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RomanyLife
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Jan 25, 2018

Thousand Trails-Vacancy Question

Hi all. I searched but didn't find too much on this. We are purchasing a TT membership, and I have gotten all of my ?s answered except this one: HOW DIFFICULT is it (generally) to find vacancy at a TT resort? This is for those of you who use them frequently, hopefully in various zones. I know they take reservations, but not for a specific site. I have also heard people say they usually find a site if they roll in on Sunday-Wednesday. Would you agree with this generally? Thanks so much!

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  • We never had a problem getting a site at TT. Though some parks are going to be more popular than other sites and that may cause a problem.
  • getting a site on Sunday afternoon or Mon-thu Thursday has never been a problem for us in the last 3 years,
  • Thanks for the reply!! Well, not sure if you are a full time RVer or not, but if you USE the TT membership all around the country, it has two stand-out benefits: if you stay in RV parks often your nightly fees average out to less than $5/night over the year. And getting into any RV parks is getting more and more difficult due to the number of us going full time, but TT parks generally have availability, or so I am hoping, thus my question. I agree that if you only used it locally for occasional RVing, it would be eye-popping expensive, for sure.
  • Welcome to the forums.

    No answer on your TT question.

    Personally, I just about had a heart attack and stroked out MANY years ago when I found out how much TT memberships were, and then ongoing annual fees, and then the price of an actual campsite. For that kind of money (the first year only), I don't think we've spent that in 20 years of camping going willy-nilly, private and state parks. But, to each his own.

    Just remember, in order to make TT financially beneficial, you have to use it. Every day you are not sitting in one of their campgrounds is money lost.

    Where I live, there just isn't any TT campgrounds conveniently located. It would never work for me.

    Good luck!

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