Hershey - looking for input
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There are lots of motels to choose from, all the brand names PLUS.I just got info for a friend that is coming this week, it ranged from $83 to $179 a night. Not sure what the Oct. prices are. If you plan to sleep in your car be aware Herco shut down the bathroom with a shower that everyone used to use. There are several camp grounds too.
Bruce of MN
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Don't delay on hotel reservations, they fill up fast and with high rates.
sconnors
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Thanks for the advice, I booked my room!
Steve_Mack_CT
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Hershey, you will love. A stuff everywhere but I would do Chocolate North first. We do that and then Green where the Packard guys hang out. We just sent our activity card in this week but spaces are TBD. Will be cool to try vending a bit this year; will definitely have some Model A stuff this year!
sconnors
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Looking forward to it! Went once before a few years ago and had a blast!
Brad in Germany
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We have several vendor spaces in the Hershey Chocolate Field, next door to Jordon Beller of the Beller Museum (Commercial Model A's, 1932 Fords, etc), Jim Thomas of Autotiques (author of the "Advertising the Model A Ford" book) ......and just down the row from where the MAFCA tent is usually set up.
From a seller's perspective, we find that sales are the best on Tuesday. Buyers come by, buy what they want (often with little negotiations) and move on as they search out the harder to find goodies as they are unpacked, early in the show.
Sales taper off until Thursday when people seem to take more time to just brows and socialize. Late Wednesday and Thursday we tend to sell a lot of our left over "junque", repro signs, tools, and other smaller less expensive items when people take the time to more carefully look though our things for sale (binders of Model A sales literature, Model A magazine ads, era car photos, etc).
We usually pack up on Thursday afternoon/evening and then go to the car show on Friday.
As for a hotel room, book early (only changeable reservations however). We book early but monitor hotel room prices through out the year and if we find one where the price goes down, we re-book for that room. We also usually pay for the room using hotel points, so our actual room cost ends up being free.
Brad in Maryland
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From a seller's perspective, we find that sales are the best on Tuesday. Buyers come by, buy what they want (often with little negotiations) and move on as they search out the harder to find goodies as they are unpacked, early in the show.
Sales taper off until Thursday when people seem to take more time to just brows and socialize. Late Wednesday and Thursday we tend to sell a lot of our left over "junque", repro signs, tools, and other smaller less expensive items when people take the time to more carefully look though our things for sale (binders of Model A sales literature, Model A magazine ads, era car photos, etc).
We usually pack up on Thursday afternoon/evening and then go to the car show on Friday.
As for a hotel room, book early (only changeable reservations however). We book early but monitor hotel room prices through out the year and if we find one where the price goes down, we re-book for that room. We also usually pay for the room using hotel points, so our actual room cost ends up being free.
Brad in Maryland
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