I asked the same question yesterday. had no idea what to expect with a hop that I was doing by myself. I had the list of 8 shops of which I visited 6 on the list. The first LQS , wasn't really local as it was 80 miles away, had a table in the back of the store with a free fat quarter that went with a pattern: Santa Comes To Town by Red Rooster. Each store was different , most had separate areas for demos and the free fabric. If you brought a can of food to some stores you received a 20% discount off everything plus if you were looking for a new machine some had great deals. Overall, I had a great time even if I was alone. The one thing I must say s that if there is a multiday hop don't wait to go on day 3 if possible like I did because the shops run out of the fabric. I ended up buying fabric on line so I could complete the pattern as all the stores were sold out of the Red Rooster line.