There's no better way to make your vacation at the Harvest Moon even more special than with a Pennsylvania vacation package. There are special travel packages, midweek deals and discounts that are added on to special events that are happening here at the "Moon". See if one suits your needs as you plan your getaway in Pennsylvania.

Step Back in Time with Apples and Amish Ways

Lancaster, PA - There was a time when fall meant “the harvest”, and that meant “putting up” as the Amish would say, for the long cold winter. Come to Lancaster County and experience this rich part of Amish culture again.

Two innkeepers have created a fall culinary adventure for you. Explore local farms and pick your own apples. Among the many fruit stands and orchards is nearby Hopewell Village, a restored iron-making plantation that invites you to help with their heirloom apple harvest. They’ll even provide ladders, buckets and picking poles!

Discover the many ways that the Amish utilize the harvest of the season, including home-made apple butter. Learn what apple butter really is! (It’s not butter at all, but a delicious blend of cooked fruit and spices with sugar.)

Round out your stay by having dinner in a local Amish home.

Take a little of Lancaster County home with you with apple butter of the canned variety. You can also enjoy your apples fresh, or as a main ingredient in some great Pennsylvania Dutch Country recipes, which you’ll take home.

Price: $60 per couple in addition to lodging.

Dates: Available continuously September 1 through November 30. Dinner availability will vary.

This package is appropriate for all ages; families welcome.

Waking up to a Lancaster Christmas

You know the old adage: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: well here in Lancaster, we have come up with some great ways to get you into the holiday spirit. Waking up in Lancaster during the Holidays is nothing short of spectacular. Fresh early morning cut greens, locally grown poinsettias with varieties never heard of, home baked cookies and community doings are all par for the course. With traditions both old and new, the area is alive with seasonal activities for even Scrooge to enjoy himself.

Two local innkeepers have come up with a great way to actually enjoy the hustle and bustle before the holidays actually arrive. We have put together a package that brings to light the areas deep German heritage and the beginnings of Christmas ornaments. Discover Swiss style cookies called “Springerle” and how they are made. Catch a show for young and old alike and all the while enjoy gracious host with a knack for hospitality and a penchant in the breakfast kitchen.

Your Waking up to a Lancaster Christmas package includes:

1. Tickets for two at the American Music Theater

2. Tickets for two at the National Christmas Center

3. Savings Booklet for the Lancaster Outlets

4. Early morning itineraries for greens, poinsettias and cookie hunting

5. Map of some of the Local Tree farms

6. Private Carriage Ride*

So enjoy the holidays and relax a bit. With all the hustle and bustle, this package is a great way to slow down and relive some of your most cherished memories. This package is available anytime between November and December except for Christmas Day and on Sundays and Mondays. Be sure to call early to reserve your room and seats at the American Music Theater. The cost for this package is at $140.00 per couple in addition to your room. Be sure to ask about themed weekends and scheduled events in the area. House tours, Belsnikel celebrations and yuletide bonfires adorn each of our weekends here in Lancaster. * Call for availability

Spa Package:

Looking to really relax? You have planned your trip to get away from it all. Well this is just the package to do so. Enjoy a well deserved massage from a certified massage therapist minutes from the Harvest Moon. One hour massage at forty-two dollars. Inquire by calling to find out the details

Murder Mystery Evenings:

Looking to host a Murder Mystery evening. We can do all the "Mischievous" work for you. With autumn fast approaching bringing with it crisp nights, pumpkins, candy apples and corn shocks, The Harvest Moon offers to you a chance to bring your friends along for a Haunting evening. In a evening filled with great fun and lots of twists and turns, the Harvest Moon can arrange all the details for that perfect Murder Mystery.

Your Murder Mystery Evening Includes:

· Hosted Murder Mystery with props supplied to embellish the weekend

· Candy and Caramel coated Apples

· Home Baked Cookies

• Breakfast each morning of your stay

· Crisp Autmun Cider

· Mulled Cider

· Mums and Pumpkins as a gift to bring home for each room rented

• Collection of Harvest Recipes perfect for throughing your own Autumn Party

All for $30 per person. This offer is valid from September through December. Mums and Pumpkins will be substituted with poinsetttias during the holidays. Must allow a minimum of three weeks to arrange.

Last Minute Getaway

Book any room The Thursday before the weekend and providing the room is available you will recieve a 15% discount on that room. This special may not be combined with any other special during your stay. Also may not be used during holiday weekends or special events.

