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We are at Yavapai Lodge at the Grand Canyon National Park.
Yep, and we just got here yesterday at around 4pm which is the check-in time
and right after we checked in, we went out to go see some of the views at Grand Canyon National Park
because they're known for their awesome sunrise and sunset views, so we had to go see the sunsets
which you must do. It's like a must.
So we're located by the South Rim and South Rim is where you could either just walk on the trail or you can drive on the Desert Drive
and it's super close to the visitor center.
It was only like a 3-minute drive.
Yeah, it's really close.
Yeah, so we're we're inside the national park.
Yeah, and also, it's a super pet-friendly lodge and we've seen so many dogs since we've been here already.
Yeah, so they made all the pet-friendly rooms on the west end.
So all of our rooms -- we're all right next to each other. They all have dogs.
Yeah and I was a little bit worried that our room was going to be smelly
and they would probably give us the older rooms because we have dogs
but I was pleasantly surprised. Everything here looks brand new. It looks like they just redid this whole room.
Yeah.
It smells fresh and it don't have that weird dog smell and they provided a huge dog kennel and a dog bowl.
They were prepared for the dog lovers and the dog owners who were coming here.
Yeah, they even included a treat too so that's nice that they did that.
They do charge a pet fee. It's $25 per night
and the cost for us right now... It's July 2020. It was about $150 per night.
Now, this is during the pandemic too and they just opened not too long ago -- maybe a few weeks ago -- so maybe they're still on the lower end
because I know the summer months are really busy
but it wasn't that busy when we went out last night, so I think they're just slowly picking up right now.
Yeah, because even when we're driving around the parking lots, they're pretty scarce and there's not a whole lot of cars.
I even feel like here, the only places that are taken up are the dog friendly rooms.
Yeah, but we haven't been on the other side either.
Because they do separate it. They separate the pet-friendly rooms and then the regular rooms.
Which is good because you know what, some people don't like pets, so I get why they separate us.
Also, when you're driving in, don't be scared because from the outside, this place looks small and it looks kind of creepy to be honest -- like it's really old.
Yeah...
I feel like the ceilings are pretty low, so from the outside, it just looks like this really small...
It looks like an old motel.
Yeah, so I was a little bit nervous coming in like -- I hope it doesn't -- the outside doesn't resemble the inside and it doesn't.
They did a really nice job remodeling and the beds were actually really comfortable.
I liked my bed. My pillow not so much. It wasn't horrible, I'm just used to my own pillows.
I was okay with the pillow too. Kuma actually really liked the pillows.
Yeah, Tuma was like... Tuma?
Kuma was like tossing her pillows around last night, so that was pretty funny.
It was funny.
Alright, so we're going to give you a room tour!
Yeah!
This room comes with two queen size beds and we had plenty of room.
Me and Kuma slept on this bed and Candy slept over here.
She had a nice bed all to herself.
In the middle, we have the nightstand that we shared together and they have two USB plugs and two normal plugs
which we're actually using right now.
We love USB plugs because we don't have to carry that extra cube charger, so we're utilizing it right now to charge our phones.
Underneath is some tissue.
Not a big fan of the tissue that they provide.
It feels like sandpaper, so I wish I would have brought my own tissue paper.
Right in front is a little working desk area and we really like this lamp.
It's like a cool looking lamp. Very modern and again, they have two plugs here and two USB plugs
and some space where you can place your items.
You can place your laptop and such inside here and some chairs.
You can also utilize it to eat your meals here too.
They have Yavapai News. What's going on at Yavapai. Let's see...
Talking about how to keep the guests safe.
As we mentioned earlier, we are going through a pandemic still.
They lifted up some restrictions a month ago, but then some states pulled back because it rose again
but in some areas, it's still okay, so it's still kind of like this -- you know, what's going on?
But since places are opening, we decided to check out some places
and this just ensures you that they are sanitizing everything and abiding by the CDC guidelines.
Over here, we have the TV and it's very large and they provide basic cable
but last night, when we were trying to watch something, it said 'weak signal', so sometimes, you won't be able to watch TV.
It did come back on eventually, but just keep that in mind that you won't be able to watch TV all the time.
Not that we do, but we just like to have something in the background, so that's why we always put it on.
