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- Tom_BarbExplorer
westernrvparkowner wrote:
Tom/Barb wrote:
Could you direct us to a book or list of "standard" prices? It sure would be nice to know when I am being charged too much or too little for all sorts of things. What exactly is the standard hotel price? The standard airfare? The standard for a gallon of gas oe a steak dinner.valhalla360 wrote:
Tom/Barb wrote:
KOAs are not usually 100 per night, we stay at them all the time, We did call, we do know how to ensure They have space for us.
We never suspected KOA to blind side us with these prices.
So you failed to check the price and are upset that they didn't call you last week to tell you, just in case you happened to be driving by and decided to stop this week?
Are you trying to rationalize 100 bucks a night? or are you failing to understand that $100 is way over the standard?
Or why attack me for complaining about it , and for warning others
I have always automatically asked "and what is the rate" immediately after confirming availability. It never, ever, occurred to me there is, or should be, a standard rate.
If you got out camping more you wouldn't need a book or a page. you'd just know. - winnietreyExplorerI think part of the issue, is that KOA is a holiday, or resort class Koa. They are all, about that price in that class. Koa Journey class, is less than half that usually. 100 bucks is pretty spendy for a place just to spend the night.
But this class of KOA is not really meant for that, that is not the customer base they are looking for. It is more for the resort type atmosphere. I have stayed at a few of these with the GD, pretty noisy and crowded for the DW and me but the GD liked them. For that 100 bucks they offer lots of stuff for a family, that makes that 100 bucks a pretty good deal, if that is the experience the family is looking for. - MEXICOWANDERERExplorerIn Mexico in my RV Park I had two spaces remote from the hookup sites. I called then Park N Go. Single night only. They cost a fraction of the full hookup sites and many folks especially Quebecois loved them.
During Easter, I did not jack up the prices. My occupancy zoomed the rest of the year. Flay out: "I am tired of never knowing what I am going to pay. When Semana Santa comes or Navidad the cost is the same -- something important to me". A 30% rise in years 3-4-5 means I was correct.
The MOTEL 6 in San Ysidro CA went from $48 night including taxes to $78. Annual inflation rate of 3.2%. Nothing upgraded except 2-bar Wi-fi for $5.50 night. So I stayed in Tijuana, at a prettier hotel for $27.00 night and the only negative was facing the border traffic in the morning.
Supermarkets and three-fo-the-price-of-five gimmicks, membership cards, coupons, and other sucker plays turn me off as well. In store non advertised sales attract me. I guess different strokes... etc is the keyword.
To park button hole to tea kettle in a trailer park for a hundred bucks a night turns some people on. I have lived in resort areas for most of my life. But quiet and privacy to me is worth more than putting green landscaping and "activity rooms" and other nonsense. The one exception I really enjoyed was a pricey stay at The Ghost Ranch in Tucson AZ. A huge place. The desk clerk if I preferred privacy. Areas landscaped were filled with desert landscaping and signs marking fauna like owls living in cardon cactus and one cup coffeemakers with walking tour suggestions in the morning coffee cup in hand, on the way to breakfast. Leave the cup at the restaurant. I could not afford to stay there but I enjoyed the heck out of it when I did. The city was plugged midwinter with a jewelry exhibition. Sort of near Eureka CA is a luxury RV park. From highway 101 it looks exactly like what it is -- a trailer park. My place had something absolutely uniquw -- a huge covered patio that had a plunge of 66' straight and I mean STRAIGHT down onto the breakers. Open air dining with seafood. Lobster caught by Jesus and available broiled or something unheard of STEAMED.
Oh well to each their own -- can't please everyone. - LantleyNomadI enjoy Fort Wilderness, I pay a more than $100.00 to stay there, Yes it is on the expensive side, but at the end of the day I feel I get my monies worth.
THe idea that there is a $100.00 limit or barrier for CG rates is out of touch with real world CG rates in tourist areas. - Cloud_DancerExplorer III enjoy paying $12, sometimes $35. And, overnighting for free at Walmart is pretty handy. Money was designed to be spent, I just wish I had more of it.
- westernrvparkowExplorer
Tom/Barb wrote:
Could you direct us to a book or list of "standard" prices? It sure would be nice to know when I am being charged too much or too little for all sorts of things. What exactly is the standard hotel price? The standard airfare? The standard for a gallon of gas oe a steak dinner.valhalla360 wrote:
Tom/Barb wrote:
KOAs are not usually 100 per night, we stay at them all the time, We did call, we do know how to ensure They have space for us.
We never suspected KOA to blind side us with these prices.
So you failed to check the price and are upset that they didn't call you last week to tell you, just in case you happened to be driving by and decided to stop this week?
Are you trying to rationalize 100 bucks a night? or are you failing to understand that $100 is way over the standard?
Or why attack me for complaining about it , and for warning others
I have always automatically asked "and what is the rate" immediately after confirming availability. It never, ever, occurred to me there is, or should be, a standard rate. - BillyBob_JimExplorer
Tom/Barb wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
Tom/Barb wrote:
KOAs are not usually 100 per night, we stay at them all the time, We did call, we do know how to ensure They have space for us.
We never suspected KOA to blind side us with these prices.
So you failed to check the price and are upset that they didn't call you last week to tell you, just in case you happened to be driving by and decided to stop this week?
Are you trying to rationalize 100 bucks a night? or are you failing to understand that $100 is way over the standard?
Or why attack me for complaining about it , and for warning others
I don't get it nor do I see an attack. Warning about what? The only standard I know of regarding rates at RV parks would be a personal standard.
Plenty of RV parks have prices @ that range or more. The way I see it if I make a reservation I know what I'm paying. If I drive in off the road I ask for the rate before I plop the money down. If the rate is too high I leave and go elsewhere. If I call in from the road for an overnight I ask what the rate is. If I don't like it, I keep driving. Did they somehow do a bait amd switch or something? - Tom_BarbExplorer
valhalla360 wrote:
Tom/Barb wrote:
KOAs are not usually 100 per night, we stay at them all the time, We did call, we do know how to ensure They have space for us.
We never suspected KOA to blind side us with these prices.
So you failed to check the price and are upset that they didn't call you last week to tell you, just in case you happened to be driving by and decided to stop this week?
Are you trying to rationalize 100 bucks a night? or are you failing to understand that $100 is way over the standard?
Or why attack me for complaining about it , and for warning others - Tom_BarbExplorer
Dutch_12078 wrote:
Nice you got an appTom/Barb wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
You didn't check the price before you checked in. How does that equate to being "burned"?
Show us how to do that at while driving?
When I pull in off the road I don't expect to be blind sided with exorbitant prices.
KOA has an easy to use app that shows the site prices and availability, as well as accepting reservations. And I just looked up the Leavenworth, WA KOA on the RV Parky app and knew the site price range in about 10 seconds. My wife does those sorts of lookups routinely while I'm driving... - jjrbusExplorerI am so old I can remember pulling off to the side of the road just about anyplace in American and camping for free. It was rare for anyone to say anything. Except maybe in places like on the beach at Miami.
Of course there was no 80X20 foot manicured pull through campsite, with Sewer, water, 50 amp service, cable TV and wifi. Swimming pool, gym and rec room.
I do not recall one campground on route 66 in the 50's. Might have been some but Dad would never have spent 50ยข to stay in one!
Sorry you missed the good old days!
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