Hello - I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a good hotel within mintues of Hershey Park (besides the Lodge and Hershey Hotel). We want to pay under $200/night. We are 2 couples with 5 children (ages 4 and under).
We'd like something clean with a pool and kid friendly.
Thank you all for your help!!

do a search here in that area for hersey,hersey park,hersey park hotels---there is plent of good info

Hotels that are in Harrisburg are only 10 minutes away and definately cheaper. There's the usual selection of chains. We stayed at the Residence Inn. The hotel itself was nice - the pool was small but clean - actually it would be pretty good for small kids as long as you had floaties to help them out. Staff was very helpful. The only problem with the hotel was its location in a small little industrial area - not attractive surroundings.

Hilton Garden Inn.

The Fairway Inn -- it even has an indoor pool.

We are heading down the last week of August (with a 3 and 5 year old) and have decided to say at a B&B on a working farm. They are in Western Lancaster County about a 1/2 hr from Hershey.

The place is all about kids and a family of 4 can stay for $110/nt with a farm breakfast. Kids get to feed the animals, gather fresh eggs, etc.

Anyway, have a look at their website. It's oldfogiefarm.com...No pool, but they have a pond!

look in a town called palmyra, its a small town about 5 min away from hershey, there is a 12 plex movie place once you get tired or the park or on a rainy day. There are several small family run motels, that have pools