Second Vehicle Fee
My wife and I plan on full-timing starting next spring. We will be getting a TH as I will need to continue to work (telecommute) and I want a separate work space so the garage will become my office....
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billy79 wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:
Here's a bizarre one:
A couple of years ago when camped in a California DNR campground, I was informed that the TT I was towing "counts" as a second vehicle; and since there was a two vehicle limit at each site, this meant that my family members who came along in their own car had to pay for and park in a second site!
I will add that this was the very first year they'd imposed a fee schedule on those lands, and I complained very bitterly about this ridiculous stricture, pointing out that in California State PARKS, a travel trailer/tow vehicle combo is counted as one vehicle. Hopefully CA DNR's changed that rule by now...
That brings up another good question, similar but a bit different from my original post. Has anyone ever had a visitor (for the day, not overnight) and do you get dinged for a second car for that?
Scenario, lets say we are staying somewhere close to a family member and invite them to our spot for dinner. They come over for a handful of hours to eat dinner at our campsite and chat and then leave. Now there is obviously an extra vehicle there at the time, but it is only for like 3 or 4 hours, a one time thing, not overnight, etc. Do you get hit with second vehicle fees for that?
Some parks do some don't. Example I camp hosted three years at a Washington state park. I went back the fourth year to visit the camphost we had made friends with, planned on being there a couple hours. The ranger (that we had worked with for those three years) charged us a $10 day use fee to go visit or old camphost buddies.
My advice plan on paying if you are not charged smile and drive on through.
