The Canyons | Park City, Friendly & Cleanly
Two reasons I will OH so very vacation at the AMAZING Canyons Resort and Spa in Park City, Utah again SOON! (With my family next time!) 
For the Skiing… or Beautiful Mountain Outdoor Activities… ??
NOPE.
1. Oh my heck. FOR THE STAFF.
The happy, friendly, smile-at-you-while-passing-you-in-the-hall, willing to laugh and talk and carry your luggage team of smiling elves. I swear. And I’ve stayed in some pretty swanky hotels and resorts in the past few years. I have never stayed in a hotel/resort where the staff were this kind of friendly.. talk about genuinely ENJOYing their jobs.
To me. That says the whole resort is doing something right. Yes I expect my room to be posh and clean and wonderful. But seriously, if the employees are that happy, it means the company as a whole is getting it right, all the way down to the service employees.
I LOVE THAT.
2. Pristine BATHROOMS.
There were 300+ women engulfing The Canyons for #EVOconference (yes, and a few Dudes… ahem, I didn’t check their baño), and a lot of the conference was held in or near the main floor conference rooms. For a minute.. think about this? 300 women and only one nearby restroom.
Honestly every time I went to use the facilities they were clean and you know… ‘nose worthy’… plus an employee was checking in and tidying up! Again, I’ve stayed at some shee-shee resorts before and one of the things I often find is their overall lack of concern for the state of the communal areas and amenities.
WOMEN appreciate these things… am I right?? Can I get an AMEN!
To give a visual:
After I rode the Gondola up the mountain (and wow the VIEWS!) surprise, surprise, I needed to find the potty up at the lodge. Check this out….
I know. FREE Schtuff. In the uber clean bathrooms. Do you love this place already??
I had such an amazing time at the conference… one of my favorite parts was the hands on afternoon courses. Options included a Crafting Blogger course, and a Business course. I choose the Photography course. The teachers were Casey of MooshinIndy.com (srsly one of my mostest favoritest bloggers from way back when I first was asking, ‘what’s a blog?’). And Aimee of Greeblemonkey.com, also a FAB FAB photographer! I was so excited to finally learn what ‘manual’ REALLY means!
I think the coolest tip was the magical fStop number 22.
For SunStar wonderfulicious-ness!
Photo Credits: The Canyons Website
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I agree… the people at the Canyons were impeccable with their cleaning skills. All of the staff were particularly nice. But I did visit that bathroom quite a bit and never found it messy.
I love that last photo!
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I had a feeling it would be all that and MORE…………..
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We had so much fun with the EVO crew in house! -Hannah, Communications Coordinator at The Canyons
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That place sounds incredible. You are so right about the staff. It is rare to find people who enjoy their job and even understand the words “customer service”.
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Yes, yes, and YES.
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I didn’t stay the night but I agree it was a great conference and location. It was great meeting you there too!
About the free stuff in photo. I went to another hotel in SLC for a PR conference. They didn’t have the stuff. Only the cleaning staff was around at the moment. There were no machines or places you could buy them. Only the hotel gift shop, which was closed during the middle of the day. I guess they don’t get a lot of women there!
I had to have a man at the front desk open the shop for me to buy a box (he graciously gave them to me after a bit of justified complaining). Then I put out the extras in the women’s restroom. They were immediately confiscated by the cleaning crew and thrown away.
So that detail alone makes me like the Canyons more.
-Janet
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