2018 Vendor Registration
Vendor Registration & Info
Anyone can be a Vendor at Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt®. All sellers are referred to as a ‘Vendor’ regardless of what they have to sell and are welcomed with a Vendor Registration. There are two classes of Vendors: 1) Area Vendor and 2) Out of Area Vendor. See the explanations (below), Who can sell at the Junk Jaunt® DOWNLOAD A VENDOR REGISTRATION … Deadline is Aug 1st...
**NEW** PASSPORT FUN
Junk Jaunt Passport contest for Shoppers
SWEET 16TH ANNIVERSARY TO NEBRASKA’S JUNK JAUNT®! To celebrate we are again sponsoring the Junk Jaunt Passport contest for Shoppers! “Passports” will be included in the Shopper Guide, as well as with the digital download available later in … [ read more... ]
Planning Ahead for a Successful JUNK JAUNT®
Planning Ahead for a Successful JUNK JAUNT®
Planning Ahead for a Successful JUNK JAUNT® Planning ahead will make your JUNK JAUNT® shopping experience an enjoyable one. With over 500 registered vendors each year, it is a remote possibility that one can visit all the sales in 3 days, but it is fun trying. … [ read more... ]
Junk Jaunt to roll into Central Nebraska this weekend
Re-posted from the Grand Island Independent
By Kelli Rollin
Nebraskans and many others will be running for the junk around Central Nebraska Friday through Sunday.
The 13th annual Junk Jaunt, which is like a large garage sale, is happening in 36 towns along the Loup River and Sandhills Journey Scenic Byways.
The event spans nearly 500 miles of garage sales, collectibles, antiques, vintage items and quirky finds.
Dianne Wiberg, who helps coordinate Junk Jaunt every year, said the event has grown. This year, 760 vendors are selling things for Junk Jaunt, compared to the estimated 730 last year.
“It increases every year a little bit,” Wiberg said.
She said many people from all over the country come to Junk Jaunt. The event has a shopper guide that includes street maps, lists of lodging and restaurants, vendor addresses and historical information about the area. Many visitors order the guides ahead of time.
Wiberg said guides have been ordered from California and that more than half of the states are represented through visitors.
“That was the reason it was formed,” she said of Junk Jaunt, “to bring people to this area, to show people that Nebraska is more than a cornfield or Interstate 80.”
Since the event goes through towns on the scenic byways, visitors can experience the Sandhills and the heart of Nebraska and the United States. Wiberg said people often make a weekend trip by coming to Junk Jaunt. It’s common to see mother-daughter getaway pairs who come to enjoy the shopping and treasure hunting in the Central Nebraska area.
She said the weekend event also benefits the participating towns and the economy.
“It’s a tremendous boom to every town in this area,” Wiberg said.
As far as the variety of items, she said there’s “everything from antiques to baby clothes.”
Every town has food vendors, as well, so visitors are sure to get some hometown Nebraskan food.
Wiberg said people should go to Junk Jaunt because it’s an inexpensive trip and “it’s just a fun way to get out and enjoy a different part of Nebraska.”
Experience the “jaunt” one town – one treasure – at a time.
by Tami Pistello (Omaha, NE)original article was published in the Lyons Mirror Sun; Lyons, NE on the Decatur, NE news When someone says, “Sand hills Journey Scenic Byway”, what comes to mind? Perhaps, sand - and lots of it - or perhaps nasty sand burrs the size of your thumb? A three-day visit to … [ READ MORE ... ]
Beautiful Nebraska Scenery…
NEBRASKA'S JUNK JAUNT® takes place in central Nebraska. Two of Nebraska's most beautiful Scenic Byways, The Sandhills Journey Byway and the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway, form the basic "looping route" of the JUNK JAUNT®. Also included, and a very important part of this fun event, are the numerous … [ READ MORE ... ]
Antiques & Collectibles…
OUR MOTTO : “You are limited only by your imagination and the law.” However, we ask that your merchandise be in good taste and not the kind that must be hidden when children or the preacher is present. DOWNLOAD A VENDOR REGISTRATION FORM … [ READ MORE ... ]
Junk Jaunt Area map
THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ONLY, NOTHING WILL BE MAILED TO YOU UNTIL MID- SEPTEMBER 2019 AFTER IT IS PRINTED.
Order Price: $13.00
(Shopper Guide $10.00, plus $3.00 postage/handling)
