HarvestHost......anyone using it?
Saw ad on Facebook and since I don't travel often, and rarely like staying in the campgrounds, wondering if this might be a good option? Stayed in Wallymart parking lots overnight and it's ok but some...
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chris3403 wrote:
I haven't found any campgrounds that charge less than $35 a night, the last place I stayed at wanted $60 for the night.
I've been a member of Harvest Hosts for over 6 years and never felt pressured to buy anything, that being said I do drink wine so I usually by at east 2 bottles. Once we just did the wine tasting for $10, 5 each. Once they let us do the wine tasting for free because we were members of HH.
I've never had a bad experience and would rather stay at a HH rather than a campground.
Downfall to HH's is usually no dump stations or free wifi or electric.
They do have some of the prettiest locations that we have ever seen.
We are also members of boondockerswelcome,com
Lots of RV parks under $35/n. You may want to use something like Passport America but even without that, if you watch, you can often find parks for less.
Harvest hosts can be OK if you are on the move only stopping for a night or two but yeah, the expectation to buy from the host, essentially negates much of the savings unless you would have stopped and spent money there anyway. And right on the HH website, they make it very clear you are expected to buy something.
The reason we haven't signed up is they don't let you see what sites are available until you pay for membership. They give some C&B story about protecting the privacy of hosts but that makes no sense as the whole point is it acts as a form of marketing to get people to these businesses.
