IDman wrote:
Check out Escapees as their discounts range from 15% to 50%, plus other benefits. There own parks offer dry camping (no h-u) for just a couple of bucks.
Escapees is a good organization, but at $70 for the first year it is harder to recoup your investment. They only have about 19 parks that are owned/controlled by them. They recently raised their rates and opened some of the parks to the general public at a still reasonable rate. I have not encountered one of their 50% discount parks that does not also participate in Passport America and Passport America has a lot more participating parks. The restrictions on the 50% discount are generally the same for both Escapees and Passport America. Almost all of their 15% discount parks are also Good Sam parks so the difference is not all that much. If you decide you are interested in Escapees, check to see if they still give a discount for Good Sam members. You may be able to get a Good Sam membership and the first year of Escapees for less than the $70 for an Escapees membership if you buy the Good Sam membership first.
All of the discount organizations are only worth it if they have participating parks in places where you want to go and the discounts are valid when you will be there.
