The days of all the hotels in York being filled up for this show are long gone. Attendance is down about 30% from what it was 10 years ago.
For any of you making a last minute decision to visit York, you'll be able to find rooms.
This really was a last minute decision that took twenty years .. that's about how long I've been back in trains and the about the first time I ever heard of York. This year the stars just aligned in the last two weeks and York here I come!
Grabbing a room at the Wyndham is the result of my old hotel experience.. 8 years with Hyatt... that no hotel is ever sold out. You have to talk directly to the hotel front desk and not the reservation line..
i have to say that I am really excited about making this trip.. funny thing though is at this point it's more about meeting the people I've been "talking" to all these years than about finding some holy grail of toy trains...strange as that may sound. Finally meeting guys like Marty, Alex, Ben, Bill, Frank, Alan, Lou, Barry etc...is what I'm really looking forward to..attending the York meet and seeing all the trains will be cool too. ��