Yellowstone National Park Alternative Lodging Tip 2 for Families- Gardiner, MT

View of Yellowstone River from Motel rooms

Gardiner is one of the most convenient gateway cities for visiting Yellowstone National Park especially for the northern part. It is a good alternative to Mammoth Hot Spring Hotel inside the park for all sorts of reasons, e.g. more amenities like fridge, wifi, microwave and many more.

If you are looking for best bang on the buck, or you have a group of people to accommodate without breaking your bank account, or you are looking for room views of Yellowstone River in Gardiner, MT for accommodations, you should check out Yellowstone River Motel or Riverside Cottages .Yellowstone River Motel is a very basic, but clean motel locally owned by a kind couple. They don't advertise over travel sites, which might be part of the reason why they are such a good value. Call or email them, it will be well worth it. We got a 2 room suite right on the river. The 2 room suite is small for each room, however still adequate for our group. Don't expect Four Season amenity here, but it's great value for the buck. I will definitely stay here again to honor nicely run local business. Riverside Cottages has both basic motel style rooms and more upscale updated cottages over the river. Owners are very nice too. Their themed cottages can accommodate families very comfortably with bunk beds available in some of the units. 

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