Culinary Weekend Package

This is a special gift for our culinary enthusiasts. While enjoying Chef Carl’s culinary weekend add another day to your stay. Stay either the Thursday night before or the Sunday night after and receive that night at fifty percent off the room price. The reduced room rates would range in price for your added evening between $44.50 and $69.50. This offer does not apply to three day culinary packages.

For Immediate Release: January 1, 2007 “Over the River and Through the Woods”

To Grandma’s Cottage we go… Just in time for the 2006 vacation season, The Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast and Grandma's Cottage have put together a vacation package for those who would like to take a bit more in on their holiday time, a “Travelation” so to speak; a traveling vacation between Lancaster County, PA and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This is truly a vacation like none other; comparing and contrasting while enjoying two great vacation spots.

Discover two unique parts of the eastern states as your innkeepers from these two distinguished areas pull together their resources to bring to you a new and exciting vacation. The Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast and Grandma’s Cottage offer a complete package that awaits you and your family as you enjoy the sights, sounds, and taste of each region. Learn the rich history of the Shenandoah Valley, drive the Skyline Drive, explore the areas great caverns and enjoy the serenity of undisturbed nature. Then, take a scenic 5 ½ hr trip to Lancaster County. Discover Lancaster’s distinctive lifestyle and culture with the Amish and Mennonite. Listen to the Buggies travel through the back country roads, explore the local farm stands, and enjoy the Pennsylvania style of cooking.

Both destinations boast great country cooking, antiquing, and fine shopping. Quilts, homemade jams and jellies and wineries tie the two together. Lancaster and Harrisonburg each have there own quilt museum, while Adamstown and Staunton, being the respected antique capital of each region, are sure to churn out a find or two. The contrasts of both areas are sure to intrigue and surprise you.

Grandma’s Cottage and the Harvest Moon will tempt you in the kitchen as well. Both places offer an array of fine food. From country favorites to culinary delights, your trip is sure to be a departure from the norm when it comes to breakfast.

So you might ask what’s included:

Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast: www.harvestmoonbandb.com

v Two nights lodging at the Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast
v Tickets for two at the Amish Experience to enjoy the theatre and homestead: Both an emotional presentation of who the Amish are, told through new media and special effect techniques. Also, the Homestead is designated as a heritage site of Lancaster County.
v Tickets for two to the Lancaster Quilt Museum: A newer facility tucked away in the center of Lancaster, this is an “edutaining” experience for all to enjoy
v Tickets for two for a buggy ride: Take a ride through the country side and enjoy the slower side of Lancaster.
v Dinner for two at The Pub: A local hangout offering great steak and seafood
v A fifteen dollar gift card for Gas while you travel

Grandma’s Cottage: www.grandmascottagebb.com

v Two nights lodging at Grandma’s Cottage
v Two tickets for the grand Caverns: a stately and powerful example of nature’s handiwork, one of the most spectacular Virginia caverns and rated #2 in the United States by Parade Magazine. New York Times stated, “Favorite cave in Virginia…can’t imagine such a moment in any other cave”
v Entrance fee for the Skyline Drive. : As you enter the Shenandoah National Park via the spectacular Skyline Drive, slow down your pace… take in the roadside wildflowers, spy some quietly grazing deer in their natural habitat and marvel at the view of the spread of the lush Shenandoah Valley.
v Dinner for two at Hank’s Smokehouse Southern Eatery
v Virginia Quilt Museum: The Virginia Quilt Museum is open to the public as a resource center for the study of the role of quilts and quilting in the cultural life of society. The museum offers opportunities to view significant work by both early and contemporary quilt artisans.
v A ten dollar gift card for gas while you travel All of this is included in the total package price. As a gift to you, your innkeepers will include a picnic basket full of goodies while you travel to and from each inn.

This package is based on two people and does require a two night stay at each place.

The cost of this package is at $765.00; which includes all of your lodging, two nights of dinner, and four complete breakfasts, all tickets for museums, scenic drives, buggy rides, gas cards, and tours. Where you start is up to you; but rest assured knowing that your travels will take you, “over the river and through the woods.” Grandma’s waiting!!

So sit back, relax and stay a spell. Enjoy a vacation as they were meant to be enjoyed. Your innkeepers have taken care of the legwork and have made a holiday to remember. Call now to arrange for this special package. Carl Kosko Harvest Moon Bed and Breakfast www.harvestmoonbandb.com , 1.888.824.3763 Dianna Chandler Grandma’s Cottage www.grandmascottagebb.com , 1. 877. 241. 8113

*Package rates are based on Double occupancy
*Prices shown do not include PA state and local taxes