NERR October 2024 Hotel Info
LODGING:
For the last 16 years we have been telling people, DO NOT WAIT TO LONG TO BOOK YOUR ROOMS. Without fail, every year people think it's not a big deal if they wait and every year people learn, AFTER THE FACT, that they should have taken our advice & I think that hit a new level in 2023
We research our properties and the surrounding area more than most other road trip planners do & we believe the effort shows. While we can't guarantee everything will be perfect, we can say that we minimize the chances of bad things happening.
Friday, October 4, 2024
While this isn't "officially" part of NERR's event, many people usually come in early for this night. This year, like 2022, we’ll be at the lovely (and schwanky!) Groton Inn! This place is awesome with a great restaurant on-site and an awesome center courtyard where we sat around a fire and hung out late night. Given the cost of hotels lately, and the quality of this Inn, I think I got us a decent deal at $275. It’s just over $300 after taxes.
Booking link:
Guests can also visit www.thegrotoninn.com: click Book Now, enter the group code NERODR in the Group Code field, and select the event dates on the calendar to view available rooms.
Or call the front desk at 978-448-6600 and ask for the "Northeast Rod Run Room Block"
I was only able to reserve 15 rooms, but if they sell out fast we should be able to get more, if they’re available.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Hampton Inn Fishkill
544 US-9, Fishkill, NY 12524
This is a brand new property for NERR and our first time staying in the Fishkill area. We chose this location based on our route's needs and input from NERR veterans that used to live in the area. The fact that there are other choices in the area was important too, because we know some people aren't going to be able to get in here.
We were only able to secure 23 rooms for this block. Yes there are plenty of other hotels in the area, but we have gotten a good chuck knocked off each room, so I'm assuming most hotels are going to be around the same rates as ours And you're probably not going to get any rates as low as we have here.
Just click on link below to book your room.
BOOKING LINK: SOLD OUT
This property sold out within 4 hours of announcing rooms were available.
BIG UPDATE....... We just got great news that a couple/few more rooms have become available (need to call the hotel directly). the following is from an email we just received:
The block will expire on September 5 so, if you know of anyone that is not on this list and still needs a reservation, please send them a reminder to call the reservation line at 1-888-315-1527 and use the discount code CCF. It looks like your block has grown a bit and there are 2 rooms still available for that night. If you think that you may need to add a few more, please let us know and as long as we have them to pull, we are happy to add to the block.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
SpringHill Suites Hershey Near the Park
115 Museum Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
For the second night in a row, we are staying at a Marriott owned property. This one has a perfect location for us, as we will be ending our day with a visit to the AACA auto museum right next door, so everyone can stay as long as the museum as they want and not have to worry about getting left behind from the group, because our host property is walking distance from the museum.
Once again, getting a decent sized block was tough, so we were only able to secure 25 rooms at this time, but we feel that we got people a decent rate and once this block fills (which I'm sure will be quick), we can hopefully try to get more rooms added.
Just click on link below to secure your room
BOOKING LINK: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1700065065389&key=GRP&app=resvlink
Monday, October 7, 2024
We don't have a room block for this night, so there are a few options, at different price points. All hotels are within about a mile of our "host" property, so everyone can still be close together for the usual nightly hangout.
While there are plenty of options in the area, these are the few that we gave a look at:
Mimslyn Inn Mimslyn Inn | Hotel in Luray, VA | Historic Hotel In Virginia
401 W Main St, Luray, VA 22835 Phone: ( 540)743-5105
This is a higher end hotel and I don't know how many will stay here, but this is where we booked, so we're going to consider it the "host property" for location purposes. It has a restaurant, speakeasy, spa, year round hot tub, seasonal pool. Rooms start at about $265 +tx, with suites at $275 +tx. There are also cottages, that can sleep multiple people, so maybe that is also an option for multiple couples and maybe that makes the cost a lot cheaper, although I didn't look into that option. Remember, if you call, we don't have a block so mentioning NERR is not going to do anything for you. If we were to set a block, we had to set up certain packages at thousands of dollars in extra costs.
Cardinal Inn Hotel in Luray VA, Hotels in Luray Virginia. (cardinalinn.com)
1005 East Main Street, Luray, VA 22835
Phone : (540)743-5010
This hotel is a little over a mile past our host property at about $100/night +tx
Luray Caverns Motel East/West Luray Caverns Motel (roomsy.com)
831 W Main Street, P O Box 748
Luray, VA
22835 Phone: ( 540) 743 6551
These are two separate properties. right near our last destination stop of the day. Motel East is approx 1 mile before our "host" property and Motel west is about another .5 mile away. I believe these are also about $100/night +tx
There is also a Budget Inn across the street from the "host" property, but we didn't look at that one at all
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Liberty Mountain Resort
78 Country Club Trail, Fairfield, PA 17320
This year, for the most part, we really haven't been able to secure properties that NERR
participants have become accustomed to during our events, but I think we are finishing our last
night off strong.
People will actually have 3 buidings to choose from. All of these buildings are right next to each
other.
1) The first one being Highland Lodge. This is their newest and main property. Highland is where
everyone will check-in, no matter which building they choose to stay in. This building also has
the restaurant & tavern, along with where breakfast will be served. they also have a firepit out
back.
2) Next up is the Alpine Lodge which is located at the base of the mountain, on the other side of
the "street". This property also has multiple firepits, but not sure if they would have them going
mid-week, during that time of year.
3) Finally is their Fairway Lodge, which overlooks the golf course (anyone doing an early tee time
before they head home?). This one is right behind Highland Lodge
BOOKING INFO:
If you've followed our updates, you know we had to get creative to make this one work for us,
so....
We are calling this an "open block", which means the rooms aren't in a normal guaranteed block.
Because of this, we also couldn't get as good a discount as we usually get, but we still secured
20% off regular room rates.
After September 8, 2024 that discount no longer applies.
Here is where things really get interesting. The sooner you book, the cheaper your rate will be,
so for the normal procrastinators, not only do you have a chance at not getting a room (as
happened to many people last year), you also have the chance at paying over $100 more per room
than those that book early.
As of February 1, the normal going rates were $153, $163 and $173 per room (plus taxes), so once
people mention the group, they will get 20% off those rates, or whatever the current rates are
when they book. Those prices also include breakfast for two people per room.
Guests can call 855-953-0195 Monday - Friday from 9am-7pm EST and Saturday/Sunday 10am-7pm EST.
Please have the guests reference the group code (SLIROD24) or the group name (Northeast Rod Run).
WHEN BOOKING THEY WILL ASK WHICH PROPERTY YOU ARE BOOKING FOR. IT IS LIBERTY MOUNTAIN RESORT