Amish Neighbors Tours, Inc.

theatre / tour services
All About Tours /
Amish Neighbors Tours, Inc.
750 May Post Office Road
Strasburg, PA 17579
Contacts: Ria ReulingHutchinson, Andre Reuling,
or Deb Pantano
717-687-8650 / F 717-687-9357
Toll Free: 1-800-63 AMISH (2-6474)
www.amishneighborstours.com
[email protected]
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friendly
Sight & Sound Theatres
®
300 Hartman Bridge Road
PO Box 310
Strasburg, PA 17579
Contact: Group Sales
717-687-7800
Toll Free: 1-800-377-1277
www.sight-sound.com
[email protected]
Sight & Sound Theatres® is thrilled to be celebrating 35 years
of bringing the Bible to life! Join the year-long celebration that
reflects on the theatres’ heritage and casts a vision for a bright
and spectacular future! The theatre features a 300-ft stage
that wraps around three sides of the audience, state-of-the-art
lighting, sound and special effects. Shows are characterized by
a talented cast, elaborate staging, live and animatronic animals,
and realistic sets up to 40 feet tall.
Joseph: March 19 – October 22, 2011
Sight & Sound’s original production, Joseph, has quickly
become a new favorite among many of our patrons! This
energy-packed production will leave you feeling uplifted with
the life-changing message of forgiveness. See the show that
has everyone talking!
Miracle of Christmas: November 11 – December 31, 2011
Go back in time and witness the greatest birth in history.
You will be surrounded by the bustling village of Bethlehem
as camels, horses, donkeys and villagers pass by your seat.
Miracle of Christmas is a family tradition that follows the true
biblical account of one of the greatest moments of all time.
Follow the star and arrive early to enjoy interactive experiences
with cast members and live animals.
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Let our trained staff take you on a journey into America’s past and
the Amish community’s present. We are a full-service receptive
operator, located in the heart of Amish Country, offering you unique,
“non-commercialized” stops that no one else has to offer.
We can create a personalized one to five-day tour itinerary for your
group in our neighborhood, and include nearby areas like Hershey,
Philadelphia and Gettysburg, giving you plenty of HUB and
SPOKE destinations. If you don’t have the time, try our special
3-hour tour, giving your group a special “taste” of our area.
We also can offer bilingual tour guides speaking Spanish, German,
French, Italian and Dutch!
All About Tours is also home to Amish Neighbors Tours, Inc.,
Hefty’s Sports Tours, Adios Amigos Adventures, Pretty In Pink
Girlfriend Getaways and Red Hot Lancaster, our most popular
division that specializes in uncommon tours for Red Hat ladies.
As a multi-faceted travel group, we can take care of all your traveling
needs and also offer complete meeting, reunion and convention
planning services. We truly are your “one-stop tour shop!”
tour services
Just Fill the Bus, Leave the Rest to Us!
717-361-7541 / F 717-367-4318
Toll Free: 1-800-979-8687
www.brunswicktours.com
[email protected]
student
friendly
Let us welcome your group to our backyard in the heart of
beautiful PA Dutch Country, including Lancaster, Hershey,
Gettysburg, York and Brandywine Valley.
All-In-One Tours & Cruises
1530 Commerce Drive, Suite B 717-581-5333 / F 717-560-5557
Lancaster, PA 17601
Toll Free: 1-888-681-5333
Contact: Cathy Strite
www.all-in-one-tours.com
[email protected]
student
friendly
Spend an Evening with the Amish!! Our exclusive program,
with the only legitimate meal with the Amish, is a unique and
amazing experience! Include tours of our charming city as well the
countryside. Consider a Murals Tour which includes meeting the
artist! Fancy a Pubs & Piety Tour or include a Market Tour and meet
with the Market Master. Our creative juices are flowing!
Endorsed by Civil War Trails, we can include special sites on
the Gettysburg battlefield that are exclusive to us! See how an
amusement park operates by touring before the gates open!
Include sites in Hershey, York, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia
with specially trained guides to lead you. Incorporate Baltimore,
Washington DC, Brandywine Valley and Virginia into your experience!
Whether you’re “just pass’n through” for a few hours or are
planning a multi-day visit, you can count on us to develop
innovative tour packages that are perfectly suited to your group’s
interests, schedule and budget.
As a full-service receptive operator, our goal is to make group
travel easy for you and every visit a memorable event for your
guests. No guesswork, no worries, no advance deposits, and
no getting stuck with unused theater tickets or hotel rooms!
If you are worried about rising tour costs and haven’t taken
advantage of our services before, NOW is the time to give us a try!
Let us show you how we can save you time and money on your
next Penn Dutch tour package, including lodging, theaters, dining,
attractions and step-on guides.
Please visit our website for itinerary ideas or give us a call to
receive our Group Tour Idea Catalog or a proposed itinerary.
We look forward to including you in our happy family of satisfied
customers. Give us a call today, then “Just Fill the Bus,
Leave the Rest to Us!”
We are a full-service operation. Known for our creativity, we have
partnered with hotels, attractions and restaurants to give you prices
below what it would cost you to make arrangements yourself!
Let us plan your tour from start to finish!
• The Ultimate
Amish Experience
• Haunted Lancaster
• German Christmas Traditions
• Sinner & Saints
• Culture, Cuisine &
Countryside
• Spirit of Christmas Past
Call our creative tour experts to arrange your travel experience –
and make it more than “just a tour!”
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T o u r S er v i ces
120 Ridgeview Road North
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Contacts: Carole Brubaker,
Katie Markley, Chris Hershey,
Sharon Fridy
T h e at r e
Brunswick Tours, Inc.
tour services
Old Order Amish Tours
63 Eastbrook Road,
Rt. 896 North
Ronks, PA 17572
Contacts: Dale and Kathy
Eshbach
717-299-6535 / F 717-299-1946
www.oldorderamishtours.com
[email protected]
student
friendly
We invite you to experience the beautiful Lancaster County
countryside and the Amish culture.
