Herpetorama, Inc

I looked forward to this show for almost a year and I show up and nothing but snakes and gecko’s and throw in a few bearded dragons was it. So disappointed!!! No variety whatsoever!!! I will not be going back to another one!!!!

I didn't like that you had to pay for parking. Columbia Repticon was free to parking. Columbia Repticon had more variety of animals but pretty much the same vendors at Charlotte Repticon. For shows like this vendors need to bring variety of rare animals that you know you are able to sell. You average crested gecko and ball python is not going to cut it. This is my 5th show going into there is is to many looking a around and not enough buying. Remember venders need to make competitive prices. When ever I go to a show like gun shows or reptile shows I not looking to pay full price for a animal Overall I enjoyed it and bought my first mangrove monitor.

The show was in a much nicer building than previously used. Restrooms were clean and well stocked. Load out was easier being able to enter the building with a vehicle. There was no cellphone service inside building so customers complained about that. We were forced to pay for venue wifi in order to take credit card payments. Paid parking was not liked by the customers.We hope to be in the same building again next show. AC was comfortable consistently throughout the weekend.

I try to make the Tampa Repti-con every chance I get but lately seems to have less and less variety of animals, plenty of products but go to see what breeders have produced lately.

MB Exotics--Mark Baldel was a wealth of information in regards to a Ball Python I purchased from him last the last Orlando show in December. Everyone I spoke with was friendly & informative no pressure to purchase anything.

Good to bring cash as well as card in case their reader isn’t working. They have a lot of knowledge so would be good to have questions on the reptile you intend to get or helpful for the ones you already have.

1st time going and it was an amazing event, but was very disappointed in the VIP Bags I purchased 4 VIP tickets and all we got in each VIP bag was a book that u can order stuff from. Not worth the time of day to purchase VIP tickets

This was our first time to attend Repticon. The vendors were all nice and took time to answer questions.I especially liked the Veterinarian booth. Knowing we would have support with our animal after purchase was peace of mind.

I was in line For VIP bag, and the guy in front of me who said he already had 10 of them got last one.I don't even know what was in them but I don't think that people should be allowed to get that many when there was still a huge line behind them.

Brought 2 grandsons. They had a blast. Vendors were mostly informative/kind. Entry price seemed fair. Liked to have seen a little more variety of reptiles & more info on the animals there. Understand this is for collectors/buyers