Big Savings on Back-to-School at Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets This Weekend

Bored with New York, Paris, Rome, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Branson, Missouri? Why not take a trip to Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets, Leesburg, Virginia, this weekend?

Just up Highway 7 from Washington, DC and Dulles Airport, Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets boasts 110 outlet stores in an outdoor village setting. Impressive values are offered throughout the year at stores such as Ann Taylor, Barneys New York Outlet, Burberry, Crate and Barrel, Kenneth Cole, Liz Claiborne, Off-5th-Saks Fifth Avenue, Polo Ralph Lauren, Theory, Williams-Sonoma Outlet and many more.

If you love to shop, August 4-6 you can visit your favorite Chelsea Premium Outlet Center during the Ticket to Style Sale weekend for incredible savings of 25 to 65 per cent on your favorite brands just in time for back-to-school and fall shopping. You may also stop by the information desk and pick up your Ticket to Style, an eDecoder game piece you can use in The VIP Lounge* for a chance to win great prizes instantly. Also, you'll be automatically entered to win Ticket to Style grand prize featuring a $5,000 Shopping Spree.

You can save even more during this auspicious weekend because a Virginia Sales Tax Holiday has been declared on "Back-to-School" shopping. No sales tax will be collected on the sale of clothing, including footwear, having a selling price of $100 or less and on school supplies having a sale price of $20 or less.

Entertainment and music during the Ticket to Style Sale includes Celtic Rhythm School of Dance from 12 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 5 on Sunday the Mclean Jazz Quintet will perform-presented by Coca-Cola.

Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets, the area's only upscale outlet center, is located at 241 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg, VA 20176, (703) 737-3071, with business hours Monday -Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Leesburg is essentially located 35 miles from Washington and 15 minutes from Dulles Airport at the intersection of Route 7 and US 15 Bypass in Loudoun County.

Accommodations with stop and shop packages are available from Comfort Suites, Leesburg, Embassy Suites Hotel Dulles-North (which includes a $25 shopping spree} and Homewood Suites by Hilton Dulles-North (also including a $25 shopping spree), Hampton Inn Dulles/Cascades, Best Western Leesburg Hotel and Conference Center, Fairfield Inn Dulles Airport, and Lansdowne Resort (shop, spa, and stay package available). Other locations include Hampton Inn and Suites, Leesburg, Hampton Inn Washington Dulles Airport, Holiday Inn Express, Middleburg Country Inn, Red Fox Inn, The Norris House Inn, Hilton Washington Dulles Airport, and Washington Dulles Airport Marriott.

Activities and attractions abound in and around Leesburg and the Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets. For Town of Leesburg Visitor Information you can call (703) 777-2420. Attractions include the Loudoun Convention and Visitors Association (800) 752-6118, Dodona Manor, Leesburg Antique and Collectible Association, Loudoun County Wine Trail, Breaux Vineyards, Tarara Vineyard and Winery, White's Ferry, Thomas Balch Library and Genealogy Center, Ball's Bluff Regional Park, Dulles Golf Center and Sports Park, Morven Park, Oatlands Plantation, Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club, Smithsonian Naturalist Center, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

To take advantage of the Group Tour Program call (703) 737-3071.

If you love to shop and save, you can take advantage of the VIP Shopper Club for Exclusive Coupons and more. So you're a frequent visitor to Chelsea Premium Outlets or plan on visiting one of the centers while on vacation. You can get the most out of your trip by joining The VIP Shopper Club. Members receive free online access to the VIP Lounge, filled with exclusive coupons, a voucher for a complimentary VIP Coupon Book, insider information from your favorite stores and much more. To register or to learn more, click here: http://www.premiumoutlets.com/vip/.

If you're a golden oldie like I am, you may be interested in the 50-Plus Shopper Club. If you're at least 50 years old you can take advantage of an added 10% savings on Tuesday simply by presenting a photo identification with your proof of age to the cashier at participating stores. For a list of some of our participating stores, click here: http://www.premiumoutlets.com/salespdf/lcpo50plus06.pdf.

As I said earlier Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets is located at the intersection of Route 7 and US 15.

Coming by bus you can take a Super Shuttle, or shuttle service is available from Dulles Airport. Limousine service is available from All Occasion Transportation offering private luxury shopping excursions to Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets.

Via car from Washington DC (Metro Area): Take I-495 to Route 267 W. (Dulles Toll Road/Dulles Greenway, Exit 1B (Route 15 North). Follow signs leading to Fort Evans Road exit (in far right lane).

From Potomac, Gaithersburg & Germantown, MD: Take I-95 S to I-495/Northern Virginia to Route 267 (Dulles Toll Road/Dulles Greenway). Exit 1B to Route 15 N. Follow signs leading to Fort Evans Road exit (in far right land).

From Frederick, MD: Take US 15 South. Continue on US 15 South (toward Rt.7) at fork in Leesburg. Left at Fort Evans Road.

From Winchester, VA: Take Route 7E to Leesburg. Follow signs leading to Fort Evans Road exit (in far right lane).

From Baltimore, MD: Take I-95 to I-495/Northern VA to Route 267 W (Dulles Toll Road/Greenway). Exit 1B to Route 15 N. Follow signs leading to Fort Evans Road exit (in far right lane).

There you have it in a nutshell. Maybe not a nutshell, but it's the who, what, where, why, and when. I live here in Leesburg, and it's always a treat to visit Leesburg Corner. In fact I just recently purchase a gold Pulsar watch at the Seiko outlet and saved 60%. Leesburg is a great place to live, and visit.