Daytona Bike Week 2009: Fun on the Cheap!
Bikers Want More Fun For Less Money!
One of the best ways to cut the cost of your stay in Daytona is to camp outside of Daytona. The longer you stay, the more money you save. Asking price per night at one of the local, well known campgrounds near the speedway was $100 per night! For another 30 bucks, you could have a roof over your head, cable tv, internet service, and a free breakfast!
Cheap Camping!
Go to AbateFlorida.com, and look over the website. They claim to have one of the most secure camping facilities available, due to their location being inside the Volusia County Fairground. Rates? Try $15/night, per person for primitive camping, or just $50/night for an rv with electric hookup. Downside? Located in Deland, Florida, about 20 miles to the southwest of Daytona. Upside? The Fairground is right off I-4, making your commute to Daytona's Speedway about 20 minutes. As much as we hate to stay outside the ABM prime interview area, this year might be our first to hook up with Abate.
Cheap Food!
Eat cheap. Publix supermarkets will make you a sub that will stuff two bikers bellies for five or six bucks, or grab an 8-pack of freshly fried chicken for about the same price. Need veggies? Pick up a bag of salad, dump some dressing in it, & scrape it out with a plastic fork. This area is full of drive up joints with 99 cent burgers & 2 dollar fish sandwiches.
Cheap Booze!
Four dollar beers evaporating faster than standing water in Phoenix, a good thing. On Daytona's Main Street, you'll find $3 marguritas, 2$ bloody marys & reasonably priced brew, just look around. Back at the campground, and off your ride for the night, a flask of inexpensive old red eye will get the job done as you b.s. with your bros.
Cheap Hotels?
Probably never, but the prices are a lot lower than they were last year, or the year before when some of the innerstate located one star flophouses were asking 299 a night! If you shop through some of the better known internet lodging vendors, a four star can be had for around $250, still way to high for us poor as church mice scooter tramps. (Hint: South Daytona Beach has only "1" four star, so if you bid half price, you know where you'll be staying!) The best advice we can provide for bikers who don't want to over pay for lodging is to (1) Camp or (2) Wait until the last minute to book a room. If the hotels got burnt by the Daytona 500's lack of attendance, maybe they'll come to their senses in time for bike week.
Cheapest Way of All?
You could simply stay home & live Daytona Bike Week 2009 vicariously through your friends at American Biker Minute, but listening in on all the fun pales in comparison to actually partying with hundreds of thousands of rabid bikers. Still, ABM coverage of bike week begins on your local ABM radio affiliate on February 28, and runs each day through March 8. If you miss a show, hear a new show on your phone each day, a free call with nationwide long distance!
One of the best ways to cut the cost of your stay in Daytona is to camp outside of Daytona. The longer you stay, the more money you save. Asking price per night at one of the local, well known campgrounds near the speedway was $100 per night! For another 30 bucks, you could have a roof over your head, cable tv, internet service, and a free breakfast!
Cheap Camping!
Go to AbateFlorida.com, and look over the website. They claim to have one of the most secure camping facilities available, due to their location being inside the Volusia County Fairground. Rates? Try $15/night, per person for primitive camping, or just $50/night for an rv with electric hookup. Downside? Located in Deland, Florida, about 20 miles to the southwest of Daytona. Upside? The Fairground is right off I-4, making your commute to Daytona's Speedway about 20 minutes. As much as we hate to stay outside the ABM prime interview area, this year might be our first to hook up with Abate.
Cheap Food!
Eat cheap. Publix supermarkets will make you a sub that will stuff two bikers bellies for five or six bucks, or grab an 8-pack of freshly fried chicken for about the same price. Need veggies? Pick up a bag of salad, dump some dressing in it, & scrape it out with a plastic fork. This area is full of drive up joints with 99 cent burgers & 2 dollar fish sandwiches.
Cheap Booze!
Four dollar beers evaporating faster than standing water in Phoenix, a good thing. On Daytona's Main Street, you'll find $3 marguritas, 2$ bloody marys & reasonably priced brew, just look around. Back at the campground, and off your ride for the night, a flask of inexpensive old red eye will get the job done as you b.s. with your bros.
Cheap Hotels?
Probably never, but the prices are a lot lower than they were last year, or the year before when some of the innerstate located one star flophouses were asking 299 a night! If you shop through some of the better known internet lodging vendors, a four star can be had for around $250, still way to high for us poor as church mice scooter tramps. (Hint: South Daytona Beach has only "1" four star, so if you bid half price, you know where you'll be staying!) The best advice we can provide for bikers who don't want to over pay for lodging is to (1) Camp or (2) Wait until the last minute to book a room. If the hotels got burnt by the Daytona 500's lack of attendance, maybe they'll come to their senses in time for bike week.
Cheapest Way of All?
You could simply stay home & live Daytona Bike Week 2009 vicariously through your friends at American Biker Minute, but listening in on all the fun pales in comparison to actually partying with hundreds of thousands of rabid bikers. Still, ABM coverage of bike week begins on your local ABM radio affiliate on February 28, and runs each day through March 8. If you miss a show, hear a new show on your phone each day, a free call with nationwide long distance!
360.282.5400
Check back from time to time. If it's a party, we'll be there!
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