Grand Canyon/Sedona

[Gator247]

Need help planning trip to Sedona/GC .Best place to fly in from Florida?Where should we stay- any RCI resports that we can use our DVC points?How many days show we plan on each place.Would like to travel May 2010. If we can''t us e points, where should we stay

 

[disneyfaninaz]

Your best bet is to fly into Phoenix. Sedona is about an 1 1/2 drive north from PHX. Flagstaff is another 45 minutes north of that and the Grand Canyon is another hour or so north of Flagstaff.

Don't know of any resorts that use DVC. There are a lot of nice resorts and hotels in Sedona. We stayed at the Sky Ranch Lodge. It has beautiful views of the red rocks.

http://www.skyranchlodge.com/

There are a lot of hotels outside of the Canyon. Just google Grand Canyon Lodging. Might have trouble at this late date getting a room in the park itself.

 

[kathy884]

We love Sedona. I've gone there for five different one week trips. Phoenix is the closest major airport. It usually take us two hour to get to Sedona. Some people will fly into Las Vegas. It's farther, but sometimes flight prices are better and people sometimes like to stay here a day or two before or after a trip. There are several nice timeshare resorts in the Sedona area. We usually stay at Arroya Roble (Gold Crown RCI resort) -- it's an older but well maintained timeshare resort. It has a great location right by uptown -- walking distance (although up a hill) to shops and resturants, has beautiful grounds, and plenty on ammenities -- club house, indoor/outdoor pool, and tennis. There is a river that runs right through the property. Most people recommend spending two nights at the Grand Canyon -- booking those reservations first because they are hard to get and doing the balance in Sedona (beautiful and lots to do there). We, probably because we book our resort for a full week have always stayed in Sedona for the whole time and do one day trip to the Grand Canyon (two hours each way - very doable). There are some very knowledable destination experts on the trip advisor site who could give you a lot more information, if you want to post on Tripadvisor.com. On the home page, search on Sedona, AZ, and pick forums.

 

[Pintail]

At the Grand Canyon, you can book inside the Park reservations throuh Xanterra.

If you can stay inside the Park, that is best.

There is a town called Tusayan that has hotels like Holdiay Inn Express and Best Western. (If inside the Park is full).

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

thank you for the suggestions. staying at skyranchlodge.com. It looks beautiful.