Mark with Paco Motorsports is one of our more popular vendors at MATG every year. He always brings unique and innovative products to display.
What Paco Moto products do you have?
A lift kit, strong arms, one of his lightweight hitches, or maybe the alignment hub stands? Perhaps some of his ND parts like seat lowering brackets, swaybar reinforcement, or audio upgrades?
We hope you had a happy and healthy holiday season. Now the new year is upon us and it is time to put in your request for this year’s vacation time. Don’t forget about the 25th Anniversary of Miatas at the Gap on August 5-8, 2021.
Make sure you follow the event page as well: www.facebook.com/events/962451807519822/
For those of you wanting a little bit of peace and quiet during MATG, we would like to offer a couple options:
Appalachian Inn
Just over 12 miles away from Fontana Village, Appalachian Inn offers 5 unique guest rooms on a knoll overlooking Stecoah Gap.
https://www.facebook.com/bednbreakfastlikenoother
Snowbird Mountain Lodge
Sitting 2 miles above Lake Santeetlah, Snowbird is celebrating their 80th birthday in 2021. They have 15 rooms in their main lodge as well as 2 secluded multi-unit cabins.
https://www.facebook.com/SnowbirdMountainLodge
Both lodgings have availability for MATG XXV, but don’t wait too long to reserve yours!
Tapoco Lodge has blocked off rooms and cabins for MATG XXV in 2021. Hurry and make your reservations before they’re all booked!
You can reserve the room online at www.Tapoco.com and click on Reservations.
Enter your arrival and departure dates, the number of people in your party and then enter the access code: MI080421
Room and cabin rates are discounted for MATG attendees.
Remember, Tapoco Lodge only has 9 Lodge Rooms and 18 Cabins so they’ll go quickly!
Now that cold weather is finally starting to move into some areas of the country, it’s time to think about winter time plans.
Do you store your car over the winter? Any big plans for improvements/modifications during the down time? What special surprise are you planning for MATG XXV?
Just a quick reminder… all unconfirmed reservations that have been rolled over from 2020 will be removed tonight at midnight. Tomorrow, open reservations begin!
Again, if you had a reservation at Fontana Village for the 2020 gathering and have not called to confirm it for 2021, you have the remainder of the day to do so. If you do not confirm you reservation today, you will forfeit your deposit!
Starting tomorrow, all MATG attendees interested in staying at Fontana for 2021 can call to start making their new reservations!
Fontana Village is still awaiting confirmations from those who had reseverations for MATG XXIV (2020). If you want to keep your reservation for XXV (2021), you have one week left to confirm. Fontana will begin taking new reservations for MATG XXV on October 1st.
Make sure to call in as soon as possible!
Please help us spread this information around the Miata community as much as possible. We don’t want anyone to be left out!
Starting tomorrow, Sept 9, all attendees who had a reservation for Fontana Village for 2020 must call to confirm their reservation for 2021. All reservations not confirmed by September 30, 2020 will be dismissed and open reservations will begin. You can reach Fontana Village at (828) 498-2211.
If you did not have a reservation for 2020 and would like to get a reservation for Fontana Village in 2021, you may begin calling on October 1. The staff at Fontana will not take new reservations for MATG XXV until that date. That gives enough time for all the people who had a previous reservation to ensure they can keep their deposit and room/cabin reservation.
How are y’all doing? We’d like to pass on what we hope is the first ray of sunshine on 2021 and answer a few questions regarding reservations.
First off, all reservations from 2020 that weren’t cancelled or disputed have been rolled over to next year but will need to be confirmed to ensure lodging in 2021. Please call Fontana directly starting on 9/9/2020 to confirm your desires to carry over your reservation. The number to call is 1-800-849-2258.
Next, on 10/1/2020 all unconfirmed reservations will be released and open to anyone who would like to make a new reservation. We’ve worked with the staff to provide as much time as reasonable for you to carry over to 2021.
A bit of housekeeping on other questions we’ve seen popping up regularly.
*They will be honoring existing reservations but no refunds are being issued
*Any existing gift cards are not being honored by the new management company. Any of those will have to be handled with the prior operator.
*If you disputed your room charges with your credit card company and received your money back, for your 2020 reservation it WILL NOT be carried over and you need to call on 10/1 to make a new reservation. We have no control over this aspect.
We’re glad to hear that many of you are still going to head to Deal’s Gap this weekend despite the official MATG event being canceled for this year. Plenty of Miatas will still be around the area, so be sure to say “hello”!
That said: please be mindful of the fact that even with the official event not happening, YOU are Miatas at the Gap. The event wouldn’t happen without all of your attendance and support. Locals are accustomed to seeing a mass of Miatas buzzing around at the end of July/beginning of August.
Because of that, please be sure to act accordingly. On the roads, stay in your lane at all times and be mindful of those driving with you as well as your own limits. Also, please be kind and cordial to all of the local businesses who are still open to visitors. Deal’s Gap would be a lot less fun of a place to stay if you had to drive hours to get a meal (or anything else you need)!
