Over 5 million people annually visit Yosemite National Park in California, and the National Park Service reports that 75% come between May and October. That’s a lot of people and traffic peaks during the summer months. To avoid wasting valuable time, plan to stay inside the park.

The park offers three hotels and 13 campgrounds. For those wanting something in-between, Half Dome (formerly Curry) Village, Housekeeping Camp, Tuolumne Meadows and White Wolf Lodge offer an array of cabins and canvas tents.

Currently, Aramark runs all of the park’s lodging. Due to a trademark dispute with the previous concessionaire, Delaware North, Yosemite renamed several hotels and landmarks in 2016.  Since some of these names had been in place almost 100 years, it will take time to call them by the new names. (more…)