Reef Inflation Puerto Penasco

I had no idea it was so inexpensive there. I've seen prices 3 times as much in the US for beachfront.

Sadly from Rocky Point on to the West and down South to San Felipe and Gonzaga Bay the rates have gone thu the roof. Gonzaga Bay hotel room rates have doubled for a nothing room with only a few hours of AC a day (power is provide on a generator). Camping on the beach rates have also doubled (no hookups). Prices have been greatly influenced by Mexico Lite Rvers from California & Phoenix. The prices are cheaper than what they pay in CA & Phoenix so they pay, pay, PAY. Law of supply and demand, if people would stop going/paying then the price would come down. Operating cost have not increased enough to justify the huge rate increases, just a chance to make more dollars. On Edit, guess I should add Tucson Mexico Lite Rvers.

rocmoc n

In the past rates would go up in the Mexican RV parks. As seasons went by the traffic to the parks would dwindle, year by year. Each year, to keep their income steady, their prices would go up, never back down. Eventually some parks got sold for condos. We saw this farther to the south in Mexico. It chases Canadian RVers away, too, when the parks charge in American dollars. It has been said you can force them to take pesos, but when the owner converts USD to pesos, that's still more to pay when conversions favour USD, at times @ 19 pesos to 12 or 13 for CAD. We were okay at the Reef a few years back, camped on the sand, and could use much of the infrastructure of the Campground, for $5 a day. Enjoyed it, in fact.

rocmoc wrote:
Sadly from Rocky Point on to the West and down South to San Felipe and Gonzaga Bay the rates have gone thu the roof. Gonzaga Bay hotel room rates have doubled for a nothing room with only a few hours of AC a day (power is provide on a generator). Camping on the beach rates have also doubled (no hookups). Prices have been greatly influenced by Mexico Lite Rvers from California & Phoenix. The prices are cheaper than what they pay in CA & Phoenix so they pay, pay, PAY. Law of supply and demand, if people would stop going/paying then the price would come down. Operating cost have not increased enough to justify the huge rate increases, just a chance to make more dollars. On Edit, guess I should add Tucson Mexico Lite Rvers.

rocmoc n

So are you saying we should never go there in the future, even if the prices drop? And if they do drop, and we resume going there, won't they just go up again? I have always found Rocky Point and San Carlos to be extremely good values. If you think $40 Oceanside sites are overpriced you must be living in another era.
RichH

We were so shocked at the prices at La Jaiba in Mazatlan (650p per night) that we won't be stopping there on our way back north.

Here is how a Mexican businessman thinks: If you have an hotel or say an RV park and sales are down you increase the rates. Then you lose more business so just increase rates again. eventually you lose your clientele and the business goes under. Hypoxia: What were the rates in pesos?

Moisheh

moisheh wrote:
What were the rates in pesos?

I didn't ask and the prices I saw were all in dollars.

We stopped at Playa del Oro today, $27/189/750 Beach & $22/ 132/ 498 interior. They tried to raise the rates but so many fled they reduced them.

Playa Bonita, $29/ 203 week/ 786 month Beach & $24/ 144 week/ 536 month Interior.

$30.00+- is a fair price. There is no real reason to raise prices. The cost of electricity went up last year. Water may have gone up a small amount. Wages are next to nothing. maintenance is minimal and taxes are a joke. Greed can be the only reason.

Moisheh

Just to clarify, the electricity may have increased in some áreas. For example, in my área the rates dropped considerably. However, usage limits remain the same here.

Chris: I did not check but commercial rates may have gone up. Regardless there is no logical reason for drastic rate hikes. RVing in Mexico will just keep dropping.

Moisheh