Since I checked out of the Penn Square Marriott for the show last March, I have been trying to contact the Marriott  to make a new  reservation for the 2011 AQS Show.  For several months they had no agreement set with the show management so I called back periodically.

Now I have been in contact with the organization responsible for the show reservations www.PADutchCountry.com  and they told me a list was being collected at the show for anyone  interested in a reservation at the show rate for 2011.  

Unfortunately for me, I didn't know such a list existed and was being compiled.  I was also never offered an opportunity to leave my name as I checked out, nor was I sent a letter of any kind to let me know that a list for reservations for the next show was being collected. So what to do.  I left my name at the end of the list they have collected.  I am trying to get in touch with the Pa Dutch senior management to express my disappointment. I have already spoken with middle management and nothing was gained.  I asked whose idea was this to collect a list at  the corner of the hotel. And I asked why wasn't I afforded an opportunity to leave my name as I was already a guest at the hotel for the 2010 show?

For now, I made a reservation with the hotel at the standard rate which is only about $15.00 over the show rate. So I pay $149 per day instead of the show rate of  about $135.00. 

My biggest issue now is that the hotel can only guarentee me a king bed with a possible roll-away.  This probably wont work for me and my friend.  So maybe I'll take my husband next year.

In all the years I have attended the former Lancaster show, Quilters Heritage, I have  never experienced such inadequate management as I have so far with the AQS.  Lets just hope they continue to learn from these errors, both at the show and the months leading up to it.