Daytona Beach Florida Hotels

It wouldn't be right if we didn't recommend a few Daytona Beach Hotels. Especially during Spring Break, getting a hotel room in Daytona Beach can be almost impossible. However, if you do get a room, the rates are fairly affordable. But know that most Daytona Beach hotels carry a minimum-stay requirement.

The hotels here are almost all family owned and operated. The Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau has a brochure called, "Superior Small Lodgings", which includes small motels around Daytona Beach.

If you don't really care about the beach, we recommend the Hilton Garden Inn Daytona Beach Airport, on Midway Ave. You'll be close to the Daytona Race Track - and this hotel has a restaurant.

People in Daytona Beach have come wise about the many beach condos they own. You can rent a beach condominium for a good price. Remember, beach condo rentals contain kitchens, washers and dryers.

We recommend the Ocean Walk Resort on Atlantic Ave. It's near the Main Street Pier and has some sports amenities you may appreciate; a pool, computer-golf, putting green. Daytona Beach condo rentals are worth a check. But check early.

There is a 6% state sales tax and Volusia County tacks on a 4% tax on hotel prices.

We talked about Spring Break, and how it has come and gone in Daytona. More kids visit Panama City Beach than here during the same time. However, we can't dismiss Bike Week. I know it seems like an unlikely group to turn to - after the flood of beer, sex, rap and rock - but businesses embrace this now tradition.

Held the first week of March, as many as half a million bikers roll into Daytona Beach. There's also Biketoberfest, around Halloween, a brewfest that welcomes the Harley crowd and we found when asking - is well, civilized! If you've grown up capturing images of bikers in movies, this is completely opposite.

Motel owners love them as they are some of the most courteous people around. And Harley-Davidson pulled into town with an enormous dealership downtown. To us, it looks like any Mercedes dealership you'd find in Florida, all the shine an glitz you'd expect.

But here's a tip: Hotel and Motel rates get jacked up during the first week of March as locals have found most bikers are affluent and can afford it. Most of their Harleys cost around $20 thousand.

You'll find the prices drop right back down as Spring Breakers come in the next few weeks.