Old Order Amish Tours offers you:
• Over 28 years of experience
• Exclusive access to an actual Amish home and 80+ acre farm
Lancaster Amish Tours
35 Chickadee Circle
Leola, PA 17540
Contacts: Buffy Immel
610-842-6993
www.lancasteramishtours.com
[email protected]
• Visit an Amish farm at milking time
• Educational and informative insight into the Amish lifestyle
• Reservations for lodging, theaters, restaurants and attractions
(at no additional cost to you!)
• Fully customized and unique itineraries to fit your
group’s specific needs
• One of our unique itineraries for your group includes transportation
in Amish buggies to an Old Order Amish farm
Are you looking for that unique and exclusive invitation into the
lives of the Old Order Amish here in Lancaster County, PA?
Take a leisure ride through the heart of Amish country with a welltrained and knowledgeable guide. You will visit a real working dairy
farm, a quilt and craft shop, pass by many Amish-owned business,
homes and school houses. You will receive an abundance of
information about their way of life and culture. We customize
our tours for you specific needs.
• Add Hershey or Philadelphia to your itinerary – we’ll be happy to
plan your overnight stay!
Here is what we offer:
Contact us and let our professional tour service make your trip
a truly memorable one!
• Exclusive non-commercialized tours
(Country Farmland and Milking Time Tours)
• We offer other tours, please inquire about them
Our tour guides are experienced and very pleasant-mannered
people who will do their best to answer all your questions. You can’t
go wrong with Lancaster Amish Tours for your touring needs.
Denki Fah Mit Geh (Pa Dutch for “Thank you for coming along”)
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Our tours are truly non-commercial and are respectful to our
Amish friends. Let one of our experienced and knowledgeable
guides take you back in time. Go inside an actual Amish home and
see and understand how this Plain Sect lives their daily lives with no
electricity or other modern conveniences. We will present the Amish
culture in a unique and unforgettable way. We will take your group
to places that others do not.
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Attractions
AAA Buggy Rides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
AACA Museum — A World-Class Automotive Experience. . . . . . . . . . 8
Aaron and Jessica’s Buggy Rides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adventure Sports in Hershey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Amish Experience F/X Theater — Amish Country Homestead. . 10
Amish Farm and House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Amish Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brandywine River Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Carlisle Sports Emporium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Choo Choo Barn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
DUTCH WONDERLAND® Family Entertainment Complex . . . . . . . . 13
Ephrata Cloister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Experiential Tours at Kitchen Kettle Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Farmland Fun at Verdant View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hans Herr House and Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Heritage Center Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Herr’s Snack Factory Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
HERSHEY®’S CHOCOLATE WORLD™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
HERSHEYPARK® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intercourse Canning Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Kitchen Kettle Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Kreider Dairy Farm Tour at Country Inn & Suites — Manheim. . . . . 19
Lancaster Barnstormers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
National Christmas Center Family Attraction and Museum . . . . . . . 21
The National Watch & Clock Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
President James Buchanan’s Wheatland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
QVC Studio Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rock Ford Plantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Strasburg Rail Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Susquehanna Glass Factory Outlet and Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turkey Hill Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Zip Line Canopy Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dining
Best Western Premier Eden Resort & Suites—
Arthur’s Terrace & Garfield’s Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant & Smorgasbord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Conestoga Restaurant & Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fulton Steamboat Inn—Huckleberry’s Restaurant & Tavern. . . . . . . 28
Good ’N Plenty Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Hershey Farm Restaurant & Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Miller’s Smorgasbord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Olde Greenfield Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Plain & Fancy Farm Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Willow Tree Restaurant & Smorgasbord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Yoder’s Restaurant & Buffet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lodging
1867 Inn at Leola Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
AmishView Inn & Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Best Western Premier Eden Resort & Suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Best Western Revere Inn & Suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bird-in-Hand Family Inn and Restaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Black Horse Lodge & Suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Clarion Inn at Historic Strasburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Comfort Inn Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Comfort Inn — New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Comfort Suites Amish Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cork Factory Hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Country Inn & Suites by Carlson® — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Country Inn & Suites by Carlson® Manheim/Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Country Inn of Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Courtyard by Marriott — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Days Inn & Suites (Formerly Travelodge Inn & Suites). . . . . . . . . . . 40
Days Inn PA Dutch Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Doubletree Resort–Lancaster/Willow Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fairfield Inn by Marriott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fulton Steamboat Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hampton Inn & Suites —Ephrata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hampton Inn — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hampton Inn — Manheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heritage Hotel — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hershey Farm Restaurant & Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hilton Garden Inn — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Holiday Inn Express — Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Holiday Inn Express & Suites — Lititz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Holiday Inn of Lancaster County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Hotel Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Howard Johnson Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lancaster Arts Hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lancaster Host Resort & Conference Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
La Quinta Inn & Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Red Roof Inn of Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sleep Inn & Suites by Choice Hotels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sleep Inn & Suites by Choice Hotels — Ronks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Willow Valley Inn & Suites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Wingate by Wyndham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Shopping
Bird-in-Hand Farmers Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Burkholder’s Fabrics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Flower & Craft Warehouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Kauffman’s Fruit Farm and Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Outhouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Riehl’s Quilts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rockvale Outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tanger Outlet Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Wilton Armetale® Factory Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Theatre
American Music Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fulton Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Gretna Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rainbow Dinner Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sight & Sound Theatres®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Tour Services
All About Tours/Amish Neighbors Tours, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
All-In-One Tours & Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brunswick Tours, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lancaster Amish Tours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Old Order Amish Tours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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