Day 2 to south rim. In December there will be little to see/do regardless of the weather. The averag

My girlfriend I are thinking about, right after Xmas, flying from Atlanta to AZ then driving to Grand Canyon then on to Las Vegas. My questions are: where in AZ should we start the trip; could weather golf travel ireland (snow) affect the trip, and any suggestions for a 4 day itinerary golf travel ireland from AZ to Vegas? Thanks
Yes, weather could affect your trip. LV is in the desert - but it does get winter and the grand canyon gets snow every winter. Exactly what the weather will be when you are is a guess - but expect winter.
We've gone from Vegas to GC several times with no problem weather wise, although you could get snow at that time of year. I would look for loding in the park for a night or two and cancel if weather gets bad.
It's a lot less expensive to rent a car in Las Vegas than in Phoenix so if it were my trip, I'd fly in and out of Las Vegas. And it may very well be less expensive to fly to and from Las Vegas than Phoenix - at least it is from where I live.
As Shanti said though, it is usually a lot cheaper to fly in/out of Vegas and get your car there. Usually. Occasionally you can find comparable flights golf travel ireland and decent car rentals from Phoenix with no drop-off fees for the one-way trip to Vegas, but that's rare. Check prices for your dates - if price is not a consideration then do whatever makes sense for your itinerary.
Maybe we were speeding or my memory stinks but I think it took us four hours to drive from Las Vegas to the South Rim which is also the drive time from Phoenix to the South Rim. We chose Las Vegas. Instead of Phoenix because it cost less for both the flights and the rental car. And in our case the flight time was shorter going into Las Vegas.
From Phoenix the OP could stop and visit Montezuma's Castle; Sedona; Sunset Crater; Cameron Trading Post (short detour north on 89 to the Little Colorado River) before heading west on hwy. 64 which is a nicer drive to the south rim than north on 180 which is how you would get there from Vegas.
Day 2 to south rim. In December there will be little to see/do regardless of the weather. The average visitor to the south rim spends about 12 minutes actually at the Rim looking into the Canyon and taking the obligatory snapshots. Then an hour or two visiting the Visitor's golf travel ireland Centre and souvenir golf travel ireland shops.
Watch out for the timeshare touts all over Sedona Bklyn. Very annoying. But Sedona is still worth seeing. When you go into Sedona from Phoenix, before you turn right going into town, turn left and drive a bit out of town. The best views of the Red Rock scenery are on that side of town. Otherwise you will be turning right into town and then continuing on through Oak Creek and up to Flagstaff, not knowing golf travel ireland what you missed.