RV park rates

And being in business you know that prices reflect what the market will pay. Our favorite park, Chula Vista, has new owners, the rates were jacked up, and the place is packed (we left there yesterday).

GHOST1750 wrote:
we have used the same RV park three times before and got the monthly rate but this time the said they couldn't give us the monthly but would give us the weekly rate which makes us paying twice the amount. In my business I couldn't and wouldn't price gouge. There are no other RV parks available in the area and we have to be there on business. Our club has used the same RV Resort in Ca. for years which included the use of the club house. This year they informed us the club house would be $40.00 an hour the park is under new ownership. Apparently the same owners bought another RV park we use and starting next year will charge a daily rate for use of club house which means we will not be using those two RV parks for our club.

which is exactly how capitalism works. the park owners can charge whatever they like. if enough people leave or refuse to return the prices will drop or they’ll go out of biz.

New ownership....Monies Invested....rates change to cover investments....rules change

Capitalism at work.

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Charging market rates is not price gouging. The definition of price gouging is charging a much higher price than normal when some event makes an essential item scarce. Typical example is charging 10 times the normal price for fuel, ice, water, generators or other necessities after a hurricane. Even then, it is legal to stop extending discounts. A recreational RV site, not in the middle of a natural catastrophe, cannot be guilty of price gouging.
The park you are referencing has obviously decided to stop offering a discount for long term stays. There are many potential reasons. They may have found that there is no need to offer that discount since long term stays in the area have no other choice. They may be able to fill the sites with short term renters, so why take in 50% less revenue with a monthly guest. Long term stays may have hastened those decisions by being less than ideal guests. You can find multiple examples in reviews were parks are downgraded due to an abundance of long term residents. All of those reasons factored into the decision we made years ago to not offer any rates beyond weekly. As a matter of fact, we do not allow stays in excess of a month regardless of what the customer is willing to pay. They are simply making a business decision, don't take it personally.

BillyBob Jim wrote:
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I know that in Florida there is often a higher price charged in winter than in the summer time.

Last several trips out west we encountered Parks we had used before weer now owned by a chain and prices went up restrictions such as washing your rig went into effect and other things. A lot more people are into RVing and Big Investors are mining for gold. What it means to most RVers is trimming their vacations, or if full timing finding different parks. The Park is not the attraction, most usually. We sit around the campfire with other RVers but we go to that location for School reunions, for fishing, visiting relatives, family reunions and more.
We find that the evenings are about all we spend in the park or in the RV.
As long as it is clean has good water and sewer, and good pads or parking spots is all that matters, so w can go somewhere else until like CW they gobble up the entire RV concept.

pianotuna wrote:
I know that in Florida there is often a higher price charged in winter than in the summer time.

supply and demand. econ101.