Hershey newbie advice: What do I need to know?

[Bruce Lancaster]

Another thing...recent construction and paving scrambled all traditionally held spaces at least twice in several years, adding extra randomness and breaking up some neighborhoods that had emerged over the years. Random, random, randow except tiny race car area (and you can be sure that there are LOTS of racecar people elsewhere) and a few clusters where a bunch of people with same interest managed to get a group of spaces side-by-side.

[fastlane666]

can you drive in at the end of the day? i can't see me carrying a bumber or a back seat of a 56 chevy very far. i'm going my first time this year and i'm heading out thursday morning. next year i'll get there on wednesday

[noboD]

You have to have a window sticker to get into a flea market field. The only way to get a sticker is to be a vendor and the sticker is only good for the field your space is in. Chocolate field stickers are brown, red field red, etc.

[Bruce Lancaster]

Wagon. Schlepp. Hershey is suffering as well as joy.

[hemi rodder]

I had been hearing of Carlisle and Hershey for 25years now from the older generation of car guy's, just seemed like it was across the world from me, now that i am farter along in life i have the freadom and means to go. last year i went for the first time to Hershey, i was in Heaven, i am going again this year, actualy i am leaving Saturday and making a vacation trip with the family on the way, i have a 18 hours trip plus detours one way, see you's there and enjoy.

[Straightpipes]

Well Hemi, have a good trip and drive careful. Stop by my spaces and say Hi.

[Terrence]

Originally Posted by fastlane666

can you drive in at the end of the day? i can't see me carrying a bumber or a back seat of a 56 chevy very far. i'm going my first time this year and i'm heading out thursday morning. next year i'll get there on wednesday

The best thing to do is take advantage of someone like Bob (the37kid) who has a space close to Hersheypark Dr. leave your stuff at his space then at the end of the day pull up along the road and toss the stuff over the fence. You really need two people to do this effectively without disrupting traffic. On a side note, most Derry Township Police are dicks. IMO

[HomemadeHardtop57]

get a sausage sandwich

[noboD]

Originally Posted by Terrence

The best thing to do is take advantage of someone like Bob (the37kid) who has a space close to Hersheypark Dr. leave your stuff at his space then at the end of the day pull up along the road and toss the stuff over the fence. You really need two people to do this effectively without disrupting traffic. On a side note, most Derry Township Police are dicks. IMO

Terrance what do you mean MOST? I had a ticket from them on my window several years ago because I parked along rt.39 ACROSS the bridge. That's MY township and they have no rights over here.

[skidmarks]

Originally Posted by fastlane666

can you drive in at the end of the day? i can't see me carrying a bumber or a back seat of a 56 chevy very far. i'm going my first time this year and i'm heading out thursday morning. next year i'll get there on wednesday

yes after 2 pm. im in the red feild and had my dad get a pickup bed i bought in the chocolate feild and took it home- his truck had no sticker at all. just dont abuse the privilage of getting in to pickup a piece and then joyride around the market

[skidmarks]

Originally Posted by Terrence

The best thing to do is take advantage of someone like Bob (the37kid) who has a space close to Hersheypark Dr. leave your stuff at his space then at the end of the day pull up along the road and toss the stuff over the fence. You really need two people to do this effectively without disrupting traffic. On a side note, most Derry Township Police are dicks. IMO

done the same thing without any trouble but them seen someone else do it and the cops acted like he robbed a bank - take your chances

[mink]

Where can I get some sleep after the show, need I head an hour or so out of Hersey to find an open hotel. Are hotels usually all booked up??

[The37Kid]

No, I really think that Hotel/Motel deal is a myth from many years ago, we found one 10-15 minutes from the field a few years ago that was reasonable. When the kids were little we had a room at the Hershey Lodge, it was great, crazy money, but somehow I could afford it back then. Bob

Originally Posted by mink

Where can I get some sleep after the show, need I head an hour or so out of Hersey to find an open hotel. Are hotels usually all booked up??

[noboD]

I agree, with as many new motels in the area you should be able to find something. There's a brand new one just off rt. 81 I didn't even know was being built until last week google are motels, there everywhere and can't all be full.

[oldolds]

If you like to gamble a bit, just stop at a hotel and ask for a room early in the day. Most hotels will tell you they are fully booked on a phone call when it is a big weekend. They sometimes keep a few rooms open for drive up people, that keeps customers happy that don't know there is a big event going on. It has worked for me.

Originally Posted by mink

Where can I get some sleep after the show, need I head an hour or so out of Hersey to find an open hotel. Are hotels usually all booked up??

[Terrence]

Originally Posted by mink

Where can I get some sleep after the show, need I head an hour or so out of Hersey to find an open hotel. Are hotels usually all booked up??

There are far more hotels west of Hershey than there are east especially around the 322/283/83 interchange google maps will be your friend. I would be really surprised if you couldn't find a room within 10 miles.