OK let me get this straight, they are in pots?
You can't take them to a neighbor to be watered as needed?

Tom or Mary wrote:
I will be vacation for a week in mid July, and live in western PA, and worry
that my strawberry pots will dry out. I have two plans: a. water them well,
place big plastic bags over them and place them in the shade or b. water
them well, place them in this big large square tub filled with water, and
place them in the shade.
Which solution do you think would be better?

Thanks

Tom