Thousand Trails as Alternative for a Night Now & Then?

catkins wrote:
PA is great when you can use it but beware the significant date restrictions. Most often parks are only available in the "off" season.

Also known as the snowbird season! So it works well for me :).

catkins: Thanks for the good info...

PA is great when you can use it but beware the significantdate restrictions. Most often parks are only available in the "off" season. It only take a two or three nights to make up for the cost and then savings bein.

Thousand Trails has pricey annual fees plus the membership. Watch for the Two ZONE PASS sale. Only issue is the limited window to make reservations ahead (30 days???). We have TTRails and enjoy it but are retired and not on such a timeline anymore. Camping preserves are often out of the way and they are not usually anything like an RV resort.

Just be sure you know what you are looking for. If doing TTrails, go for a resale through a resale specialist who can explain exacrly what you are getting, for how long and at what cost.

Good luck and enjoy the adventure!

I'll definitely be joining PA! thanks for the info :::

I thought I remembered reading here a while back that you should make your "home" park someplace not near your actual home. evidently you are limited to parks around your "home" so by "moving" your home park away you can visit more local parks?
bumpy

I have read a lot of good about PA. In general, I'd go for a membership, just because it does shave something off the cost of CG admission.

TT may be great or may not... depends on the individual In my case, I'd have to look at the park that is close by and see if it is worth it being a "home base", and that I would go to it often enough to make the price of the membership worth it.

The App for passport America works great too.

..as to what restrictions Passport America has...here's their web site. Just click on some RV parks to get an idea.

To us, they were not an issue. They are easy workarounds. It's a great program.

http://www.passportamerica.com/

Hi Guys, thanks for the great responses! I checked PA site and wow $44.00 a year! That is a great deal! OK that is what I'll do then.. What I had in mind was just for those nights when you can't find anything you like and you're near a campground or could scout them out ahead when planning routes...
Would be nice to have kind of a backup plan...

atodalen wrote:

Traveler II wrote:
I have found Passport campground members to have way to many restrictions to be useful.

Would anyone care to elaborate on the restrictions? I was considering a membership and would like to know about them before laying down the membership fee.

Al

I never found the restrictions to be "onerous" when I was a member. Some parks had a limit of 2 or 3 days consecutively you could use it. I stayed extra days at the normal rate so didn't see that as a large deterrent. some blocked off weekends and holidays. many parks I stayed at were more lenient than the written policy. But go to their web site and check for parks you are interested in and see their restrictions. I don't consider $40 or whatever it is now to be "laying down a membership fee." I consider the 100$$$$ for TT etc. for membership and yearly fees to be laying down some money. two nights a year and your cost is reimbursed. a very good value. IMHO
bumpy