Bright Angel Lodge - Inside the Park

Great location. Very attentive and helpful staff-front desk, event desk and housekeeping. Visited during Covid. Masks were mandatory in all public areas, social distancing encouraged and enforced. Room appeared thoroughly cleaned. Limited housekeeping in the room unless specially requested to help lessen spread of contamination from others. Room (Cabin 6168) was fairly updated-good bathroom with great shower & tub, comfortable bed. Ceiling fan kept it cool most nights (temps were in the high 90’s during the day) but did get a bit uncomfortable (air conditioning would have been great!). This cabin was right next to the parking lot & road plus a main foot path so there was a bit if noise from people coming & going and constantly walking by but it was still not too bad. Location in general was pretty empty and hence not very crowded. El Tovar restaurant was open and excellent, but did have to wait sometimes for a table- they’d say 30 minutes but usually only took 15-20. Most souvenir shops, stores were open. Bright Angel Trail was excellent, well maintained. Verkamps, Lookout Studio, Maswick and General Store all open.

The cabins on the rim are amazing. The view! And so close to the rim. They were excellent. Looked to be recently updated and well kept up. The beds were very comfortable. The only issue was no A/C. With the windows open, the temp was fine but you could also hear everything going on outside the cabin. Due to the current circumstances, there were few choices for dining. 😒