Simple explanation......
"Home park'-that is where you have your campground membership with. Home Park determines which affiliate Classic, Deluxe, Preferred, Premium, Elite.
'Affiliates'---that is an additional program that allows you to stay at other campgrounds for $10/$15 night and for up to 7 days or 14 days at a time (nightly cost/length of stay dependent on type of affiliate program).
Home park..you buy into and pay yearly dues
Affiliate...you ay yearly dues to retain
BUY RESALE ONLY.
We purchased a 'Home Park' that was 'deluxe affiliate' so we got C2C Deluxe/RPI Preferred programs. Total Cost for buy in and ALL yearly dues was $950.
After that home park yearly dues are $59/frozen and C2C Deluxe was $149. We dropped RPI due to overlapping of parks with C2C.
We Ftd for 7 yrs. Used 'home park' when we were in that area, C2C when convenient as we traveled. No charge at home park. $10/night at C2C affiliate campgrounds. $15/night at Encore affiliate parks. Good Neighbor Parks.....pricing varied based on location ($15-$30/night)
We also used PassPort American, COE (Corp of Engineers), fairgrounds, city parks, public parks and boondocked (never Wally Mart...YUK!)