Campground Amenities vs lower prices
Spin off from price thread. Which do you prefer? Lower cg rates with just basic FHU and clean bath houses? Or are you willing to pay higher rates for amenities (and the accompanying insurance...
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westernrvparkowner,
You are so right in most of your post but why charge the RV'er for your added amenities when there's no chance they would ever want, use, or need them? I'm glad your parks are doing well but that's not the norm for most. No way will we or perhaps the majority of RV'ers subsidize the cost of an RV park having unwanted amenities as you can clearly see by reading this thread alone and for us being in our 51st year of RV'ing now. It's merely an income and cost shifting scheme (income re-disposition) and the smart RV'ers see right thru that and so many potential high profit RV guests/owners will stay far away from these backdoor tatics.
This results in big lost annual income fees to the RV park by discouraging those who cost the CG the least to have them stay at the RV CG/park. Less amenity expense by not building/having, lower insurance premiums, less vandalism, roudiness, and irritating noise to others in the CG, far less maintenance required and far less repairs, along with less man power to police etc the facility.
As you already know, I'm very well informed as we have (not personally) 6 nice quite large and very prifitable RV Parks/CG's owned by our family and this is discussed so often. Also spent 9 years on the board of directors of a very large (over 1,000 sites) 2 unit RV park/resort and am very aware of where the costs are to operate a good CG/resort. Amenities are and can be very expensive to have and operate and the most costly annually is having a decent sized real pool that's heated with all it's associated expenses. Each CG/Resort unit had a large indoor pool and a clean sand bottom lake and beach for outdoor summer use too. $$$$$$
Most RV'ers chose a CG or Park based on location, cost, cleanliness, safety of area, surrounding venues outside the CG itself. Several other factors have influences also for the average RV'er. Notice how few high daily rate RV parks/ fancy CG's loaded to the hilt with amenities there are out in nowhere boonyville land with nothing to attract the average RV'er and/or so little for them to do or see? Golly, I wonder why??? About all many of these type CG's get is in- large city livers with several kids that are willing to pay high prices so their kids can have a virtual playland and be babysat while the parents are doing their own thing. So obvious in many of these type places and RV'ers are finally getting wise as the daily rates escalted over the last few years.
You are so right in most of your post but why charge the RV'er for your added amenities when there's no chance they would ever want, use, or need them? I'm glad your parks are doing well but that's not the norm for most. No way will we or perhaps the majority of RV'ers subsidize the cost of an RV park having unwanted amenities as you can clearly see by reading this thread alone and for us being in our 51st year of RV'ing now. It's merely an income and cost shifting scheme (income re-disposition) and the smart RV'ers see right thru that and so many potential high profit RV guests/owners will stay far away from these backdoor tatics.
This results in big lost annual income fees to the RV park by discouraging those who cost the CG the least to have them stay at the RV CG/park. Less amenity expense by not building/having, lower insurance premiums, less vandalism, roudiness, and irritating noise to others in the CG, far less maintenance required and far less repairs, along with less man power to police etc the facility.
As you already know, I'm very well informed as we have (not personally) 6 nice quite large and very prifitable RV Parks/CG's owned by our family and this is discussed so often. Also spent 9 years on the board of directors of a very large (over 1,000 sites) 2 unit RV park/resort and am very aware of where the costs are to operate a good CG/resort. Amenities are and can be very expensive to have and operate and the most costly annually is having a decent sized real pool that's heated with all it's associated expenses. Each CG/Resort unit had a large indoor pool and a clean sand bottom lake and beach for outdoor summer use too. $$$$$$
Most RV'ers chose a CG or Park based on location, cost, cleanliness, safety of area, surrounding venues outside the CG itself. Several other factors have influences also for the average RV'er. Notice how few high daily rate RV parks/ fancy CG's loaded to the hilt with amenities there are out in nowhere boonyville land with nothing to attract the average RV'er and/or so little for them to do or see? Golly, I wonder why??? About all many of these type CG's get is in- large city livers with several kids that are willing to pay high prices so their kids can have a virtual playland and be babysat while the parents are doing their own thing. So obvious in many of these type places and RV'ers are finally getting wise as the daily rates escalted over the last few years.
