Lancaster, New Hope & Peddler's Village — One Day, Three Christmases, Dec 12

Legacy Wise Experiences

Saturday, December 12, 2026 — Lancaster in the morning, Peddler's lights at dark

Three of the season's best stops in a single hosted day. We start in Lancaster with Yuletide at Wheatland — a guided tour of President James Buchanan's mansion dressed for Christmas the way it was celebrated in Buchanan's own time — then take the heart of the day in Lancaster. On the way east we pause in New Hope for a snack and a photo on the bridge, and we finish at Peddler's Village as a million holiday lights come on, with time for dinner and holiday shopping before the ride home. You ride in a luxury motorcoach with TVs and an on-board restroom; we handle the driving, the route, and the day.

Download the day's itinerary (PDF)

Book your seats

Adult (18–64): $115
Child / Senior (65+ or 17 & under): $95 — proof of birth is checked at boarding; travelers 18 and older show valid ID at boarding.

Premium seats — rows 2–6: $10 per seat. Row 1 is reserved for trip staff and is never sold.

Flex pay options may be offered by the merchant at checkout. A financing (Flex Pay / BNPL) option may be offered at checkout if you prequalify — the system makes the offer and it is not guaranteed; the terms are shown at checkout. Financing agreements are provided solely by the checkout provider (Stripe and its financing partners); Legacy Wise Advisors Inc has no input into approvals, amounts, schedules, or terms, is not a party to any financing agreement, and does not set up payment plans or take card details for financing. You can also Reserve Now, Pay Before You Go — call (929) 515-5159 and your balance is paid and cleared by Thursday, November 26, 2026.

Your seat is reserved when your payment is received — not before.
Every rider needs a paid seat. Parties of up to 10 can book online; for more than 10, call (929) 515-5159.
Ride and earn: every traveler over 18 who books and completes this trip receives a $20 Future Travel Voucher toward a future Legacy Wise Experience — issued after the trip, good for 12 months.
No other discounts are available on this trip, and discounts never combine.

Step 1 — Complete the Booking Form Step 2 — Pay at Checkout

The day, hour by hour

7:30 AM — Check-in opens, Eltingville Transit Center Park & Ride (rear lot), Staten Island
7:45 AM — Depart Eltingville
8:00 AM — Check-in, Old Bridge Park & Ride, NJ
8:15 AM — Depart Old Bridge
10:30 AM – 3:30 PM — Lancaster, PA: the Yuletide tour of Wheatland, then time in Lancaster — shops, sights, and lunch on your own
30-minute stop — New Hope, PA: a snack at the Ferry Market, something sweet, and a photo on the bridge at the PA/NJ line
About 3:45 – 7:30 PM — Peddler's Village: a million holiday lights at dusk, 60+ shops open late, dinner on your own at the Village restaurants
7:30 PM — Depart Peddler's Village
About 8:50 PM — Back at Old Bridge Park & Ride
About 9:30 PM — Back at Eltingville, Staten Island

Three stops, one glowing day

Lancaster & Wheatland. Wheatland was home to James Buchanan — the only U.S. President from Pennsylvania — from 1848 to 1868. At Yuletide, the mansion is decorated as it would have been in his day, and a guided tour walks through how Christmas traditions — the tree, the turkey, the holiday table — took hold in America. Your Wheatland ticket is included in your fare. After the tour, the rest of the Lancaster block is yours: shops, sights, and lunch on your own.

New Hope, briefly and on purpose. Thirty minutes in the storybook river town on the Delaware: a hot drink or empanada at the Ferry Market food hall, something sweet from Moo Hope or Nina's Waffles, and a walk halfway across the bridge to stand on the PA/NJ line for a photo. Snack, don't fill up — dinner is at Peddler's.

Peddler's Village after dark. A 42-acre village of winding brick paths and more than 60 shops, lit by roughly a million holiday lights as dusk falls. Wander the shops, watch the lights come up, and have dinner on your own — the Cock 'n Bull and the Village's other restaurants are steps apart — before we roll home.

What's included — and what isn't

Included: round-trip luxury motorcoach transportation (TVs and an on-board restroom), a hosted and escorted day, your Wheatland Yuletide tour ticket, the New Hope stop, and the Peddler's Village evening through the lights.

Not included: meals and drinks — lunch in Lancaster and dinner at Peddler's Village are on your own, with plenty of choices at each stop — and any shopping or paid activities.

The only optional extras are premium seats (rows 2–6, $10 per seat) and Tour Protection, described below.

How booking works

Complete the booking form — book here — then pay at checkout — pay here — or call us at (929) 515-5159.
Your seat is reserved when payment is received. Stripe emails your payment receipt, and your booking confirmation carries the itinerary and check-in details.
If this trip doesn't run: our decision date is Friday, November 27, 2026. If we don't reach the 40 paid travelers we need, we'll tell you that day — and the choice is yours: (1) a full refund of everything you paid, fare and Tour Protection fee, back to your original payment method; or (2) move your full payment to a rescheduled date and keep your seats and the price you paid — or apply the full amount to any other Legacy Wise Experience. If we don't hear from you within 7 days of our notice, we refund you in full automatically. You're never left holding a credit you didn't choose.

Bringing a group of 10 or more? Ask about our Group Leader benefit — call (929) 515-5159.

