Slideouts @ WalMart Redux
While I was at the Wal Mart in Whitehorse, Yukon I was also reading the original post Slideouts @ Wal Mart. So I got on top of my trailer and took some photos. When I went to bed the night befor...
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RandACampin wrote:pnichols wrote:RandACampin wrote:
So how are they going to keep the "dry campers" out of their facilities such as the bathhouse?
That's an easy one ... issue keys to regular paying customers or have combination locks on all facility doors that only regular paying customers have the combination to.
We've stayed at many, many commercial campgrounds that required use of issued keys or combination locks on their facility doors.
The point is "IF" a commercial campground wants to start using some/any of it's extra land/acerage to at least get $10/night for one-night-only stop-overs ... then install a key or combination systems on the doors of it's facilities.
We'd gladly use $10 one-night-only spots in commercial campgrounds as much as we could on RV trips .... whenever we were enroute to/from more beautiful multi-night camping places on state and federal lands.
You know I kinda though of that when I posting, but thought it to be way too big a pain in the rear for everyone. Besides all I have to is wait for you to come to the facility and "oops forgot my key" and there you have it.
It's not so much using the facilities, it's the access to sewer, water, electric and wifi, hence dry camping.
There is a campground in Roanoke Rapids(Carolina Crossroads), where the campground owner went to the town to get an ordinance passed to ban walmart parking. He lost due to a flood of messages from RVers.
He then did a $10 a night dry camping to combat Walmart. That's when we began to use his campground, but we went full camping just to support his change.
I spoke with him at length about the issue. Nice enough guy, built a campground for the up coming Dolly Parton theater. When she pulled out that left him with a problem of filling his campground. He claims between Walmart and people coming in late at night and leaving early to avoid paying he was losing lots of fees. Why do so many Rvers do that?
Sadly he discontinued this program and now does a $30 express. Check in after 6pm full hookups.
Walmart is VERY expensive to camp at. :)
