I am a devote Groupon customer. Groupon was the first crowd-purchasing site that I joined, I earn 10-15% cashback thanks to my Discover card (affiliate link), and when companies have gone out of business, Groupon has stepped up to the plate and refunded our money. Groupon is the type of company that values their customers, and for that I am thankful and give them my business.
However, Family Travels on a Budget alerted us on Facebook that a competing crowd-purchasing site, Deal Chicken, was offering a $99 a night stay at the Red Caboose Motel located in Amish country, Pennsylvania. After some quick discussion with my wife, it was an opportunity our family just could not pass up.
The Red Caboose Motel is located in a huge train themed area of the country, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum, historic Strasburg Railroad, and even the Choo-Choo Barn railroad layout that I remember my parents taking us to as kids. We also were in the process of trying to plan somewhere to visit over the long Thanksgiving holiday, so this was perfect timing.
Just out of curiosity, prior to making our purchase, I decided to run Deal Chicken by through the various shopping portals, as well as look for promotional codes offering a discount. We were able to find and successfully use promo code RMN15, which earned us $15 off a purchase of $75 or more. I was also able to break up our purchase into two separate transactions, bringing our total from $198 down to $168, which will be used for two nights accommodations in a caboose.
The Deal Chicken offer was a great deal when using the coupon code, and has our family very excited to review not only the motel, but also the surrounding train activities in the area.
Have you been to the Red Caboose Motel or any of the surrounding train related activities? Have any recommendations for other things to see or places to eat?
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Wrights Ferry Mansion is a historical gem. the home of Susanna Wright who was a good friend to Ben Franklin.
My dad’s review of our last visit there: “We had been to the Wright’s Ferry Mansion quite a few years ago but just recently returned to take our visiting son there in October 2012. The experience was superb–and the per-person fee of $5 for the one-hour guided tour of the house is absolutely one of the best bargains in Pennsylvania antiquities. Tammy, our guide, was welcoming, knowledgeable, wonderfully responsive, and made our tour of the house and its furnishings thoroughly pleasant and exciting, indeed. We were thrilled by our tour.
The collection of all kinds of pre-1750 Pennsylvania antiquities in the house is assuredly one of the best in the country. The furniture collection is especially outstanding and contains many of the finest period pieces that are the envy of the best and largest museums in the whole United States. Several pieces of furniture are on loan from the finest private collections in the country. In addition, the mansion’s collections of glassware, pottery, and silverware contain many marvelous items, and its collection of gadgetry and minutiae of every day life is fascinating and enlightening.
Of course, the house itself is absolutely wonderful and alone is worth visiting at twice the admission price. But the magnificent collections within it enrich the visiting experience immensely.
Its an experience I’m happy to recommend highly if you love old houses, antiques, and history. Many thanks to the Wright’s Ferry Mansion group and the Von Hess Foundation.
Visited October 2012”