{"id":52,"date":"2009-06-03T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T22:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/summer-vacation-free-weekends-at-national-parks\/"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:00:18","slug":"summer-vacation-free-weekends-at-national-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/summer-vacation-free-weekends-at-national-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer vacation: Free weekends at national parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: right;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/6a00e54ece184a8833011570bcf99c970b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e54ece184a8833011570bcf99c970b \" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/6a00e54ece184a8833011570bcf99c970b.jpg\" alt=\"family travel\" \/><\/a> (ORBITZ) &#8212; The <a title=\"National Park Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Park Service<\/a> is making it easier for people to enjoy the natural beauty across the United States during this summer vacation.<\/p>\n<p>The agency is offering three <strong>free weekends<\/strong> this summer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June 20-21<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 18-19<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>August 15-16<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the free weekends, more than 100 parks that usually charge entry fees will waive those fees. The free weekend offer doesn&#8217;t include camping charges, tours or other concessions. However, some park vendors have listed <strong><a title=\"Special offers for 2009 by National Parks Service Concessioners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parkpartners.org\/view\/324\/28725\/Special-2009-Offers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">special offers<\/a><\/strong> for savings during the free weekends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"National Parks vacations on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=parks&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\">National Parks vacations<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Family travel and family vacations on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=family&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\">Family travel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial;\">Copyright 2002-2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/global\/legal\/terms.jsp\" 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