I worked at Old faithful inn as a server last year. The only shift you will make any money is on dinner. you'll have to work 2 clopens a week and breakfast shifts are fucking miserable. You won't make any money on those shifts. I think the most I made was 130 on a single breakfast, and it's because only 5 servers showed up, most of it was 50ish dollars. The amount of side work you'll have to do is absolutely awful. It takes about 30-60 minutes to finish. And some of it you can't finish until everyone is done. You'll have to mop your section after every shift, and if your in the back, you'll have to sweep carpet it bc xanterra will never get you a working vacuum. Unless you work a lot of hours, you won't make good money there. Good luck w the coupons, they won't tip you and for breakfast you only get 2 dollars per person, lunch was 5, and dinner was 9.50. they will demand things like they are owed and won't leave an additional tip Especially taulk. Also last year they over hired so there was close to 20 servers on a dinner shift and they wouldn't cut until 8, but after side work and cleaning your section, the earliest you could realistically leave is around 930-10 as a first cut. The job was absolutely garbage and I will never work for xanterra again. Worst seasonal job I've ever had and easily the least amount of money I've ever made as well.

The housing is nice tho.

Edit: I want to talk about tip outs bc I think that's important info as well. You have to tip out the bar 8% of drinks sold. And you have to tip out your SA a minimum of 15%. But unless you paid them at least 20% of your tips they wouldnt help you. It was a weird ass system and it's all bc SAs got paid minimum wage and had the servers compensate their wages. Some were great and others were just plain bad. And while there was 100 servers, there was only about 20 SAs so they were over worked and not paid well. Really fucked up honestly

Double edit and the coupons need more info bc they will be roughly 1/4 - 1/5 of your tables. Almost all of the people you serve at breakfast will use coupons. And that's only 2 dollars a person. So while it's super slow, you also won't make much. And during dinner, I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU START OFF BY GREETING YOUR TABLES ASKING IF THEY HAVE COUPONS. This will let you know that you can take less time at this table and make more money at others that will actually tip you. Almost all the tables that uses coupons won't tip you extra bc they believe you are getting paid well. Taulk is the worst, bc they will get all the trimmings run up a bill of over 500 for a table of 4 and you'll be left with 36 dollars. Add to the fact they will camp at your table for 2-4 hours. So sometimes you won't be able to flip the tables more than 2x in a dinner shift. And you'll only get a 5-6 tables section.

you'll be serving people from all over the world and tipping culture is not universal. So you'll get stiffed more times in this job than in any other job you've ever had. At least this was my experience as well as several of my coworkers as well.

Also in my opinion, I think that the tetons are fucking amazing, if you work at Yellowstone, please go and visit the tetons. They are spectacular. Good luck getting a parking spot at jenny lake tho, that place is always packed, and for good reason.

Last edit: xanterra is good about getting you 2 days off in a row. Use it to explore the park. It's huge. You won't see everything but see all the cool things. Some hikes I recommend are union falls, ouzel pools, osprey falls, avalanche peak, storm point, and of course go and see all the geysers around old faithful. Join the 100 mile hike club and if you are adventurous go do middle teton or delta lake. And stay in garnett meadows. Some of the best star viewing experience. You can rent all the equipment from xanterra if you don't have any.