Are you an AQS member? I am told besides a discount on admissions vendors will offer discounts to AQS members.

Which of the church meals do you have to make reservations?
Also looks like an over the shoulder tote bag is the best to put your pretty purchases in.

There is a free package check at the entrance to the convention center. Just leave your things there and come back when you're ready. Parking is not much problem. I usually get there about 8:30 (doors open at 9) and park just outside the gates. Sometimes I find a free street side spot or pay $5 to $10 for a slot in a local business. Parking on the grounds is $10 for all day. You can also park for free at Hancocks and take the shuttle for free wherever you want to go...there's a monsterous field there that holds hundreds of cars. You can park on the street close to Eleanor Burns too.

As far as prices, I've never had any problem with what folks were charging. Some stuff is 'full price' but many things are extremely reasonable. Many vendors have pre-cuts at a good value and I've bought tools and supplies that I wouldn't have been able to find elsewhere. You have live demonstrations and those vendors encourage you to step up and try it yourself. You'd like the big fabric sale across from the Quilt Museum that the Murray Sewing Center has...great prices there. Plenty of value at many places if you are wanting to grab bargains.

The Kentucky Dam Village is about 30 minutes away and you can get a room, a condo or even rent a houseboat.
http://parks.ky.gov/parks/resortpark...ervations.aspx

Quality Inn is in Draffenville about 30 minutes away
Phone 270 205-4157

EconoLodge about 30 minutes away
270 362-4278

The mini-mall at the old Finkle's store ha lots of vendors and the 'hurt' book sale (they're not really hurt) in the back has thousands of quilting and craft books for $5 each.

Going to Paducah for the first time this year. DD booked our room last year right after the 2015 show. DD had to call the hotel several times and finally got us a room. It wasn't easy.

Where is the old Finkles's store? Can I get there by shuttle or walking?

The old Finkle's store is at 2nd and Kentucky Avenue. Across the street from the Carson Center auditorium and just about a half block from Kirchoff's Bakery. 2 blocks from the Quilt Museum. I don't know if the shuttles run all the way to it, but they do run on Broadway and that is 1 block up. Very easy to walk to. from those places.

I had no trouble booking a B & B just 20 minutes from Paducah... Decided to go, looked online and found it, booked it and- BOOM- done.

Not much for crowds so I haven't been to Paducah during the show, but I did go there a couple of years ago. (Family emergency cut the visit short, so I didn't get to Hancock's or the museum, so I have to go back.) If you want a break from the hustle and bustle, go down to the river front. The Ohio and Tennessee rivers converge there and is a sight to see. Also, I just saw on the APQS website that starting in 2017 there will be two shows, one in April and another in September.

Thanks again for your great info!