I have never done an organized shop hop but a friend and I took off for a week in Central Florida to shop hop while DH and DS were at Scout camp. It worked great, the shops seemed to be about 30 minutes apart from Tampa to Cape Canaveral. In fact we did 36 shops in 5 days. I limited myself to one yard of batiks per shop with the understanding that if I found something truly delightful, I'd buy it. The last shop I purchased 8 yards.