Here is the very latest information about parking and shuttle services at the AQS Quilt Show in Lancaster, Pannsylvania.
It will be easy to park your car and jump on the complimentary Express Shuttles to get to the Lancaster County Convention Center and Liberty Place Conference Center where all of the quilts and vendors are located. Two parking lots are available for visitors to the quilt show: Liberty Place (313 West Liberty Street, Lancaster, PA 17603), and Burle Business Park (1000 New Holland Ave, Lancaster, PA, 17601). Parking at each of these lots is $5 per car per day. Look for the AQS Parking signs.
Look for these blue buses Wednesday - Friday, and School Buses on Saturday.
Each bus will be marked with the route it will travel.
Park & Ride Parking Lots with Complimentary Shuttle Service: Express Shuttles will transport attendees and vendors at no charge from the Liberty Place and Burle Business parking lots to and from the Lancaster County Convention Center. Shuttle hours begin Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 9:00 p.m. daily. The Saturday shuttle service will use school buses and run from 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Express Shuttle pick up and drop off location is on King Street in front of Penn Square Grille (lobby level of the Lancaster Mariott). The Shuttle Stop at Liberty Place is at the end of Liberty Street (AQS Shuttle Stop signage will be posted). Look for the Shuttle Stop signs in the parking lot at the Burle Business Park lot. A $5.00 daily fee per car will be charged to park at either lot. A handicapped accessible bus will be available at the Liberty Place parking lot only.
Parking – Downtown Garages: There are a number of pay-to-park garages in downtown Lancaster: Duke Street, Prince Street, Penn Square, Water Street, and E. King Street. Daily Rates: $2.00 for the first hour; $1.00 per hour (or any fraction thereof) for each additional hour up to a maximum of $14.00 per day.
Parking – Motorcoach Groups: All motorcoaches (non-shuttle) will be directed to unload on Vine Street. Local police will be on hand to monitor traffic control. The Burle Business Park lot, located at 1000 New Holland Pike, will be used as a satellite parking lot for ALL visiting motorcoaches and charters.
Parking – Vendors: Vendors at the Liberty Place Conference Center will be parked at their location. All vendors for the Lancaster County Convention Center will be park at the Burle Business Park lot at 1000 New Holland Pike. A special van shuttle service for the vendors will be provided from the Burle Business Park lot to the convention center (during setup on Monday and Tuesday) and will be operated by Friendly Transportation, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All other days, vendors may use the Express Shuttle, which will run from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hotel Shuttle for Overnight Guests: Guests who booked lodging through the Lancaster County Passkey Reservation Center will receive a complimentary shuttle pass for the duration of their stay. Overnight guests must show their Passkey/shuttle pass to use one of the four hotel shuttle vehicles (Passkey shuttle passes will be distributed by the hotels at check-in to those whose name appears as registered guests - if you have any additional people staying with you, be sure to call (800 PA DUTCH) Passkey to add their names so they will get a shuttle pass too). Hotel shuttle pick up and drop off will be in front of the Lancaster County Convention Center Queen Street Entrance. If a non-Passkey guest desires to ride the hotel shuttle service, they must purchase a shuttle pass on site at the Lancaster County Convention Center or at Liberty Place Conference Center for a fee of $15.00 per day.
Hotel Shuttle Route service, provided by Conestoga Tours:
Route 1 – Howard Johnson, Wingate by Wyndam, Quality Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Lancaster Host, Tanger Outlets.
Route 2 – Tanger Outlets, Historic Strasburg, Fulton Steamboat, Red Roof Inn, Continental Inn, Country Inn of Lancaster (Spring Blossom Quilt Festival – AQS Sanctioned Event), Hawthorne Inn.
Route 3 – Hampton Inn Greenfield, Courtyard by Marriott, Hilton Garden Inn, Fairfield Inn, Homewood Suites.
Route 4 – Eden Resort, Lancaster Arts, Days Inn Route 501, Willow Valley.
Directions to Liberty Place Parking:
Designated parking will be noted. Attendants will be on site to direct you.
Directions from Baltimore/York:
Merge onto I-83 N
Exit 9; follow Rt. 30 East to Lancaster
Exit at Fruitville Pike
Turn right and proceed south on Fruitville Pike
Proceed through 3 lights and cross Richard C. Scott (railroad) Bridge
At Neptune Diner (on your right), turn right onto West Liberty St.
Proceed 2 blocks to the corner of N. Charlotte & W. Liberty Streets
Directions from Philadelphia:
Take PA Turnpike (Rte. 76) West toward Harrisburg
Exit 286 for Reading & Lancaster. Follow Route 222 S to Lancaster
Take exit for Route 30 West
Exit at Fruitville Pike
Turn left at 2nd light onto Fruitville Pike south
Proceed through 3 lights and cross Richard C. Scott (railroad) Bridge
At Neptune Diner (on your right), turn right onto West Liberty St.
Proceed 2 blocks to the corner of N. Charlotte & W. Liberty Streets+
Directions from Harrisburg:
Route 283 East to Lancaster
Merge onto Route 30 East
Exit at Fruitville Pike
Turn right and proceed south on Fruitville Pike
Proceed through 3 lights and cross Richard C. Scott (railroad) Bridge
At Neptune Diner (on your right), turn right onto West Liberty St.
Proceed 2 blocks to the corner of N. Charlotte & W. Liberty Streets
Directions from Pittsburgh:
Take PA Turnpike (I-76) East
Take Exit 247 and follow route 283 East to Lancaster
Exit at Fruitville Pike
Turn right and proceed south on Fruitville Pike
Proceed through 3 lights and cross Richard C. Scott (railroad) Bridge
At Neptune Diner (on your right), turn right onto West Liberty St.
Proceed 2 blocks to the corner of N. Charlotte & W. Liberty Streets
Directions to BURLE Business Park Parking Lot:
Directions from Harrisburg:
Take 283 East to Lancaster; the road turns into Route 30 East.
Route 30 East to New Holland Avenue Lancaster exit.
Turn Right.
BURLE is first left at the second traffic light.
Directions to BURLE Business Park Parking Lot (continued)
Directions from Baltimore/Washington:
Go to 695 West-Towson exit.
Follow 695 West to I-83 North towards Harrisburg/York.
In York, take Route 30 East to Lancaster.
Then take Route 30 East to New Holland Avenue Lancaster exit.
Take a right hand turn.
BURLE is the first left at the second traffic light.
Directions from Philadelphia
Take 1 South to 41 North to Route 30 West.
Take Route 30 West to New Holland Avenue Lancaster exit.
Turn Left.
BURLE is the first left at the second light.
Directions from Lancaster Airport
Follow road out of airport to 501 South. Follow to junction of Route 30.
Take Route 30 East to New Holland Avenue Lancaster exit.
Turn Right.
BURLE is the first left at the second light.
Advanced registration for the Lancaster show has now closed. Check at the Workshop Desk in the Hallway outside Freedom Hall at the Lancaster County Convention Center; the Workshop Desk will be open 12 - 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, and 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. on show days. All registrants will need to stop at the Workshop Desk to pick up your badge holder. Registrations for those who registered after February 10 and all international registrants will need to stop at the Workshop Desk to pick up your name badge. Your name badge is your admission to all of your confirmed events.
The quilts are arriving...and we will all be heading to Lancaster soon.
See you there!