Tour Protection — $10.20 adult / $8.40 child-senior per traveler (optional)

Plans change. Add Tour Protection when you book and you can cancel for any reason up to 48 hours before departure — by 7:45 AM on Thursday, December 10, 2026 — and receive a full refund of the fare you paid to Legacy Wise: your choice of cash back, or a Legacy Wise Future Experience Credit with a 10% bonus. Tour Protection can only be added at the time of booking, is charged per traveler, and the fee is non-refundable — except if Legacy Wise cancels this trip, in which case the fee is refunded too. Without Tour Protection, the standard cancellation terms below apply. Tour Protection is a cancellation waiver offered by Legacy Wise Experiences. It is not an insurance policy, and it covers only amounts paid to Legacy Wise for this trip.

Tour Protection — full terms

Tour Protection is an optional cancellation waiver offered by Legacy Wise Experiences for this trip. It is not an insurance policy, and it is not insurance of any kind.
The fee is $10.20 per adult traveler and $8.40 per child/senior traveler. It can only be purchased at the time of booking — it cannot be added, changed, or removed afterward — and it covers only the travelers it is purchased for.
With Tour Protection, you may cancel a covered traveler's seat for any reason — no documentation, no questions — by notifying us before 7:45 AM on Thursday, December 10, 2026 (48 hours before departure). You will receive a full refund of the fare paid to Legacy Wise for that traveler, your choice of: (a) cash refund to your original payment method, processed within 10 business days; or (b) a Legacy Wise Future Experience Credit for the full fare plus a 10% bonus, issued within 1 business day.
The Tour Protection fee is non-refundable — with one exception: if Legacy Wise cancels this trip (including if the trip does not run), the fee is refunded in full along with your fare, automatically — or, if you choose to move your payment to a rescheduled date instead, your Tour Protection carries with your booking to the new date.
Tour Protection covers only amounts paid to Legacy Wise for this trip (the fare). It does not cover anything paid to anyone else — meals, shopping, or any other expense.
To cancel, call (929) 515-5159 or reply to your booking confirmation email. The time of your call or email is what counts against the deadline.
A cancellation received after the 48-hour deadline, and a no-show on the day of the trip, are not covered by Tour Protection; the standard cancellation terms apply instead.
Instead of cancelling, any seat — protected or not — may be transferred to another guest at no charge at any time before departure; just tell us the new name. Tour Protection purchased for that seat stays with the seat.
Protection applies per traveler: if part of a party cancels, only the protected travelers who cancel receive the protected refund; the rest of the booking is governed by the standard terms.

Standard cancellation terms (without Tour Protection): 30+ days before departure, full refund less $25 per person; 8–29 days, 50% refund; inside 7 days, no cash refund and 50% of the fare converts to Future Experience Credit. Seats are transferable to another guest at no charge at any time before departure.

Pickup points

Eltingville Transit Center Park & Ride — rear lot, 90 Wainwright Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312 (behind the bus station, off the end of the Korean War Veterans Parkway). Check-in opens 7:30 AM; the coach departs 7:45 AM.
Old Bridge Park & Ride, Route 9, Old Bridge, NJ. Check-in 8:00 AM; the coach departs 8:15 AM.

Full check-in instructions come with your trip message before departure.

Good to know

A full day, honestly paced: one long Lancaster block, one short New Hope stop, one glowing finish — no rushing between stops.
Home by about 9:30 PM — a full holiday day that still ends at a reasonable hour.
Dress warm for the evening — the lights are best after dark, and you'll want to be outside for them.
Bring ID: travelers 18 and older show valid ID at boarding, and Child/Senior fares show proof of birth at boarding. Seats are assigned in the order bookings are paid.

Questions, answered

Is the Wheatland tour really included? Yes — your guided Yuletide tour ticket at Wheatland is part of your fare. Peddler's Village admission is free, as always.

What if the trip doesn't fill? We decide by Friday, November 27, 2026 — the trip needs 40 paid travelers to run. If it doesn't run, you choose: a full refund of everything you paid — or move your full payment to a rescheduled date at the price you paid, or to any other Legacy Wise Experience. Don't choose within 7 days and the full refund goes back automatically.

What if I can't go? Any seat can be transferred to another guest at no charge before departure. With Tour Protection, you can cancel for any reason up to 48 hours before departure for a full fare refund. Without it, the standard cancellation terms above apply.

What about weather? The trip runs in typical mid-December weather — dress in warm layers. If severe weather ever forces a cancellation by Legacy Wise, payments are refunded in full.

Do you offer anything for group organizers? Bringing a group of 10 or more? Ask about our Group Leader benefit — call (929) 515-5159.

Anything else? Call (929) 515-5159 — a person, not a phone tree.

One Day, Three Christmases

Book your seats for December 12.

Adult $115 / Child-Senior $95. One bus — 40 paid travelers needed to run; decision date Friday, November 27, 2026; booking closes Thursday, December 10, 2026. Book and pay online, or call (929) 515-5159.

Bringing a group of 10 or more? Ask about our Group Leader benefit — call (929) 515-5159.

Book Your Seats

Sponsor This Trip

Local businesses can put their name on this trip — sponsorship packages for the December 12 Lancaster, New Hope & Peddler's Village run start at $150, and the Transportation Sponsor slot ($1,000, one available) names your business as this trip's sponsor in trip communications and at boarding.

Become a sponsor — call (929) 244-0744 or email michael@legacywiseadvisors.com.

If We Sell Out

This trip runs on one motorcoach, and paid bookings come first. If we sell out, call (929) 515-5159 to join the waitlist — if a booked guest cancels, waitlist names are contacted first, in the order they joined, and if the waitlist grows deep enough we may add a second bus, with waitlist order becoming booking order. Joining the waitlist is free and is not a reservation — a seat is yours only when a booking is paid.