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Planning A Salt Lake City Vacation Welcome to Salt Lake City Utah.org our official online edition! Our Free City Guides and Utah Travel Planners will assist and inform you before you arrive in Utah and in turn provide a wealth of information once you're here. Enjoy Salt Lake! Salt Lake is a city of unexpected surprises and brims with history, art, culture, entertainment and recreation - all in a beautiful location at the foot of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Travel Tips and Planning a Salt Lake City Vacation are featured on this page of our 2024 Visitor Guide. Travel Tips from USA Today This is a Nice Article! Skiing requires balance, and planning a ski vacation is a balancing act of its own. You need to determine your overall budget, as well as the skill level and terrain preferences of everyone in your group. Some resorts offer cheap early season tickets, but the terrain options might be limited to one crowded, upper intermediate trail. Off-slope activities are also important, in case the weather fails to cooperate. A Warning Many people have lodging websites, and guess what? Some have websites but don't have actual lodging, really. There have been reports of people planning a trip, paying the money and traveling to a destination only to find that the lodging property they rented did not exist! They got your money and now you need to find a place to stay. This type of scam is another form of "cyber-crime", but doesn't happen on Internet travel directories such as ours. Why?, they have to be real to be listed on our website. A scammer will not use a service like ours because they don't want to be known by anyone. Besides, when someone asks to be included on our pages, we visit with every lodging owner and personally check out their units! Too Good To Be True - Rental Scams in Park City - Online Scams Up to 10 people who were planning a ski trip to Park City since the start of the season have ended up disappointed when they arrived. They were the victims of fraud involving vacation rentals, the Park City Police Department says. It's rare for there to be such a concentration of cases in Park City, and the Police Department is warning people to be cautious as they book and pay for accommodations. Mary Ford, a detective in the Police Department, said the schemes have been similar. They have started with a posting on Craigslist, a popular website for rental advertisements, Ford said. The advertisements say the places are for rent at low prices and have pictures of properties that look nice, she said. They are "too good to be true," Ford said. Once someone contacts the person advertising the rental, there is typically some back-and-forth communications between the parties. The person who is advertising the rental eventually requests that money be wired to a bank, she said. The banks are normally outside of Utah. Some have been in Texas, Ford said. "They're usually told show up at the house, they'll be somebody there," Ford said. The victims arrive at a house and find someone lives there and that the place is not for rent, she said. The police are then contacted. Each of the cases reported in Park City this ski season has resulted in a loss of between approximately $900 and $1,200, according to Ford. The cases included houses and condominiums, mostly in Old Town, she said. The people had to make other arrangements for lodging in Park City, Ford said. Ford said the Police Department lacks the jurisdiction to pursue the cases since the transaction occurred outside the city. The police in Park City refer them to law enforcement agencies where they live and where the bank that received the money wire is located. One of the cases was reported late in December, when a Georgia man told the police he had arranged a rental of a condominium on Woodside Avenue after seeing the place advertised on Craigslist. He wired a deposit of $800 to the person who advertised the place, the police have said. The person arrived in Park City, went to the address, discovered the owner of the condominium lived there and found that the place was not for rent according to the police. The money had been wired to a bank in Texas, according to the police. Ford recommends people find lodging in Park City through a property-management company and with entities that have someone available in person. She also said victims of fraud on Craigslist should contact the site. Here are some Benefits of Vacation Rentals:
