Grand Canyon Village Lodging Logistics

If you want to stay inside the park during the summer you have to make reservations a year ahead of time, but I was able to go online in early December and get a cabin in the Bright Angel Lodge complex for only $111 per night. All lodging inside the park is managed by a company called Xanterra.


The cabins are a step up from the rooms in the main lodge buildings, but they are all duplexes or four-plexes with paper thin walls so you can hear the people next to you when they sneeze! We were only there for one night though, so it was cool just to stay so close to the rim at a relatively inexpensive price.


The view inside our cozy little cabin, which also had a mini-fridge and coffee maker so we had everything we needed.


Of course we found a Trader Joe's before we left Phoenix so we were stocked with plenty of cheap wine and snacks!


The other lodgings in the village that are right on the rim include the old El Tovar Hotel and the Thunderbird and Kachina Lodges, but even in winter the rooms start at almost $200 per night. Who wants to spend that when you're only there for what's outside anyway?!?!?