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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Rent a camper van through Outdoorsy.  Get campsites in the park.  I[/b]t's literally less than $40/night, and you don't need day use reservations if you have camping reservations.

Go in the off season.

We went to Glacier in a camper van in the last 2 weeks of August 2023, and we didn't book sites until July, checking daily for cancellations.  Got to stay in Apgar, Two Medicine, and Many Glacier.

We went to Yellowstone and Teton in September.  Again, stayed mostly in the parks and in Forest Service campgrounds in West Yellowstone.  This was somewhat more expensive...Tetons were like $75/night to stay in park.  But worth it to see sunrise and sunsets in the park.  And we even saw the Aurora Borealis in West Yellowstone one night.

September 2023 crowds were not bad at all.  The most we ever had to wait to get back in if we left the park was 5 minutes.  A few things were closed in Teton and we drove Beartooth Highway literally the last day it was open before snows.

I know it gets more difficult to take older kids in the off season, but if you have elementary school kids it's definitely the way to go to visit the most popular National Parks.

If you're interested in hiking primarily, also consider the less popular but just as beautiful parks, like North Cascades in WA rather than Glacier.  We got a cancellation at North Cascades Lodge at Stehekin for $175/night.  It's not glamour but the hikes were amazing and we had million dollar views.[/quote]

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