InnlanternIndependent guide to where to stay
Route 66 through Williams, ArizonaPhoto: Steven C. Price, CC BY-SA 4.0

For independent motels, inns and lodges

Run an independent motel, inn, lodge or B&B near the Grand Canyon, on Route 66 or elsewhere in the US Southwest? Here is how the guide works for you.

Updated 16 Oct 2026

Appearing in the guide is free

Innlantern chooses hotels on public data: guest scores, location and policies (our method). There is no fee to be included, and you cannot pay to be included.

The guide covers the Grand Canyon, Route 66 and northern Arizona today: Tusayan, Williams, Flagstaff, Kingman and Seligman, Winslow and Holbrook, Sedona, Cameron, Page and Monument Valley. More of the Southwest will follow, including the other Route 66 states and southern Utah. If your place has good guest scores and is missing, write to us. Small, family-run motels and inns are welcome: several of the best-rated places on Route 66 are exactly that.

Your page in the guide

Every hotel in the guide gets its own page in English and Spanish, with:

  • who your place suits best, and what guests should know before booking
  • your guest scores, rooms, facilities and policies (check-in, pets, parking)
  • the area, a map and distances to the park entrances, the viewpoints and the nearby towns
  • a comparison with similar places, and frequent questions
  • a button to your page on Booking.com with the guest's dates

Travellers who book through that button book you directly on Booking.com, as they do now. You keep managing everything there.

Use your page as your website on Google Maps

If your property does not have a website of its own, you can use your Innlantern page as the website link on your Google Business Profile, the listing that appears on Google Maps and in Google Search. Copy the address of your page (in English or Spanish), sign in to your Business Profile and paste it in the website field. It is free, and you can change or remove the link at any time. We never edit Google listings ourselves: only you, as the owner, can add it.

Area pages can show a Featured box near the top, with a few hotels shown above the full list and highlighted on the map. It is always labelled "Featured · advertisement" so readers know it is paid.

  • Your page stays exactly as independent as before: a payment never changes the text, the scores or the "good to know" section.
  • Featured places are limited per area.
  • Price and availability: contact us.

Visits to your page

We count anonymous visits and clicks on your page (no cookies, no personal data). We can share those numbers with you on request.

Corrections, photos and removal

If a fact on your page is wrong or out of date (check-in times, rooms, pets, parking, facilities), tell us and we will check it and update the page. If you would like your page to show your own photos, send them with a line confirming that you own them or have the right to share them. If you prefer not to be in the guide, ask and we will remove the page.

Contact

[email protected]. Please write from an address or account that shows you represent the property, and include its name and town.