was nothing to see here in Kingman, but naturally, we were late getting back on the road because it was like herding cats.
Then instead of giving us any historical information or stories about the area on the way to Williams, AZ, he put in Herbie the Love Bug with Lindsey Lohan, which stopped halfway through.
Finally we get to Williams, AZ where we’re informed we’ll have a set buffet lunch. When I read about it on their website, it kind of gave me the impression we’d be having lunch AT the Grand Canyon, but instead we were offered a cafeteria style buffet of potatoes, rice, overcooked broccoli and 3-​bean chili, fried pork chops and pasta. It was a gastro-​travesty. Fortunately, they had a simple salad bar, which sufficed. It was fine; it just wasn’t really what I had in mind when I envisioned the day. I pictured us eating outside by the Canyon. *shrug* My bad, I guess.
Then it’s ANOTHER 2.5 hours to get to the entrance of the park. Seriously, we spent FOREVER getting there. And despite the site and Living Social saying 3 hours in the park, we were only given TWO HOURS to sprint from Mathers Point to Bright Angel Lodge. That’s 2.5 miles. Now, anyone can go 2.5 miles in 2 hours, but heaven forbid you want to stop for a second to take photos or read the monument signs, any of the educational information or, I don’t know, just pause for a minute and take in the breathtaking view.
And there are no signs along the way to indicate «hey, you’re half way there» and the guide gave no milestones, so you have no idea how much time it’ll take to get to Bright Angel so you feel like you have to really hustle. And when I mentioned this to the guide/​driver, he said ‘That’s why I said just start walking.» Yeah, because I came to the Grand Canyon to speed walk the South Rim. (eyeroll)
We left and endured gassy passengers & Robin Williams in «RV», followed by «Cheaper by the Dozen 2» all the way home. We didn’t get back in until 9:30pm. We had him let us off at Excalibur so we could take a cab back to PH, lest we have to sit on the bus for another hour while he dropped everyone off all over the Strip on a Saturday Fight Night.
I wouldn’t recommend this tour unless you’re only here for a short time and have no opportunity to go back. Like, you’re from Japan or something. Otherwise, plan a dedicated trip and stay overnight. You need more time to take it all in. The Canyon itself was spectacular.