How much should a night of camping cost?
Okay all, I pose that question to you. Now, I am talking about trailer camping, electric at least and more than likely water. We live in Hamilton County, Indiana. It's a quite wealthy set of towns ...
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pk1023 wrote:
Yeah, I guess my point wasn't that an owner doesn't have the right to run a business and that running incurs costs.
What I was getting at is how do prices translate into features and should you avoid certain campgrounds based on knowledge of the business model.
I wonder if a campground connected to a RV sales location is padding the sales/service operations with high nightly rates? Or heck is it the other way around?
I am not trying to call out a conspiracy here or anything. I just find the costs of things so super interesting.
Let's say I stay in a hotel for two nights over the weekend for my boys' swim meet. I often try to decide if I chose the "right" hotel. Did I spend money for amenities that I didn't use? Or did I go to cheap and have a bad nights sleep because the halls were loud?
Then I start to wonder about having the boys on the swim team in general. Does the roughly 100 dollars a month I give the team get the most benefit for my boys? Should I have pushed them to do Gymnastics year round? What about soccer or basketball? How do I know I made the right choice?
I'm not good with money, I tend to overspend and tack on to make myself feel better. So I spend a lot of time trying to understand my spending and choices.
The first rule of pricing is supply and demand. If it involves real estate location location location determines price.
Your dilemma is not with price but with value. Bang for the buck is what you are after.
As long as your boys are enjoying the activity you are getting value if they don't like it but you are paying anyway there is no value regardless of the cost.
If you had a great stay at a CG or hotel you received full value if the stay was terrible you wasted your money. Cost is a separate equation.
Cost of the stay is determined by supply and demand. The marketplace will set the price.
Value/enjoyment/satisfaction are all personal and subjective terms that can't be quantified in dollars and cents.
A trip to the local fair can be just as priceless as a full blown stay at Disney to a young kid or a young couple.
