Question: Where to stay - Sun Valley?

[BonStarlet]

Divas - I have a client in Idaho now (hello lovely, easy park city / SLC commute!) and was thinking that I might as well pop over to Sun Valley for a weekend.....but (horrific screeching noise!) ...there are no Marriot properties within 50 miles?!?!

Advice on where to stay? I went to the Sun Valley website and found some lovely options for $500-1500 per night (GASP! NO!)

Thanks in advance!
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[Jenny]

@Christy - someone needs your Sun Valley knowledge!

 

[nopoleskier]

we stayed here. right across from the main entrance, walk across the street to a bus to the mt. excellent breakfast, hot tub was out side, short walk to town https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/b...ob=BLBWI0004G&cid=BLBWI0004G:google:gmb:13027

 

[Christy]

SV doesn't have all those large hotel chains (unless you count the two Best Westerns which are independently owned) or chain businesses at all, for that matter. It's one thing that's really nice about it. Hotels here (I'm here right now) generally aren't that expensive. Did you plug in your dates into Expedia or Trip Advisor? Unless you're going over a holiday you should be able to find each of the Best Westerns for less than $200, maybe significantly less. I see for tonight one of them is $132. I think the Kentwood Plus is nicer but plenty of people love the Tyrolean. There is a newer inexpensive property called Hotel Ketchum that I haven't stayed at, but it gets great reviews. There's also the Tamarack but it's quite dated. If you wanted something a little nicer look at Knob Hill Inn. Sun Valley Lodge and Inn have packages as well as discounts for Epic holders that offer significant savings over rack rates. The lodge is worth every penny. Sometimes in the summer or fall we'll stay elsewhere but during ski season we always stay in the lodge.

Really the only other hotel that I haven't mentioned is the Limelight. I haven't stayed there but I've seen the rooms, which feel very cheap (like Ikea-ish) and it seems very overpriced to me. Also the hot tubs are way too small for the size of that hotel. Oh there is also Pennay's which is run like a hotel but the units are condos. They are pretty comfortable units though not necessarily the most updated.

I have a feeling you were looking at the Sun Valley resort website, which would only have the Sun Valley Lodge, Inn, and other resort-owned rentals. The actual town here, where most hotels are, is Ketchum. Sun Valley, in addition to being the name of the resort, is generically used as a term for the area and so if you plug that in to Expedia or whatnot you will find all area properties. But you can search for Ketchum ID hotels too.

 

[nopoleskier]

Just remembering I also stayed at the Kenwood Best Western (friend booked in error) -it's a few blocks closer to town but No breakfast in the hotel they gave a 5$ voucher for a little cafe next door to hotel. $5/didn't go far. Rooms at Kenwood were updated like the Tyrolean, Kenwood had some covered parking. Just for ease of going to breakfast without putting on coat sells me on Tyrolean

 

[ilovepugs]

We are booked in a condo at Cottonwood Condos for late February. They look nice and were a fairly reasonable rate, about $150 a night I think.

 

[marzNC]

We are booked in a condo at Cottonwood Condos for late February. They look nice and were a fairly reasonable rate, about $150 a night I think.

When I booked lodging for Sun Valley, I found plenty of small condo options in Ketchum. But for a solo traveler, hard to beat the BW Tyrolean for location and convenience. My crew stayed at the Tyrolean for a few midweek ski days before we skied Alta and Aspen/Snowmass using the MCP. The Tyrolean did a full renovation in 2015-16. With the bus stop for the free city bus right across the road that is the last stop before the main base, even standing for the short ride it was quite easy.

Trip report from Jan 2016:
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/sun-valley-jan-27-28-2016.20416/

 

[marzNC]

Here's a 2017 trip report by @NewEnglandSkier. She flew to Hayden and stayed at the Sun Valley Lodge. Lots of great photos per usual.

https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/sun-valley-march-3-6.21633/

 

[Christy]

When I booked lodging for Sun Valley, I found plenty of small condo options in Ketchum. But for a solo traveler, hard to beat the BW Tyrolean for location and convenience. My crew stayed at the Tyrolean for a few midweek ski days before we skied Alta and Aspen/Snowmass using the MCP. The Tyrolean did a full renovation in 2015-16. With the bus stop for the free city bus right across the road that is the last stop before the main base, even standing for the short ride it was quite easy.

Trip report from Jan 2016:
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/sun-valley-jan-27-28-2016.20416/

It wasn't a full renovation at the time, and I don't know if they ever got around updating the remaining rooms. They are a dog friendly property and I suspect they left the pets-allowed rooms as is, though maybe by now it's different . I'd recommend calling when reserving to make sure that one is getting a renovated room.