National Events

Join the Packard Club in 2025 as we bring the National Meet to beautiful Kansas City, Kansas.

During our week-long schedule of events we are visiting some amazing and historic sites.

• Truman Presidential Library
• Steamboat Arabia Museum
• World War I National Monument
• Kansas City Automotive Museum
• Union Station - an Art Deco masterpiece
• Lake Quivira Country Club for the Awards Banquet

The club has negotiated a special group rate of only $109 per night at our host hotel - and this rate includes breakfast! This special rate only applies to 100 rooms at the Holiday Inn Express in Shawnee Mission, KS. The Courtyard by Marriott serves as the overflow hotel. It is next door and offers rooms at a higher, but still reasonable rate.

Remember to reserve the May 31 – June 6, 2025 dates in your calendar and make your plans to join us in Kansas City for the 2025 National Meet.

Use the following link to book your hotel rooms for the 2025 National Meet:

Book Your Hotel

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Shawnee
17346 Midland Dr. Shawnee KS,66217
Phone: 913-400-2509
Fax: 913-400-2510

The 46th annual Texas Packard Meet will again be held in historic Salado in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. This is the oldest and possibly the largest regional Packard meet in the country and it is sponsored by the four Texas regions of The Packard Club. It features a welcoming party, an early bird tour, a parade to the public display on the banks of Salado Creek by the Barrow Brewery and entertainment center, a show and swap meet, people's choice competition, seminars, and an awards banquet. The banquet is held at the Mill Creek Golf Club with a scenic view of the creek. (last year we watched numerous deer getting water from the creek while we ate) The Holiday Inn Express is the host hotel. You must call directly at 254-947-4004 to get the special room rate. Just ask for a room in the Texas Packard Meet block. You must make your reservations before March 13, 2025, or the rates will be higher and maybe not even available. The hotel has a 72-hour cancellation without penalty policy so no need to put off calling. Details and forms can be found on the website.

The world’s largest swap meet and car show. The meet takes place the first full week in October, where you can visit over 9,000 vendors, view over 1,000 cars for sale in the car corral, and admire the approximately 1,200 cars at the car show. Visit our large tent where you can sit down with friends and enjoy a snack as you look over the many PAC projects and publications that will be on sale. Look for the large yellow Packard blimp near the Giant Center and you will find us at space GAD 28 on the Green Field. SPECIAL NOTE: this year the swap meet starts on Tuesday and the AACA car show is on Friday..