Lodging and Local Attractions
Hotels
Hotels
The following hotels have blocked several rooms for us at group rates if reunion attendee reserves before the deadline, which varies by hotel.
Double Tree Resort by Hilton
Double Tree Resort by Hilton
- To register: Click here to book overnight rooms at DoubleTree Resort by Hilton.
Code: Bushman Family Reunion
- Rating: Three-star resort hotel, 4.4 of 5 rating at Google Maps
- Address: 2400 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602
- Travel time: 11-15 minutes (4.7 miles) from the LDS Church parking lot at 1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602 (departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- Telephone: 717-464-7525
- Reserved Rooms: 15 rooms reserved at $149/night (+11% tax)
- Nights Blocked: July 31-August 5, 2018 (departure 8/6/18)
- Breakfast: The restaurant begins serving at 6:00am and a breakfast buffet is available at 6:30am.
- Deadline: July 1, 2018 at 5:00pm, after which any unreserved rooms will be released
Beautiful golf course resort near the cemetries where John Caspar Degen and Abraham & Esther Bushman are buried. Complimentary "Gathering Room" for reunion attendees has been provided. Fun indoor swimming playground for families.
Econo Lodge
Econo Lodge
- Rating: Two-star hotel, 3.1 of 5 rating at Google Maps
- Address: 2165 E Lincoln Hwy, Lancaster, PA 17602
- Travel Time: 7 minutes (2.8miles) from the LDS Church parking lot at 1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602 (departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- Telephone: 717-299-6900
- Reserved Rooms: 30 rooms at $99/night (+ 11% tax)
Code: Bushman Family Reunion
- Nights Blocked: July 30-August 5, 2018 (departure August 6, 2018)
- Deadline: June 30, 2018, after which any unreserved rooms will be released
- Pet friendly hotel
- Breakfast: Free minimal continental breakfast
- Cancellation: Must be made 7 days prior to arrival date
Dutch Treat Motel
Dutch Treat Motel
- 2 star hotel, 3.5 of 5 rating on Google.maps
- 265 Herr Rd, Ronks, PA 17572
- 14 min or 6.8 mi from LDS Church parking lot (1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602, departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- 717-687-7998
- 15 rooms reserved at $69/night (+11% tax)
- Code: Bushman Family Reunion
- Nights blocked: 7/30/18 - 8/5/18 (departure 8/6/18)
- Deadline: 4/30/18, then any unreserved rooms will be released
- Breakfast: free continental breakfast
- Link to hotel's website: dutchtreatmotel.com
Courtyard by Marriott Lancaster
Courtyard by Marriott Lancaster
- 3 star hotel, 4.5 of 5 rating on Google.maps
- 1931 Hospitality Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601
- 7 min or 2.7 mi from LDS Church parking lot (1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602, departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- (717) 393-3600
- 20 rooms reserved at $169/night (+11% tax)
- Code: BFRS (Bushman Family Reunion)
- Nights blocked: 7/31/18-8/5/18 (departure 8/6/18)
- Deadline: 7/4/18, then any unreserved rooms will be released
- Breakfast: buffet $11.95
- Link to hotel's website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-photos/lnscy-courtyard-lancaster and when registering to: http://cwp.marriott.com/lnscy/bushmanfamilyreunion
- Cancellation: must contact 72 hrs prior to arrival to avoid cancellation fee of one night stay plus tax.
- Hampton Inn Lancaster
- 3 star hotel, 4.3 of 5 rating on Google.maps
- 545 Greenfield Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601
- 6 min or 2.3 mi from LDS Church parking lot (1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602, departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- (717) 299-1200
- 20 rooms reserved at $169/night (+11% tax)
- Code: BFR (Bushman Family Reunion)
- Nights blocked: 7/31/18-8/5/18 (departure 8/6/18)
- Deadline: 7/1/18 by midnight, then any unreserved rooms will be released
- Breakfast: free
- Link to hotel's website: http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/pennsylvania/hampton-inn-lancaster-LNSGFHX/accommodations/index.html and when registering to: https://tinyurl.com/Bushman-Family-Reunion
- Cancellation: must contact 72 hrs prior to arrival to avoid cancellation fee of one night stay plus tax.
- Red Roof Inn
- 2 star hotel, 2.7 of 5 rating by Google.maps
- 2390 E Lincoln Hwy, Lancaster, PA 17602
- 11 min or 4.1 mi from LDS Church parking lot (1210 E King St., Lancaster, PA 17602, departure/arrival point for reunion buses)
- 1-800-733-7663
- 10 rooms reserved at $62/night weekdays and $88/night weekends (+11% tax)
- Code: B431BUSFAM
- Nights blocked: 7/31/18-8/5/18 (departure 8/6/18)
- Deadline: 6/30/18, then any unreserved rooms will be released
- Breakfast: restaurant 1 mile away
- Link to hotel's website: https://www.redroof.com/property/PA/Lancaster/RRI413
- Cancellation: must contact 72 hrs prior to arrival to avoid cancellation fee of one night stay plus tax.
Other Hotels in the Area Not Able to Reserve a Large Block of Rooms
Other Hotels in the Area Not Able to Reserve a Large Block of Rooms
- Lancaster Marriott (3-star) http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lnsmc-lancaster-marriott-at-penn-square/
- Cork Factory Hotel (3-star) (Some of our cousins worked at this factory.) https://www.corkfactoryhotel.com/
- Lancaster Arts Hotel (3-star) http://www.lancasterartshotel.com/
- Hawthorn Suites (3-star) https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/hawthorn-extended-stay/lancaster-pennsylvania/hawthorn-suites-by-wyndham-lancaster/overview
- Eden Resort and Suites (3-star) https://www.edenresort.com/
Local Attractions
Local Attractions
Relevant to the Bushman Family
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Visitor's Center Museum - see exhibit stating that 10-year-old Sadie Bushman assisted an operating surgeon in battle
- Bushman Farm in the middle of the battlefield
- Philadelphia Port (where Bushmans, Degens, and Trauts arrived in America)
- Valley Forge National Park (A family story claims that John Henry Bushman and his Traut brothers-in-law served at times during the Revolutionary War. Visit nearby Valley Forge to remember their service.)
- Ancestral grave sites:
- Abraham and Esther Franks Bushman (Martin's parents), near village of Willow Street at the cemetery of the Willow Street Mennonite Church
- John Caspar Degen (Elizabeth's father) The actual cemetery address is 247 Peach Bottom Rd., Willow Street, PA 17584
- Probable resting place of Henry and Barbara Traut Bushman (the first American Bushmans), Strasburg Township, (now Paradise Township)
Fun Places Nearby
- Dutch Wonderland Kids Amusement Park
- Hersheypark
- Lancaster County Central Park: has a pool, near Rock Ford Plantation
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
- Sight and Sound Theatre - Presenting Live Spectacular on Jesus' Life
Historical and Cultural Setting of the Earliest Pennsylvania Bushmans
- Amish Buggy Rides. Ride in horse-drawn buggy to nearby Amish farms with an Amish or Mennonite guide (imagine life in 1840 when Martin and Elizabeth lived here)
- Hans Herr House. Take a guided tour of the restored homesite of the leader of the original Swiss Mennonite group to settle in Lancaster County in 1710 and/or tour the recreated Native American long house. Hans Herr House