Building New Campground. Opinions Welcome!
My family is working on building a new campground from scratch and we would like to get some opinions from campers or campground owners. We considered building right off a major interstate on about 3...
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How true. You need to first make a decision: your clientele will be transients mainly for one night but maybe spending a couple of nights. Or you are looking for folks who will spend more time in your campground.
In the first case I would aim for simplicity, minimal frills, clean restrooms, easy in and out. A dog walk/park where the dogs can be let off their leads to run around. High quality WIFI and power to the sites. The Basics, maybe a laundromat.
For the resort bunch you add frills, a swimming pool, mini golf and so on. I recall that number one attraction for my sons was a fishing pond even with catch and release. Nothing fancy just a hole in the ground with water and fish.
Your description of the lot sizes was excessive in my opinion especially for the over night crew. Land will equal money and if this takes off you'll want to expand the number of sites. Keep the lots just big enough to avoid crowding with the neighbor but not so wide it costs you money. I'd go to some local cg with a tape measure and see how wide their lots are. Of course if they find out you will be competing with them their response maybe unfriendly. Tell them you are from Virginia....heh.
Let me point out one thing you probably have not considered: distance from the WIFI router decreases the signal quality. Giant lots mean that you'll be putting more WIFI repeaters to maintain signal strength.
In the first case I would aim for simplicity, minimal frills, clean restrooms, easy in and out. A dog walk/park where the dogs can be let off their leads to run around. High quality WIFI and power to the sites. The Basics, maybe a laundromat.
For the resort bunch you add frills, a swimming pool, mini golf and so on. I recall that number one attraction for my sons was a fishing pond even with catch and release. Nothing fancy just a hole in the ground with water and fish.
Your description of the lot sizes was excessive in my opinion especially for the over night crew. Land will equal money and if this takes off you'll want to expand the number of sites. Keep the lots just big enough to avoid crowding with the neighbor but not so wide it costs you money. I'd go to some local cg with a tape measure and see how wide their lots are. Of course if they find out you will be competing with them their response maybe unfriendly. Tell them you are from Virginia....heh.
Let me point out one thing you probably have not considered: distance from the WIFI router decreases the signal quality. Giant lots mean that you'll be putting more WIFI repeaters to maintain signal strength.
