KM Resorts

n7bsn wrote:

enblethen wrote:
We had KM years ago. It is a private system. They get you there and try to sell you their membership.
Bad thing is they went public. They take people off the street so members don't have any sites available.
Management will not accept reservations, except from select few of their friends.

Things have changed

X2 What enblethen describes has not been the case since I joined KM Resorts in 2011. With their new reservation system guests call each park directly to make a reservation, instead of the main office. I have a higher-end membership. I don't pay for electricity, my dues are frozen, and I don't have to leave the KM system for 7 days, between reservations. Then again I RV year round in WA and OR and my membership has already fully paid for itself - based upon $30/day rate.

At one time KM Resorts did not offer nightly rates but when the economy tanked and the ROD nightmare several years ago, many private parks started offering nightly rates. Even ROD's website reflects this change. During my 2 week reservations in KM's peak season (Apr 1 to Sept 30) I don't think I've seen more than 3 RVs (non-KM, non affiliate {ROD/RPI/C2C, etc}) in any of the KM parks while I was camping there.

I know a couple from Idaho with a membership that gives them 14 days/year in one specific KM park. It's all that they want and they are happy with it.

I have snowbird friends in AZ with KM memberships like mine. They come up to WA and stay in KM parks from Apr until Oct for the cost of the annual dues (after the initial membership cost). Membership resorts can work IF they fulfill your needs, HAVE parks in the places where you want to go camping, AND you can use it often enough to make financial sense to you.

The $2,000 membership is a very basic membership level. It is a teaser membership. The 1st time you use it expect a salesperson to be at the park during your first visit to try and upsell you.

To the OP: If a KM membership has any interest to you at all, look at where their resorts are located, how you would use the membership today, how you WILL use the membership in 5 years, do the terms; conditions; features; and restrictions of the membership meet your needs, should you upgrade now to get the features you want in 5 years (contract feature and prices DO change).