Accomodation halp for Monterey Concours

Kinja'd!!! "Tapas" (tapas)
07/26/2017 at 15:26 • Filed to: None

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I’m going to the Monterey car show and all accommodation is too expensive.

Don’t get me wrong, I did try to book early. Early for me, that is - 2 ish weeks ago. I looked on travel websites occasionally to see if deals pop up.

Can any Opponauts guide let me in on any deals you know?

Right now, the only option I have is to live 40 minutes away and drive in every day.


DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 15:33

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No solid leads, but you might try airbnb if you haven’t already looked there.


Kinja'd!!! OmerCarrothers333 > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 15:33

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Might be cheaper, and you might find something if you stay in Salinas.


Kinja'd!!! RallyWrench > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 15:37

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That’s it, man. That week books a year in advance, and everything costs 4 times more than normal because it’s a week for rich people. There may be no-hookups camping still available at Laguna Seca (that’s run by Monterey County Parks), but even that pricing is jacked up significantly and would necessitate you buy track passes, which are $100 a day or thereabouts (well over double the rate of any other event). A lot of people stay in Salinas and Prunedale, but that’s likely booked up too. You’re not going to get a hotel anywhere near Monterey for less than hundreds of dollars a night. You could look in Santa Cruz, but that’s also peak summer tourist season. Not sure if there’s camping off the G-roads in Carmel Valley, night be worth checking. These are the reasons I just drive up for one day and only go to the track. Everything else is insane, and is not at all made for those of mere mortal finances.


Kinja'd!!! benjrblant > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 15:42

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Two weeks is early?


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 15:43

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Hollister or Salinas.


Kinja'd!!! RPM esq. > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 16:00

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Two weeks’ notice is not “booking early” by any rational standard.


Kinja'd!!! promoted by the color red > Tapas
07/26/2017 at 16:12

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Book outside of the area and drive in. Traffic’s going to suck ass getting there, but Gilroy or even Hollister/Salinas is within a reasonable drive without having to live in a desolate shit hole.


Kinja'd!!! Tapas > RPM esq.
07/26/2017 at 16:17

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Two weeks before now is still 5 weeks before the event.

I get that some people plan farther in advance. But yeah.


Kinja'd!!! Tapas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/26/2017 at 16:18

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I’ll be doing that.


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
07/26/2017 at 16:23

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Yeah, thankfully I am usually able to stay with friends otherwise I could never go.


Kinja'd!!! NYankee1927 > Tapas
07/27/2017 at 10:14

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Second’d on Salinas. It’s not a bad drive if you get up early. Every year we go, we book accommodations ~11 months in advance. Usually air bnb


Kinja'd!!! Tapas > NYankee1927
07/27/2017 at 14:53

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Holy shit. 11. months. in advance.


Kinja'd!!! NYankee1927 > Tapas
07/27/2017 at 17:15

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Not in salinas, for Carmel by the sea.


Kinja'd!!! Tapas > NYankee1927
07/27/2017 at 17:26

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I understand. But that’s still way too much of an advance. I don’t know where I’ll be next year. Like geographically living. In the world. (but that’s just me personally. I can see that other people have more established lives.)