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All Inclusive Packages Some can be good but are usually not the way to go. Why? The Cost! Someone's getting paid a commission! Whether it be cutting back on the quality of the lodging, the time spent here, or limited lift tickets, something has to give. Something has to be cut back on to pay the commissions of the people offering these all-inclusive ski packages! So our advice is to do it yourself. With the Internet by your side, you can view a lodging website, see every room, check dates and availabily, etc. all in the comfort of your home or office. A lodging website usually has ten to fifty times more information than the old way of getting info, a small printed brochure. That goes with everything, the Utah Ski Resorts, Utah Ski Lodging, Utah Restaurants, transportation, you name it. Transportation Car Rentals at the Salt Lake International Airport, On-Site, Off-Site, They are abundant throughout Salt Lake City. Shuttle Services and Taxi-Cabs are abundant. Some property owners have specials & discounts available for their renters that are done with the car rental agencies. Some will even pick you up at the airport. New Skis, Snowboards, Rentals, Clothes, Ski Gear There are many convenient locations for ski and snowboard rentals throughout Salt Lake & Park City. Discounted Lift Tickets/Lift Passes You cannot buy discount lift tickets at the resorts! That would be cutting their set prices. But, for years, 2 local ski shops, AJ Motion Sports and Canyon Sports are supplied a daily portion of Utah Ski Lift Tickets to sell to their customers. You simply buy these Discounted Utah Ski Lift Tickets when you get to town for as many days as you want. Discount Coupons & Offers We offer free coupons that have real discount offers from many of our members we include on our directory. ______________________________ Site Features, Our Menu Things To See And Do Activities For Kids When Visiting Attractions & Historic Sites Visit Temple Square Shopping Sightseeing Tours Family History & Genealogy Records - Research Library Salt Lake City Arts, Entertainment and Music Listings Utah Outdoors & Recreation, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Boating, etc. First Time To Salt Lake ? Our 5 Minute Guide to Salt Lake City Park City Utah Vacations The Town of Park City Salt Lake City Golf Courses Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake Transportation Salt Lake International Airport - Official Salt Lake Taxi Cabs, UBER Salt Lake Airport Shuttles Trax Light Rail Car Rentals SUV Rentals RV Rentals Parking Downtown Salt Lake Salt Lake City Lodging Downtown Salt Lake City Hotels Hotels Salt Lake Convention Center Vicinity Salt Lake Airport Hotels Salt Lake Mid-Valley Hotels West Valley Area of Salt Lake - Maverik Center Hotels Salt Lake East Valley Hotels Sandy / Draper Hotels Child Friendly, Hotels with Indoor Pools Extended Stay Hotels Throughout Salt Lake Pet Friendly Hotels, Still Working on the Updates to This Page Meeting Space in Salt Lake City Year Round Visitor Info Salt Lake Visitor Guides, Travel Planners And Discount Packages Plays, Musicals, Theatre, Dance, Concerts, Music and The Arts Request Free Lodging Brochures Salt Lake City Liquor Laws About Salt Lake City Salt Lake Demographics Salt Lake Photos History of Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Restaurants Salt Lake City Bars, Nightlife Everything Throughout Salt Lake City - 102 Community Links: Arts - Theatre - Dance - Museums - Fun - Attractions - Festivals - Gardens - Music Religious Services / Churches in Salt Lake City The Peppermill Concert Hall in Wendover Nevada Wendover Casinos - 90 Minutes From Salt Lake Salt Lake City Apartment Rental Rates Salt Lake City Home & Condo Prices Salt Lake City Homes For Sale Buses From Salt Lake City To Zions National Park Transportation From Salt Lake City To Southern Utah Free Moving Packages for Utah Last Minute Deals: Discounted Hotel Packages Salt Lake City Travel Planners & Coupons, Free!!! Salt Lake City's Best Restaurants Winter Vacation Lodging Utah Vacation Lodging Salt Lake Ski Lodging Park City Lodging Park City Hotels Skiing Utah Salt Lake City Ski Lodging Learn To Ski & Board Utah Ski Resorts Discount Ski Lift Tickets Where To Rent Skis & Snowboards SLC Ski Shops - New Skis, Boards & Apparel Ski Salt Lake Park City Visitor Info Visit Park City Park City Lodging Park City Hotels Park City Restaurants Park City Home & Condo Prices Park City Homes For Sale Welcome, we are proud to bring you our official online directory! We hope the information we compiled will be useful to you, and that you find everything you're looking for. When you do Visit Salt Lake, bring us along on your mobile device, our goal is to make your visit more enjoyable by providing updated information. Enjoy Salt Lake! Views Contact Us By Email Salt Lake Tourist & Visitor Center © Copyright 2000 - 2024, All Rights Reserved. Home |