"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
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"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 May 2010 23:18:33 -0400, Shawn Hirn
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retrosorter wrote:

Hi,
I will be vacationing in Prescott, Arizona for 3 weeks this June/
July and want to take a side trip to the Grand Canyon area for 2-3
days. Any suggestions of where to stay in the Grand Canyon area that
is not incredibly expensive would be greatly appreciated. Also please
mention things to do in the Grand Canyon area. I've heard that the
heliocopter ride is not to be missed.
Thanks

Good luck with that. In order to stay anywhere remotely near the Grand
Canyon, you need to book a room several months in advance.

For various values of "remotely." Rooms are almost always
available in Flagstaff or Williams on, at most, a couple days
notice.


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Mention of Williams reminds me that http://www.thetrain.com/ is a way of
getting to the South Rim.

My own preference on the three times I've been to the Canyon has been to
stay at one of the places inside the park on the South Rim (I'll get to
the North one day). It's expensive and can be a bit soulless but doing
that I've seen both sunrise and sunset over the canyon and I've been able
to hike down to Phantom Ranch. You also get a slightly calmer view than
during the day when the hordes arrive.


I certainly recommend the North Rim. It has much more character and is
less commercialised but the down side is you really do need to book
accomodation up to a year in advance.

Keith