so i'm on the C2C site today looking around and notice a lot of Campgrounds on the eastern states seem to have dropped out of the program Pa had like 8-9 now 3, Maine had like 5-6 just wondering if its still worth the upgraded membership I bought into?? didn't really look hard at Midwest or west those are still a few years away for me to visit but hoping this isn't a trend???

Condo campgrounds eh? Most likely financial problems....or the CEO wants his platinum parachute ASAP

Coast to Coast was notified in the second half of 2016 by ELS/Encore that they were removing their resorts and Good Neighbor Parks from our network at the end of 2016. Since that time we have been hard at work adding new resorts and Good Neighbor Parks (GNPs) to our network, and in large part have replaced the losses with 5 new resorts and 62 new GNPs. We are continuing our work to expand the network further this year, and states like Pennsylvania and Maine are on our target list because of the changes in affiliates that you mention. The loss of so many affiliates at one time was difficult to replace all at once, but rest assured that we will continue to grow our affiliate count this year and in the future.

I dropped C2C years ago. Most campgrounds are off the beatin path and too many restrictions on weekends. I found Passport America to be better.

USED C2C for 7 yrs that we FTdFound them to be worth the yearly dues.Yes some were 'not destination' parks but we traveled the backroads and really didn't want to go to 'touristo' placesFound Passport America workable BUT LOTS of restrictionsBoth were useful and cost savers.Changes in affiliates is common.....ebb and flows

Passport America worked well for us. We move almost everyday. We like to leave about the time the shift starts in the morning at the Police station.

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Cumminalong
Explorer
Mar 10, 2017
Yes we have been to some in both states and use it when we travel south and west,most are nice campgrounds,we are not far from the border.
sarhvac1
Explorer
Mar 11, 2017
jerseyjim wrote:
Plenty of non-membership campground out there.....enjoy them ! I personally think these "membership" campgrounds (condo-campgrounds, etc.) have been and are a rip-off. The last time (years ago) I was approached by one of these places, it was $5000 "entry fee" but camping (limited number of nites in any place) for a buck a nite. Or something like that.

For 5 grand I can do alot of camping without these guys.

But...to each their own.

We have been to a lot of Non Membership campgrounds over the past 20 years the places we liked to go are now charging $80- 100 / night heck just to name 1 in your state Big Timber Lake for a full hook up site it's $92 /night in july. use to be around 65-70 a few years ago so that chews up 5k pretty quick. there are some others out there for 35-50 /night but we like to have pools and entertainment at places we go. like you said to each their own and like I tell everyone IT'S ONLY WORTH IT IF YOU USE IT! we use it almost exclusively have it for 4 years and camped approx. 30-40 nights a year it paid for itself already but we didn't pay 5k it was less. also the limit on nights is 14-21 depending on park and time of year.
after that long i'm ready to move on
jerseyjim
Explorer
Mar 12, 2017
SARHVAC1 : ...and that is why we have Fords and Chevys !
Lantley
Nomad
Mar 12, 2017
jerseyjim wrote:
Plenty of non-membership campground out there.....enjoy them ! I personally think these "membership" campgrounds (condo-campgrounds, etc.) have been and are a rip-off. The last time (years ago) I was approached by one of these places, it was $5000 "entry fee" but camping (limited number of nites in any place) for a buck a nite. Or something like that.

For 5 grand I can do alot of camping without these guys.

But...to each their own.

Membership campgrounds can be a good value. You can get memberships for way less than 5K. I only need to stay once a year to get my money's worth.
I have very little invested.
Good_Sam_Care_T
Explorer
Apr 25, 2017
Hello,

I am going to close this topic due to lack of activity. Thank you for your time and participating. Feel free to open a new thread on this topic in the future.

Thanks,
Stacy
Good Sam Care Team

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