$649

Deposit: $100

About this trip

SWEET EXPERIENCE IN HERSHEY/HARRISBURG

PA CHRISTMAS AND GIFT SHOW, STONE GABLES ESTATE AND MORE! 

Wednesday December 4-Friday December 6, 2024 

Get in the holiday spirit as you explore the Hershey/Harrisburg area. Your first day will begin at Stone Gable Estate.  Tour the National Christmas Center newly relocated to Stone Gables Estate. The center has 17 Foot-Tall Stores and Storefronts causing Awe & Wonder as you explore this Treasure-Trove of Celebration. Next you will board the Harrisburg, Lincoln & Lancaster Railroad Train where you will tour around the property showing the most picturesque locations at Stone Gables Estate. Finally, enjoy the Grand Dame the Star Barn decked out for Christmas and enjoy the first part of the light show on your arrival. Cocktail hour kicks off the evening as you discover the outbuildings and gift shop. Dinner hour is a delicious buffet. Entertainment ends the evening with the highest quality musicians and world renowned Irish Tenors. You will enjoy the last part of the light show as you exit the dinner. Check in to ther hotel. The following day you will enjoy a guided tour of the PA State Capital where your expert escort points out the artistic and architectural highlights. The PA Capitol is considered to be the most ornate Capitol building in the United States. On October 4, 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt came to Harrisburg for the building’s dedication and was quoted, “It’s the handsomest building I ever saw.”  Hershey Time! This afternoon you will enjoy a Trolley Tour with a highly knowledgeable and entertaining conductor who will take you through the Hershey of today, then jump back all the way to a time before there was a town, or a chocolate factory, or even chocolate in America for that matter. You then journey through the inspiring life of Milton Hershey, visiting the historical sites of the town he created, and tasting the chocolate that made him famous. We end with an exclusive, spectacular view of the Sweetest Place on Earth from the “Welcome to Hershey” hill.  Next, Chocolate World to stock up on Hershey treats, enjoy the “hershey chocolate ride” and MAKE YOUR OWN HERSHEY BAR! Enjoy dinner at a special Victorian restaurant. The final day enjoy shopping at the PA Christmas and Gift Show. Christmas Shop at one of the largest holiday shows in the country! Thousands come from all over the Northeast to visit The Pennsylvania Christmas & Gift Show, a festive celebration of the season's finest Christmas shopping. Enjoy festive dance performances, heavenly voices, and merry instrumentals from local musicians, dance groups and school bands. Stroll through this year’s festive Christmas Tree Lane, featuring Christmas trees that are each decorated by a vendor in the show. It will certainly get you in the holiday spirit! Enjoy lunch on your own at the cafe.

Travel home with SWEET memories!

Package includes motor coach transportation, 2 nights at The Central Hotel and Conference Center,, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, Stone Gable Estate activities, Capital Tour, Trolley Tour, Chocolate World ride, make your chocolate bar, PA Gift Show, driver's gratuity and trip leader.

$649 pp double occup, $763 single occup $100 deposit to reserve Final pay due October 4

Bus departures

VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK ITINERARY FOR TIME CHANGES. Provided 1 week prior. 

8:00 AM Jackson Church, 68 Bennetts Mills Rd Jackson NJ 08527

8:30 AM Target, RT 70, Brick 

8:00 PM Approximate return