It always seems to be The Office for whatever reason when we're on vacation.
They also provide hand hand sanitizer which I feel like a lot of hotels are doing now.
It's just part of their basic toiletries that they provide so I like that.
I like having these travel hand sanitizers because we can just take these with us.
An ice bucket, individually wrapped plastic cups.
They also provide instant hand sanitizer wipes.
I like these as well. We already utilized one of them to wipe the remote control.
You have some drawers you can use to store your clothes or whatever else you need.
So we store some of our things like our coolers and such in here just to keep it out of our way.
Here's the fridge. It's a pretty good size fridge. The only thing is there is no freezer in here
which we usually like freezers so we could put our ice packs in there
so once we get the ice packs frozen, then we can put it in our coolers again
but we're just put it in the fridge to cool again. Not a big deal.
I'm going to finish off the rest of the room... which there's not much left.
there is a little stand here where you can sit and put your shoes or relax
but I actually am going to put um my suitcase there and that's going to be my suitcase stand because I don't like putting my suitcase on the floor
so that's what I'm going to use that for
and since Crystal likes to use that too, they do have one of these
but we're not utilizing this this time just because there's like this huge kennel right here
and Kuma does not need a kennel because she's such a very well-behaved little girl
so we're just going to use this and put Crystal's laptop -- not laptop, hahaha...
suitcase on top of this.
And then the closet is a good size.
I mean, we're just here for the weekend, so 3 to 4 hangers each is plenty for us
so we just hung up some of our clothes.
Got a safe.
Interesting... I've never been to a hotel where they provided a steamer instead of an iron and an ironing board
which I kind of like that because I hate always having to set up the ironing board.
Extra blankets -- which last night, we didn't have to use it.
They do provide central heat and air here, so you just use that.
And it's the new one. It's not like these old school ones where you just like pull left or right.
You can actually push the buttons up and down. It's LG.
Shout out to LG! Hahaha!
The last thing is the bathroom which is pretty basic.
It's kind of tiny.
They did remodel it but I feel like the remodeling could have been done a little bit better.
The one thing that me and Crystal had problems with was there was nowhere to store our stuff
so all of these cubes were filled with towels, so we had to move a lot of the towels around so we can have some place to put like our toothbrush and toiletries.
The shower is very basic.
I guess it looks like they didn't really upgrade this
but you know what? As long as I get a hot shower, I'm happy and I get a hot shower.
The water pressure is pretty average
and they give you shampoo, conditioner, body wash
and it's actually pretty nice products.
It's from Bath and Body Works Aromatherapy and it was actually pretty nice. I liked it.
I will say one thing they did do great with the upgrade is the mirror
because it's got the the light coming in from the top and the bottom that is always great for applying makeup.
Alright, so that's our room tour.
It's a fairly small room but very average for a hotel room I would say.
Yeah, but they provide you all the basic necessities.
The hot water is great. I hate it when it's lukewarm water
and sometimes basic hotels, that becomes... I don't know, like that's one thing I'm like, 'Oh, the shower is probably not going to work right.'
But it works great, it drains properly
so yeah, that's one of my pet peeves at hotels.
Yeah, if it drains properly, we love it. Hahaha!
There is one thing we forgot to mention.
Actually, the view is really nice in here.
Yeah, that's right.
We can see like squirrels running around.
I actually see one right now, a little squirrel running
so yeah, it is a nice view.
And you might even see an elk because when we first pulled into the lodge, we saw some elk just browsing around
and then while we're driving around, we've seen like plenty of them as well.
They usually walk around, I would say, like in the sunrise time or sunset time.
Sunset, yeah...
So make sure you're kind of -- and drive drive slow!
Yeah, drive slow.
Because they just appear out of nowhere sometimes, like 'whoa!'.
Yeah because we ran into them like three times already and we've only been here for a day.
But every time we're like, 'Oh my gosh!'
We're like so excited.
They're just so cute. We saw a mama one and a baby one.
I know and they walk really, really slow so they will take their time.
They will.
We hope this review was helpful and we hope that you can come here someday with your dog
because it's super dog friendly here.
Yeah, I really, really love that aspect of it
so for you dog owners, this is a great hotel.
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