Norton posted:Sounds like New Cumberland. The exit with the motels is the first one south of the Turnpike. We stayed there for a few years and ride is not bad.
Is everything really booked up in York? With the decline in attendance there appears to be many empty spots in the parking lots.
Pete
That's exactly where I meant. The motel I stay at is fine for my needs, meaning a clean room to stay in. It's not got spas, etc (I'm thinking the outdoor pool is generally closed in both April and October, but I think it may have a small workout room now). They do offer a very limited continental breakfast included with the room.
Someone looking for a "resort" type hotel will not be happy with it, but that's just a different type of motel/hotel thing, not an "it's a dump" thing.
I haven't seriously investigated staying down closer to York. I considered briefly for one or 2 meets as attendance dropped, but the hotel I would have considered trying was not well reviewed by multiple forum members (some of whom I trust their judgement pretty well, not just bashers).
While availability of hotels closer to York may have become less of an issue over the years (you no longer have to "wait for someone with a standing reservation to die" as was the perhaps slight exaggeration of years ago), the pricing is still significantly higher for anything closer to York.
I like the 83 scenario since it limits the amount of time on route 30. All those traffic lights on a business day with heavy traffic might be where I would draw the line for my patience. I can't imagine staying in Lancaster out near the TCA museum and Outlet malls, but others routinely suggest it works for them. (Then again I once had another member suggest to me that if he lived as "close" as I do about 2 hours away, he would just drive back and forth each day! I couldn't imagine spending 4 hours in the car each day to do York. The gas and tolls would probably make it only a $20-$30 savings each night)
Different strokes for different folks. 
I'm sure there are others who don't like highway driving and would not like the drive down 83 at highway speeds to start each day.
-Dave
