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'Just wondering how much you guys will be spending for shows/clubs. If you want to include airfare and hotel, do that too but break it down for n00bs like me, just so we get an idea about how much we will probably end up spending.
Break it down to daily costs, etc. Big thanks 
depends on where u staying....if u rent a car....depends on a lot of things...i would guess 200 spending money per day would be good enough
WMC is expensive...drinks are pricey as are door covers...
I say if your going to travel, do not limit yourself...Its Spring Break! Its Music! Its Partying! Fun In the Sun!
Some nightclubs your going to be seeing people be all flashy (its miami) so if that stuff gets to you...you may be disappointed...
I say bring as much cash as you can bc if your having a shitty time the bartender can always turn the nite around for ya
In the past a week has set me back anywhere from 3000 to 4000...for some friends ive seen them spend as little as 1500-2000
- im thinking club covers will cost me around $400, 500 for a week
- im going cheap with food this year im thinking $40 max a day (3 meals)
- $100 - $150 on booze a day
- If I travel downtown for space/pawnshop i'll spend probably $40 (15 to 20 each way) on transportation....maybe less bc a friend has a car
- in prev years id have another catagory 
** then save some money for shopping/water/sun tan lotion/emergency cab money (like if your tired)
in miami less is not more
Larger clubs or big namers like Space, Mansion, Nocturnal, etc can easily run you up a $60 cover charge during WMC for huge headliners. PVD and Sander traditionally play Space Friday night during the conference and the cover for that is usually something outrageous like $70. (The most I've ever paid for a club cover in my life was at space during WMC for the Meganight with Sasha, Digweed, Desyn, Zabiela, Luke Fair, et al, and that was $70.) Then beer costs $7 (8 with tip) and mixed drink maybe 10-11. If you go to space for sander and pvd you can expect to drop at least 100-150 for that night alone, not including transportation, parking, hotel, etc.
Smaller venues, or clubs that aren't run by jackasses like Louis Puig, will be far more reasonable. Expect maybe 10-40 covers for most lounges, smaller clubs, and most places on south beach in general, with drink prices being moderately lower than Space. Note however that Fifth, the new club on SoBe, actually had drink prices far higher than Space when I was there for SOS last year. I think a beer ran me up $9 or something outrageous like that. Buy a flask or something, or a camelback thing, and bring your weapon of choice. Don't worry, you will not get searched on entry under any circumstances (in my experience).
Food shouldn't really be that big of an issue, there are plenty of reasonably priced joints that you'll find if you just walk around. Hotels are another story and I don't have much advice about that since I've never booked one in my city. You'll have to research that on your own, but good luck. You MIGHT want to consider booking a hotel somewhere outside downtown or the beach for far cheaper rates, but that depends on how comfortable you are dealing with public transit and the inevitable taxi ride now and then. I'd suggest using Google Earth to reveal all the hotels in Miami, and then figure out how far they are from South Beach and Downtown, make a few calls, see what rates they offer and if they have any kind of shuttle service to and from the airport or downtown or something. With any luck you'll find one close to the Metrorail which will take you right smack into downtown.
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There's no upper limit to how much you can spend, but expect to drop at least a hundred bucks a night for shows alone, depending on how much you drink/consume.
Does Space sell a week pass and if so how much does it go for? Also I read some threads about how its hard to get on Space's terrace, so one your already in the club, you have issues getting up to the terrace?
some good reviews going on in here 
take whatever your budget is and double it...
space does not sell week long passes.....plan on $1500 spending money for a week...if not more...that amount usually works out just right for me but a bit more is reccmmended personally
the first year i went i spent about 800 total.......including hotel!!!...last year i think i spent about 1000 cash...not including hotel....and i went to a party every night.....pre drinkng helps thats bottom line
It's vacation, bring a ton of cash and expect to spend it. Have backup cash incase something happens. I remember cabs from Space 2 years ago were asking $60 to the beach... not a big deal if you have 5 people but if you're alone, tough luck. Drinks are unbelievably expensive everywhere you go, but it beats being sober at a show. Bring a grand after hotel and flight and you should be ok.
one of the problems with space is that for big events...they run the club like its two clubs...they open the club at say 10, 1015...and they open the stairway to the terrace once a) the club inside fills up or b) around 12-2 am depending the nite/amt of djs upstairs...so u see this mad rush of people leaving the downstairs area for the upstairs area btween 2-4 am...
this would be ok if it was a normal club and no one was being let in after a certain hr, but bc space does afterhours...u see all the people that partied in sobe or other area clubs in downtown show up 4 am, 5 am...and then they try to make it in as well...
club space is like fucking rush hour traffic - thats the best way to exlain it...4 am and 5 am is rush hour...
Good analogy with rush hour.
I seem to remember space selling week long passes, or "any 3 nights in one week" passes or something. I ALSO seem to remember a million review threads every year after WMC saying "fuck space and their week passes" because people drop a ton of money on them and then get screwed. Honestly I gotta recommend against going to space at all unless you absolutely cannot skip the show...and if you do go at all, get there very early and camp out where your dj will be playing.
Every year I hear horror stories about people getting in on time and then getting thrown out when afterhours starts; or they don't get kicked out and cannot get up to the terrace (or vice versa, can't get from the terrace to the main room); or you have your week pass and its 5am after south beach closes but you still can't get in even with your pass; OR, if none of that happens, you are inside space jam packed worse than sardines with 10x too many people than should fit inside the club.
I think you can do it for under a grand (not including plane) if you do it right.
keep in mind though if you don't have a ton of money there are still lots of parties you can go to. As it gets closer more shows will come out with $5, $10, $20 entrance. Sure, it won't be at Space and it won't be PVD but you can still do some great shows for less money.
