ELEANOR, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A trip to the beach will cost you hundreds of dollars, but you can take a ride down to a county fair and have yourself a summer stay-cation.

Visitors to this week's Putnam County Fair have saving money on their minds. Fair President Wayne Bennett says costs are the same this year as years past.

“It's like a vacation,” Jarrod Trent said. “You get to ride rides, and you get to show in the showmanship, and you market.”

If you buy a weeklong pass at the Putnam County Fair, it comes down to less than three dollars a night.

Lawrence County, Ohio’s fair started Saturday. Their weeklong pass is $30.

"I'm 53 years old, and it's good to see community, family, and friends, people just having a good time,” Joe Jackson, a vendor at the Lawrence County Fair, said. “Not worrying about money, they just come and say 'look, this is our time, a week, let’s enjoy it with the kids,' so it's a family thing.”

A big event Saturday at the Lawrence County Fair is the Demolition Derby at 7 p.m. The fair runs all week at the fairgrounds in Proctorville.

Randy Houser is the headliner Saturday night at the Putnam County Fair.