Hello All; Yea the weather wasn't very good on Friday as we hit rain on the way down from home Friday afternoon. My buddy & I woke up to blue sunny skies on Saturday morning, wiped the cars down & headed to the show. It was my first time staying at the Hampton in Carlisle & probably
my last. It was very nice, but $433.00 with tax for 2 nights it wasn't that nice-LOL.
When the Carlisle hotels advertise "Special Car Show" rates it usually means "bend over and spread em." I learned years ago to drive outside of town to stay overnight. This year I went on Hotels.com in early May and booked a nice king suite,separate bedroom, for 3 adults at the Country Inn and Suites in Mechanicburg for $80 /night including tax for 3 nights.Very nice place with hot breakfast included.I called the hotel directly after checking on the Hotels.com site and they quoted $175/night.After I told them about the Hotels.com price they told me they were booked. I clicked my reservation on Hotels.com, then called them back 10 min. later and guess what? Reservation confirmed. The area hotels should be grateful to the car crowd and not try to break it off in us.