Hamcation Bus Trip
Hamcation 2025
Hamcation, the Orlando Hamfest is reported to be the second-largest in the country. The 2025 Hamcation will be held Feb 7-9, 2025 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park in Orlando. The sponsors say there will be over 150 commercial booths, 200+ swap table, and a massive tailgate area. People come from far and wide to attend this major event. You can pre-order you tickets at thier website: https://www.hamcation.com/
We’re fortunate enough to live in the same State it is held. What’s not so fortunate is, it’s more than a 2-hour drive each way. The average car will burn about $40 worth of fuel making the round trip. If you feel 4-5 hours of driving in one day is too much, you might stay overnight in a local hotel for about $150.The alternative … JOIN US FOR THE 5th ANNUAL BUS TO HAMCATION on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
Our club will charter a luxury tour bus for Saturday, Feb 8th, that will pick us up at 6:30 am, at the Coast Guard station in Venice, and deliver us to the front gate of Hamcation. The bus will make a second pickup at the American Red Cross in Sarasota (2001 Cantu Ct). It should depart Venice at 6:30 AM and get to the ARC around 7:15. The bus will remain on site all day so you could store your newly acquired ‘treasures’ on-board, rather than lugging them around all day. At 4 pm the bus will depart HamCation for the return trip to Sarasota and Venice and drop us off at the Coast Guard station where we parked our cars in the morning. Naturally, the bus is air-conditioned, has comfortable seats and even has a bathroom.
DATE: Saturday, February 8, 2025
COST: $55 pp
- If we get less than 35 paid riders the trip WILL BE CANCELLED and your money will be refunded.
- If we get more than 40 riders a partial refund will be calculated pp (we hope riders will donate the refund back to the club)
A $10 deposit will hold your reservation. You can make payment in person to any board member or you can send a check in the mail, or use the link below to pay by credit card, or via PayPal.
RESERVATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE
IS FEBRUARY 1, 2025
RESERVE NOW ONLINE
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Frank Wroblewski, W2XYZ