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.

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

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

10 days is my standard.

The key is will you use them often enough.

The math says seven or eight nights pays for the 'membership'.

Practically any campground club or membership program pays for the upfront costs if you use it.

Guess I won't run into DownTheAvenue. In that he lists his name on this profile as "Out Law" maybe it is just as well. :-)

To each his own and his last statement simply is not true.

Do I seek them out? No. I go to RVParkReviews and check out an area we will be going to. And make a decision from there with input from here. But we do have a membership and our savings more than pays for it. And they have certain standards they must meet.

We leave 7/19 for 68 nights out - 17 will be in KOA's - some we have been to and some not.

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.

BB_TX wrote:
The membership itself is $30/yr. Assuming an average nightly rate of $40 and a savings of 10 per cent per night it would pay for itself after 7 nights, sooner if you stay at higher rate KOAs. Points would be an extra benefit if you stay at KOAs a lot.

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I full time and exclusively stay at KOA's whenever possible. First week on the road paid for the membership.

It is the ONLY CG membership I will pay for.

If you plan to stay at KOA (or already do) several times a year I am sure membership is worth it.
We had a membership one year and it worked out. Did not renew as we like KOA but actually staying there is rather random and infrequent for us.

The membership itself is $30/yr. Assuming an average nightly rate of $40 and a savings of 10 per cent per night it would pay for itself after 7 nights, sooner if you stay at higher rate KOAs. Points would be an extra benefit if you stay at KOAs a lot.

Well it took us 3 years to build up enough points for a "Free Night" if that gives you an idea. This coming Sept. We will be staying for a week in a KOA. So our points will start to build again lol. But we are members of 1000 Trails, and spend a good amount of time in those CG's. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!!