Drinking before the club helps a lot too, or bringing a flask/bottle in, as cheesy as that sounds, it helps. Last year was my 4th time and i'm still learning, but it was easily my most flexible financial year. Well, until this year. But yeah,pretty double what you expect. I drive down from St. Petersburg so I have a car to drive myself around. I have found it to be very easy to get around in my car. Lots of good back roads and things to get around sobe.
last year
Wed night - Lawler Lights Out - ticket was $40, only bought water at $5 each. Left the club at 8am.
Thurs - checked into my hotel, got a steak and cheese at a local place with a beer and spent $10. Went to a record label party for free(got on the list), bought a Bicardi Limon/Sprite for $14, bought one more but also had my own bottle with me to compliment the rest of hte night. After that I met up wtih some friends and was in line to get into some club to see some DJ (lol) and they closed the place down. Luckily I hadn't paid yet. After that we just walked around since it was about 4 and I hadn't slept in 2 days.
Friday - I usually bring breakfast food with me (crackers, pop tarts, granola bars, etc) so thats what i had when I woke up. Had subway in the afternoon and then went to Ultra day 1. Planned on going to Digitalism after Ultra ($25) but we were all exhausted and ended up at THe Marlin for the Hallucination party (only $5 to get in) and a few drinks there... then we just got food at this little stand on a side street someone else mentioned. it was SO GOOD. anyways, should have spent more that night but we didn't.
Saturday - went to breakfast, went to Ultra, bought lunch at ultra.. the rain dampened our plans for after Ultra and we ended up just driving back to my friends place in Naples straight from Ultra instead of going out. I usually don't get the hotel for Saturday night because i just go out after Ultra and then crash with a friend of drive home instead of sleeping for 2 hours before checkout.
so my hotel was only thurs/fri night (because wednesday was at Lights Out until 8am, then the beach until check-in time).
hotel (thurs/fri) $375
entrance fees $200 (including Ultra 2 days)
food $50
gas $60
drinks $200
and thats about it. It should have been higher, and reading back it doesn't seem like I did much but damn, it sure felt like I did A LOT. I only slept about 8 hours that whole time...
ive never heard of cab drivers charging $60 from downtown to the beach...i dont doubt that it happens but last year all the night events i went to were in downtown...and the cab ride from south beach to space/downtown was $20 which included the tip each way...so $40 roundtrip which if u have 3-4 people in the cab really isnt bad.
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| Originally posted by gimmebeatz ive never heard of cab drivers charging $60 from downtown to the beach...i dont doubt that it happens but last year all the night events i went to were in downtown...and the cab ride from south beach to space/downtown was $20 which included the tip each way...so $40 roundtrip which if u have 3-4 people in the cab really isnt bad. |
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| Originally posted by TranceNation1 Fvck cabs take the bus to Sobe |
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| Originally posted by mar46017 Runs 24 hours? How long? |
U can buy tokens at this Pharmacy on washington for the bus
the bus system isnt bad in miami, but it is kinda crappy. expect to wait at bus stations and its by no means 24 hours. i do think there is a late night owl bus that runs from downtown to miami beach but it only runs once an hour and i have no idea where those bus stops are.
it is easy though to take a bus from miami beach to downtown (if you're going to space, noc, pawn shop, etc). the buses up until maybe midnight still run pretty often.
easy rundown for some people who want to take the bus...
from washington ave. take the 'C Downtown Miami', 'K Downtown Miami' or '51 Flager Max' to the Omni bus terminal, get off there and jump on the Metro Mover (free i believe but i dunno until what time it runs) and then take that to Space. its only like 1 or 2 stops on the metro mover so its very easy.
if you're one alton rd, you can take the 'S Downtown Miami' to the Omni bus terminal.
the buses are only $1.50 one way and you dont need tokens, although you can buy them, but you dont save any money. buses do not give change though, so beware of that.
on miami beach, theres a 'South Beach Local' bus which will take you around miami beach for only $0.25 and runs really often.
ill try to get some maps and schedules or something up for some of those interested in using the miami bus system.
Pat, thanks for the info, I think we'll try the bus this year...
awesome stuff guys, esp the review near the top of page.
some quality info coming out of this page. i'ma try that bus idea.
ill get you guys the perfect info, schedules, maps and everything, just gimme a little while to get it all together. im a little busy with school atm, but dont worry, ill get it all done up nice for you guys.
i like this everyone helping everyone out thing.
The first year I went down by myself to meet up with people (instead of going with people) I lost my hotel at the last minute, didn't know where to eat, didn't know anything. Now I am much more versed in what to do but for those of you that don't know, this stuff is awesome.
Just try not to think about the amount of money. If you build it up over time its like nothing! I have had a jar that I have been sticking $10, $20 in for the last few months just for extra spending cash.
I have a paper on my cubicle wall at work with all my bills from now through April, and any other expenses I think I will have ($20 in gas a week, $25 in food a week, etc), plus Ultra ticket cost, hotel cost, etc. Then next to that I add up all my paychecks from now until then. Each week I pay bills, buy this and this, I cross them off the list and redo it with the new amounts. This really has helped me the last few years to keep everything together and allows me to see where to cut corners, not just say "yeah i'll pay stuff and save some money and hopefully it will work out". This way I know I will be set come March.
Plus budgeting my vacation while getting paid at work is great too.
Yeah last year i had some sort of saving up thing going. I just started a week ago which is kinda bad but it's better than nothing. and thanks for the info pat, take your time dude, i know shit can get crazy.
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