Its an hour away?
Its an hour away?
There may be problems with this. First off, it looks like Lancaster and Carlisle are 80+ miles apart with Harrisburg in between them. From Harrisburg to Carlisle is about 20 miles.
The motels in and around Carlisle charge almost double their normal rate for the days of the event. It is not unusual to see rates of $130 or more per night in Carlisle.
To stay outside of Carlisle has another problem. In the morning, driving from the turnpike to the Carlisle fairgrounds is 10-15 minutes. In the evening going the other way, with everyone else leaving at about the same time, that same drive is often more than an hour (it is stop & go the entire distance). Now I haven't been to Carlisle in a few years, but friends I know that still go, say not much has changed in that regard.
And I should add, that staying at the SDAC host hotel for the SDAC event should certainly be highly considered. There is so much going on at the host hotel that driving from it every evening makes it seem like "I'm really missing out on something."
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Yeah I made that mistake I definitely want to stay at the host hotel for the SDAC weekend.
Lancaster has one main road, rt.30, and is very touristy, which is good for families but traffic is bad and being Fourth of July week, it will probably be worse. Make sure your cooling system is working well.
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I will be there for sdac not for Carlisle, see you all there, maybe we will see the Amish mafia, be on the look out for Levi lol
Yeah looks like Carlisle is out for me. 800-1000 for a hotel for 4 days is too rich for my blood. Still going to try and do SDAC though.
Econolodge in Mechanicsburg isn't too far and is $82 per night. Book a hotel in Mechanicsburg, PA
https://www.kayak.com/hotels/EconoLo...-07-12/2guests
Just as an example. A king room is a little less.
SDAC-25 Host Hotel in process... please hold. It will be a bit far from Carlisle but focused around the SDAC-25 event locations.
For Carlisle, if anyone has a hot ticket for a decent place to stay that is not overpriced with a bunch of rooms available please e-mail to jt@sdac.org
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I am staying here for Carlisle....
Rodeway Inn
1239 Harrisburg Pike,
Carlisle, PA, US, 17013
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Econolodge looks good. They have 8-Non-smoking double queen rooms $89, 8-non-smoking single king rooms $79, 2-smoking double queens $84. It's about 15 miles from the fairgrounds.
Try Rodeway inn in New Cumberland,Pa my room is $59,its nice,clean and 2nd gen neon guys stay next door at motel 6.i stayed there last year.I dont mind driving a bit to save a few hundred dollars.Hotels in carlisle are stupid exspensive during show season.
Last edited by Sgt Craig; 03-08-2015 at 08:23 AM.
66 miles to New Columbia? Seems a bit too far?
I booked a Motel 6 near the fairgrounds for Saturday and Sunday.
Looks like no rooms left at Motel 6 Carlisle.
Reaper1 and i are staying at rodeway inn
shippensburg pa
so i am making this a reccomended place to stay.