Cheap Things for Your Family to Do While in Daytona Beach

If you live in or are planning on visiting the "Worlds Most Famous Beach" Daytona Beach, you need to know about the many free or low cost things to do and see. Whether your family enjoys a night bowling, miniature golfing or a beach outing there are many low cost alternatives.

First lets talk about bowling, you have a few choices in the area, New Smyrna Lanes, or Belaire Lanes. New Smyrna Lanes is right off of the North Causeway, which in its self is a great sight to see. The bowling center its self is small, with just 16 lanes, however it does feature a full bar and a variety of foods. From Pizza to Hot dogs and Beer to Jello Shots they seem to have something for everyone. The best part is the price on the right nights you can find your self playing for a dollar a game per person. They are kid friendly with bumpers, six pound balls and a small video game section. We spent a few hours there, played two games with five people and had sodas and a few pitchers of beer and we left just under forty dollars. If you want to stay closer to Daytona Beach you can visit Belaire Lanes, located on South Atlantic Ave in the Belaire Plaza. This bowling lane is a little larger and has been around as long as I can remember. The best night to visit in my opinion is Sunday after 9:30pm they offer quarter madness. They turn on the special lights, similar to cosmic bowling , each player pays a 10.00 cover charge and then bowling games, shoes, hot dogs and beers are all just a quarter. If you figure this out with a few games, and dinner how can you go wrong? A tip if you visit the Salty Dog Surf shop in the same plaza they offer cards for free bowling games complements of Salty Dog.