After information on flights and accomadation to fan fair from sydney australia, i would prefer a apartment/house with cooking facilities for six adults. Should we hire a car whilst we are there?. We are looking at going to dollywood, memphis/graceland, fan fair, basically anthing related to music!!!!
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Brenda, Welcome to Fodor's! You'll want to report your question on the United States forum (see 'change forum' in blue at the top of the page) so more people will see it.
You could hire a car. It would get you around the place easier. But it's just okay to commute. I don't think you're going to have a problem with that.
Good advice to repost on the US forum.
I have never attended Fan Fair, but I traveled through one time enroute to a funeral and could not find an open hotel room for 100 miles on either side of Nashville, so believe it when people say you have to book ahead.
I see the tickets for the concerts for June 7-10, 2012 go on sale next week and the tour operators are taking deposits now for ticket/accommodation packages.
The only transit I know of is the usual public bus system and a free shuttle among the venues, but not to area hotels. Some hotels offer their own transportation. Taxis are an option. So whether you will need a car while in Nashville will depend on where you stay. Factor any transport offered by a hotel into the alternative cost of renting a house.
There are some tour operators offering bus trips to Dollywood and/or Memphis. There is no rail and the long-distance bus option is not very good. www.greyhound.com/
For example, Nashville to Memphis takes 4 hours with 3-4 buses per day at a cost of around $50 per person. Then you would need a car or taxi to get to Graceland and other sights.
You could also fly between Nashville and Memphis, but you'd need ground transport once in town.
Dollywood is in a small town not served directly by an airport or the bus (as far as I know), so driving the 3.5 hours would get you there as opposed to flying into Knoxville and having to drive from there.
Hiring a vehicle large enough for 6 (minivan?) for the road trip east to Dollywood and/or Southwest to Memphis is probably best if one of the tours does not match your interest.
Maybe there a place on the Fan Fare website where people with more experience discuss the details and give hints/advice?