National Park and National Forests Bummer
I camp in National Forest Campgrounds around my home state and with my senior pass I get 1/2 price camping. To my surprise I got a measely 10% discount in the Everglades campground. Huh? It's under a ...
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dave54 wrote:
The Senior discount probably made sense at one time.
As I look at the average regulars on this and other RV forums, I wonder if it still does
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If retired and can afford to RV, we as a group are probably above average income, and could afford to pay the regular fee. Certainly more able to pay the fee than a young struggling family with kids.
However, I did not write the laws. I just use them to my advantage. I have no qualms about using every discount offered me.
Seniors in general ... including all who want to and can work out some way to ... go camping probably on average don't "have as much disposable income day-in day-out" as working folks.
Way back when, as today, I suspect that the senior discount into our public lands was/is a fitting reward from our society to it's seniors. After all, seniors have paid into our tax system longer than the younger folks - so why not some slack being cut for seniors expense-wise when taking advantage of the fruits of those taxes.
It should not be the case that the senior discount doesn't apply if certain concessionaires - who just happen to be contracted to replace government personnel in running certain public campgrounds - aren't contract bound to honor the discounts. The discounts established by some government entity years ago for seniors should still apply regardless of today's contracts.
This is especially the case for us folks who don't need hookups in non-boondock public campgrounds. I for one can use my money resources in plenty of other places other than paying "working folk size" charges for non-hookup, non-boondock, public camping spots.
