Any secrets to booking Yosemite Valley Lodge? -- GOT IT!!!

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Yosemite Lodge sells out (or nearly does so) for nearly the entire year. However, only the peak season (May through September) are likely to have issues with selling out on the first day of availability.

Also - lodging reservations are nowhere near as crazy as campground reservations in Yosemite Valley for the peak season. Those are typically gone within minutes, and I'd estimate about 95% of it is gone within seconds of dates becoming available.

The only other way that I know of would to book a wedding at Ahwahnee (oops, the Majestic Yosemite Hotel) and tell them that you need some rooms for the wedding party...then invite several friends to join you.