My Dad and stepmom just told me last weekend they wanted to go to Colorado and up to Yellowstone this year in mid Aug and wants me to drive, so I got on the line to see if there was some rooms at Old Faithful Inn......yeh not till 2020.... I can get on a waiting list for 2019 but nothing for 2018, as a matter of fact she said there is nothing in the entire park for 4 people in the sub 250 a night range for 2018, except a couple cabins in Lake Lodge so I reserved one of them.Is she pulling my leg with some kind of sales gimmic to try to get me to buy the $400-500 a night rooms ? ?PS we won't be taking the camper this trip, his class B and my TT are really only couples rigs.

I've stayed a few times in a room more than $300 a night. One was a suite on the Mediterranean Ocean in Naples, another was on the Atlantic in Marathon Key.Family members thought it was neat to spend $2500 a night for a room with only three walls on some central American island resort. I wasn't involved with that trip thankfully.Yellowstone is great but I don't think I'd splurge that kind of cash on a room there.

Just a couple of questions, did you try to make reservations on line or by calling. The DW has been sucessful with calling. She has been sucessful in extending our stay by walking into the office at the park when on line there were no spaces available. Have you tried for reservations in West Yellowstone. WY is a neat little town, or at least it was and rooms would probably be cheaper.I had to edit because I remember wrong.

August is an extremely busy time and Old Faithful area is the most desired. I just checked and did find a few rooms available at Lake Lodge Cabin for arriving Aug 13, 2018.An alternative would be to go before June 29 when the crowds get there. Babies are just coming out and the weather is usually very nice.

I have been going to Yellowstone since 1955. My Dad first went in 1938. It is not set up for staying in lodges and obviously the demand outstrips the supply by a lot. I avoid July and August entirely. The best times are in the spring when the babies are out and the second half of Sept during the elk rut. Camp if you are going to Yellowstone.

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westernrvparkow
Explorer
Dec 28, 2017
Your room inside the park will be unlike any room you have ever had. There will be no television, likely no internet, and depending on carrier, your cell phone may or may not have service. Your only dining will be expensive and limited to one or two options. Shopping for anything will be limited to a couple of very pricy souvenir shops. If that is OK with everyone, Yellowstone is worth any price. If your group prefers having those afformentioned creature comforts, West Yellowstone and Gardiner Montana are both adjacent to park entrances and have numerous, available lodging options for less money, creature comforts included.
Thom02099
Explorer II
Dec 28, 2017
A quick Trivago search shows that there are rooms available, starting at $77/night for a mythical 7 day stay in mid-August, at the Headwaters Lodge in Moran, just outside Yellowstone. Nothing else came up inside the park.
kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Dec 28, 2017
Can your dad's B tow the tt?
ppine
Explorer II
Dec 28, 2017
I have been going to Yellowstone since 1955. My Dad first went in 1938. It is not set up for staying in lodges and obviously the demand outstrips the supply by a lot. I avoid July and August entirely. The best times are in the spring when the babies are out and the second half of Sept during the elk rut. Camp if you are going to Yellowstone.
kohldad
Explorer III
Dec 28, 2017
August is an extremely busy time and Old Faithful area is the most desired. I just checked and did find a few rooms available at Lake Lodge Cabin for arriving Aug 13, 2018.

An alternative would be to go before June 29 when the crowds get there. Babies are just coming out and the weather is usually very nice.
D_E_Bishop
Explorer
Dec 28, 2017
Just a couple of questions, did you try to make reservations on line or by calling. The DW has been sucessful with calling. She has been sucessful in extending our stay by walking into the office at the park when on line there were no spaces available.

Have you tried for reservations in West Yellowstone. WY is a neat little town, or at least it was and rooms would probably be cheaper.

I had to edit because I remember wrong.
GordonThree
Explorer
Dec 28, 2017
I've stayed a few times in a room more than $300 a night. One was a suite on the Mediterranean Ocean in Naples, another was on the Atlantic in Marathon Key.

Family members thought it was neat to spend $2500 a night for a room with only three walls on some central American island resort. I wasn't involved with that trip thankfully.

Yellowstone is great but I don't think I'd splurge that kind of cash on a room there.

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