KOA ridiculous charge

Not that anyone cares, but $5.00 is probably more than the difference in cost to the park for someone in a full hookup site and someone dry camping. The only things that are metered and cost more the more they are used are water and electricity and that doesn't cost much more than $5.00 a site per day. The dry camper has access to all the same amenities that the full hookup site campers do. They are probably more likely to use the park's restrooms and showers, since they don't have a water supply or sewer connection in the overflow area. The vast majority of the money a site costs goes to overhead. Staffing, insurance, infrastructure, common area costs, advertising, debt servicing and the like don't change because there is a dry camper. And then there is profits, A dollar earned from a full service site is exactly the same as the dollar earned from an overflow site. Truth be known, I would bet the overflow site earned that park almost exactly the same amount as a full hookup site, no more, no less. And there is some rationale for that to be the correct business model. Earning the same amount on each set of guests can be argued to be the fairest way to charge.