Ok Flights are Booked in April check!!!$1700 total r/t frm BDL to LAS for 5 1 week Rental 8 passenger MiniVan (thru Bj's) via Alamo $339 out the door 2-4hr each way drives to Grand Canyon (not sure what day to choose) FYI National Park week free gen admission to Grand Canyon see here http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm 2 Rooms each Hotel!!! Itinerary- 3-nites at South Point $34 per nite x 2 rooms!!! 2 nites (Fri/Sat)at Terrible Hotel & Casino $44 per nite Free Breakfast Buffet 2 nites at Gold Nugget $42per nite with Free Upgrade thru Landry Club
Yes Doc a Day trip the plan is to leave around 5am get there by 9 or 10 spend the Day and watch the Sunset and then drive back(the Plan may change)
If you can hack that drive more power to you, but I'd suggest pricing out a room in Williams AZ, just outside the park. Might make for a less stressful trip and Williams isn't such a bad little town of it's own.