Southwest Detours

12/22/2023

12/22/2023

Merry Christmas from Southwest Detours and the Las Vegas Harvey Girls 🎄🎄🎄 Here’s a few photos from Christmas in the past.

07/28/2023

A great tour today at the CASTANEDA Hotel with folks from all over the country taking classes at the Doel Reed Center in Taos. We had a great lunch at the Prairie Hill Cafe in the Historic Plaza Hotel after the tour. Everyone enjoyed the day !

07/27/2023

A great tour today with folks from Albuquerque, NM. The beautifully cool Castaneda Hotel was the perfect place to be on a hot sunny day ….

07/19/2023

Thank you to VanAnn Moore for sending me these photos from the Indian Detour event . Such great fun to see everyone!!!!

06/30/2023

The Corrales Historical Society toured the CASTANEDA Hotel with us today after enjoying a delicious lunch in the Kin dining room . We also did an impromptu tour at my Victorian home , and a bit of shopping on Railroad Avenue. Great day with some great folks!

05/24/2023

Ellie and Doc came all the way from Florida to visit us in Las Vegas, NM. after reading Stephen Fried’s book, “Appetite for America” in her book club. Ellie loves the Fred Harvey story and is excited to see more HARVEY Hotels.

04/14/2023

Stephen Fried's latest update for Harvey Weekend. There will be events each evening from Thursday through Sunday. All events, excluding the Harvey Girls filming, will require a reservation.

Fred Harvey History weekend will be October 26-30 this year (beginning Thursday night with a free showing of "The Harvey Girls" in the museum auditorium.)

Lectures on Friday and Saturday afternoons at the New Mexico History Museum. There will be a new "FredHead Reception" at the museum Friday evening and the Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner & Auction will be Saturday evening at La Fonda on the Plaza. Sunday events move to Las Vegas, where there will be tours in the afternoon, a lecture, a private dinner at Kin at Castaneda Hotel and a farewell breakfast Monday morning.
You will want to have hotel rooms booked in Santa Fe starting either 10/26 or 10/27, and a room in Las Vegas on 10/29. We have arranged for discounted blocks of hotel rooms at La Fonda on the Plaza (for $199) and at the Old Santa Fe Inn (for $179.) You can call either hotel and ask for a reservation in the Fred Harvey Weekend block. Here's the online link for La Fonda https://be.synxis.com/?Hotel=207&Chain=56...
In Las Vegas, we are currently navigating around the international United World College meeting in town, which has all the city's hotel rooms currently booked that week as a precaution. We are working to free up rooms for 10/29. While we do that, we ask that you add your name to the wait list, which is being overseen by Estrella Martinez, who you can email at [email protected]. We expect to be able to accommodate anyone who needs a room on 10/29 to be with us through the end of Harvey weekend.

Individual tickets for the Harvey Weekend events go on sale June 1. Sponsorship opportunities, including multiple tickets for all events, are currently available. They can be purchased here: http://www.museumfoundation.org/harvey-weekend

03/09/2023

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY from Southwest Detours and the Las Vegas HARVEY Girls! The iconic HARVEY Girls were the first workforce made up of all women. Southwest Detours is proud to be a woman owned business and to continue to tell the story of these amazing women !

02/23/2023

These lovely folks braved the wind, rain and snow today to tour with us at the Montezuma Castle and the Historic Plaza Hotel . They came from the Los Volcanes Senior Center in Albuquerque and loved the tour and the delicious lunch at the in the Plaza Hotel.

12/18/2022

Tour today at the beautifully restored Castaneda Hotel. These folks came from Lamy and Santa Fe to spend the weekend and take a tour. They enjoyed it so much that they are already planning their next visit !