Daytona Questions

[Reptilian]

Hey all-

First off is Daytona called the National Reptile Expo? Cause I tried googling "Daytona" and got a lot of infomation about Daytona...not the reptile expo. LOL.

Second, does it run every two years? I was looking at attending in '08. I am getting married in August of '08 and thought it would be fun to honeymoon in FL, and *casually* pop in that the reptile expo is there. I only found dates for '07 and '09.

Third. If i were interested in picking up a few animals how does one go about shipping them? Do I go and say I am interested in this and that and that, can you ship them to me? Or would a care ride home be ok, I live in Ohio and we'd probably be driving down there....

[daniel1983]

Here is the website: http://www.reptilebreedersexpo.com/

The show is every year.

Sure people will ship. That is usually not a issue if you got the money

[Adam_Wysocki]

First off is Daytona called the National Reptile Expo? Cause I tried googling "Daytona" and got a lot of infomation about Daytona...not the reptile expo. LOL.

Yup, "National Reptiles Breeder Expo" ... it's a mouthful so we usually just say "Daytona".

Second, does it run every two years? I was looking at attending in '08. I am getting married in August of '08 and thought it would be fun to honeymoon in FL, and *casually* pop in that the reptile expo is there. I only found dates for '07 and '09.

Every year. I believe it always works out to be the 3rd weekend in August each year give or take, but I could be wrong.

Third. If i were interested in picking up a few animals how does one go about shipping them? Do I go and say I am interested in this and that and that, can you ship them to me? Or would a care ride home be ok, I live in Ohio and we'd probably be driving down there....

Most breeders will gladly make arrangements for shipping your purchases to you when they return home ... alternatively, a car ride home to Ohio wouldn't be a problem for most herps.

Daytona is awesome if you're in to reptiles ... between the show and "the scene" afterwards, it's a great time! You'll enjoy it for sure.

When you go, make sure to grab the guy with the big mouth wearing the "8 Ball Pythons" shirt and say hello.

Hope this helps.

-adam

[rabernet]

When you go, make sure to grab the guy with the big mouth wearing the "8 Ball Pythons" shirt and say hello.

Last year there were a lot of them (including Karl)!

[hgrub]

I think it's safe to say the Daytona show is the biggest show in the year, but what about the second/third biggest show? Could someone please list the top 5 reptiles show in term of quantity of vendors and quality(big name breeders)

I live in Thailand and plan to go to the Daytona, however the date might conflict with my import schedule. I mean I don't want to risk having all them animals stay in the unopened box for 7 days until I came back...I think some of them won't make it...or even all of them

So if I miss the Daytona, which is the next best show I should go to? I import mainly on morph Ball Python, Leopard gecko, bearded dragon, cornsnake and I want to meet most of my suppliers in person too (JMG, Jared Horenstein, Amir, Ron Tremper, Bayou Reptiles, Geckos etc, Garrick Demeyer, Dachui, etc. I also want to find more new suppliers as well.

Is the show in Aneheim(what's its name?) a big show worth flying half the world to attempt? It's in September right?

thanks