KOA membership

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I hate KOA's. I avoid them like the plague. I prefer to boondock at city parks, county parks, and in a pinch a state or national park. Walmart has served me well, too.

I try to avoid paying to park somewhere overnight

, so KOA just does not suit me. They are the most expensive out there.

For the record KOA's are NOT the most expensive CG's.

If you don't pay to stay anywhere you wouldn't know what all the other CG rates are. :R

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I hate KOA's. I avoid them like the plague. I prefer to boondock at city parks, county parks, and in a pinch a state or national park. Walmart has served me well, too. I try to avoid paying to park somewhere overnight, so KOA just does not suit me. They are the most expensive out there.

a very helpful and informative post. finally a KOA hater slinks out of the woodwork. seems like he just hates paying for camping, period. Hope he enjoys blacktop boondocking at wally world.
bumpy

Bumpyroad wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I hate KOA's. I avoid them like the plague. I prefer to boondock at city parks, county parks, and in a pinch a state or national park. Walmart has served me well, too. I try to avoid paying to park somewhere overnight, so KOA just does not suit me. They are the most expensive out there.

a very helpful and informative post. finally a KOA hater slinks out of the woodwork. seems like he just hates paying for camping, period. Hope he enjoys blacktop boondocking at wally world.
bumpy

To be more accurate he should have said "I hate any RV park that charges a fee". And followed with "All RV parks that charge a fee are the most expensive out there and I try to avoid them." And possibly add "I want a free ride."

BB_TX wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

DownTheAvenue wrote:
I hate KOA's. I avoid them like the plague. I prefer to boondock at city parks, county parks, and in a pinch a state or national park. Walmart has served me well, too. I try to avoid paying to park somewhere overnight, so KOA just does not suit me. They are the most expensive out there.

a very helpful and informative post. finally a KOA hater slinks out of the woodwork. seems like he just hates paying for camping, period. Hope he enjoys blacktop boondocking at wally world.
bumpy

To be more accurate he should have said "I hate any RV park that charges a fee". And followed with "All RV parks that charge a fee are the most expensive out there and I try to avoid them." And possibly add "I want a free ride."

you are correct and I humbly apologize for my error.
bumpy

The first campground we stayed at when we started fulltime was a KOA we went for the membership, stayed three nights. We stayed one more night in the following year at a KOA. Didn't renew. We will occasionlly stay at a KOA if the location is a good stop for the night. Never found a bad one but some could use updating.

So I guess my 2 or 3 nights a year it would be a waste of money. I only they there if Im force to as in no other choice

Hi.. We stay at Koa if we can. The koa camps in general seem to be cleaner and have better parking ( level, wider other). Also they are easier to find because they have a sign on the highway.. They do in general change more. Jim2007

Part of the reason they "charge more' is cause they have more amenities. We don't need them but know this is part of the cost. We accept that. But, again, many times not the most expensive. But we have only been to 182 different rv parks over 19 years so what do we know?!

We have a KOA Membership but use them mostly when enroute with overnights when they are the best available.

If $30 for the Membership is an issue then....carry on.

KOAs are not always our first choice, but we do use them enough in 150+ days of travel per year to recoup the membership cost through the discount and points. Individual parks or groups of parks under common ownership sometimes have what they call "Hot Deals". On our last KOA stay we got the second night for $10. KOA also has some pretty good discounts or partner programs from time to time. For several years, the Allstate RV Road Help membership included a free KOA membership. We switched to Good Sam Road Service for a promotional rate when the multiyear Allstate membership ran out and the KOA membership was no longer included. Just switched back to Allstate with a significant discount for KOA members.