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Old 09-27-2013, 09:35 PM   #1
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Default Where's the best place to stay Hershey?

Planning to head down for the first time. It doesn't need to the the Taj Mahal.
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Old 09-27-2013, 09:51 PM   #2
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Default Re: Where's the best place to stay Hershey?

The best places are all booked up, long ago. All places are booked up, long ago.
You might find a place 40-50 miles away.
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We are staying in York, about an hour away.

Fairly reasonable rates.
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Old 09-27-2013, 10:27 PM   #4
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Sone places are booked several years in advance. We stay in Elisabeth.
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Old 09-28-2013, 10:07 AM   #5
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Can you go and sleep in the truck at the show site?
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Old 09-28-2013, 10:49 AM   #6
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I know a couple of guys that sleep in their car at a local camp ground.
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Old 09-28-2013, 11:42 AM   #7
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One year we pitch a tent and it snowed. We darn near froze to death. Then I borrowed a slide in truck camper full of bees. Then the next year I bought a well used Motor Home. Work on it all summer to get it ready and It done very good. About each year I got something different. This year I have a 2004 Four Winds MH 31 foot. It only has 15,000 miles on it. A Chevy 6.0 engine. You can rent a camper trailer to take there no rooms to be had. If you pitch a tent you will make it snow for sure. It worth going.My wife was about ready to shoot me when it snowed with the tent.
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Old 09-28-2013, 12:10 PM   #8
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I find that there are hotels in carlise , pa almost always available now, ( cheap prices) hershey is not as big as it was (as most shows), there is a freeway from carlise that goes around harrisburg and hook into rt 322 into herhey takes me 30 min to get to the hotel ( not including hershey traffic)
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Old 09-28-2013, 12:28 PM   #9
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Try the chain hotels/motels in Harrisburg. Hope it helps. Pete/Ct.
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Old 09-28-2013, 01:02 PM   #10
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Solidaxle, I just canceled one of my rooms at the Holiday Inn Express in Lebanon PA about 30 minutes from the flea market. 717- 273 9800
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Old 09-28-2013, 08:02 PM   #11
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I find that there are hotels in carlise , pa almost always available now, ( cheap prices) hershey is not as big as it was (as most shows), there is a freeway from carlise that goes around harrisburg and hook into rt 322 into herhey takes me 30 min to get to the hotel ( not including hershey traffic)
I have been to Carlise quite a few times and every time there's a show all the Hotels jack up the prices. One of my best memories was when my son was around 12 years old, we camped next to the fairgrounds. No traffic to deal with and easy access.
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Old 09-28-2013, 09:24 PM   #12
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If you find a room and I mean if, expect that they know there is a Show and have jacked the price way up.
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Back in the day the "no rooms to be had" was the norm. We stay in Palmyra and always see vacancy signs on the way there. Only about 7 miles from the show.
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This is my 40th. yr. going to Hershey. I tried last week( I know way too late but some stuff happens at the last minute) to get some spaces. They were sold out since May...9800 spaces. The best thing to do is try the different Hotels sometimes they have a room available for a night or two and you can move around from one Hotel to another for one night at a time.
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We stay at the Hershey park Camping "Resort" They most allways have room for a popup or a tent and power for a heater or an electric blanket. hot showers and bus trans to the field. 1-800-437-7439 www.hersheycamping.com
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Old 09-30-2013, 11:40 AM   #16
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We stay at the Hershey park Camping "Resort" They most allways have room for a popup or a tent and power for a heater or an electric blanket. hot showers and bus trans to the field. 1-800-437-7439 www.hersheycamping.com
Stop by Bill,if you see anything you know I could use buy it if reasonable you know I will take it. LOL ken ct. Drive there safely, ken ct.
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We sleep in the old airport across from the roller coaster. You can just drive down and sleep in your pickup truck. There is a fee per night but i cant remember what it is because my buddy usually pays it.
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Ol' Ron, you stay in Elisabeth, PA?
Isn't that out by Pittsburgh?
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Courtyard Gettysburg has rooms for about 139.
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Old 09-30-2013, 03:36 PM   #20
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Best place to stay is a buddys Motor home right in the midst of everything.I got 2 boarders buying me dinner every nite and some breakfasts and lunch.I just about eat free all week. You know the price to eat there. ken ct.
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