We loved our day trip from Scottsdale to the Grand Canyon. Although it's a lot of driving, the trip is broken up with various stops and the Mercedes van is large and comfortable (they are replacing the vans with newer bigger ones). Our driver/guide Shauna was very knowledgeable and had a lot to tell us along the way.
We stopped in Sedona for a brief visit (nice to get a taste of this beautiful location), and made another stop to pick up the lunches (a beautiful stop in the mountains and the lunches, when we ate them later, were very good). We had also purchased the helicopter flight over the canyon so we were dropped off at the airport first while Shauna took the rest of the group to the park. Our flight started 45 minutes late which was very frustrating. The people at the airport were not very helpful or apologetic about the schedule (unrelated to the Pink Jeep Company). The helicopter ride was amazing. We also really enjoyed our time at the park. It was a great day!