Questions about RVing
My husband and I are considering RVing in the near future. We love to travel, but while working RVing has not been possible. There is so much of America we want to explore and think this would be a gr...
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Regarding site fees..... The most expensive sites I've parked on were about the same as a decent hotel room in the same area.. Most were less expensive.. Plus there are a few "Ups and Extras" on hotels you do not bother with in an RV and a couple of "Extras" in the RV you do not get with the hotel room.
Meals: You can cook in your RV preparing a meal for a family of 4 for lelss than what just one person would eat at a restaurant, and if you are a decent cook the food is better, and healthier as well. Most people overlook this when calculating the cost of a hotel.
CampFires: you build a campfire outside your hotel room door.. Management is going to request you leave.. NOW, and they won't be at all nice about it.
What's under the bed: Hotel: you don't want to know: RV: you know, you put it there.
How to save a bit of cash doing the california coast bit....
Thousand Trails is a membership camping firm... They used to sell (And I have) "National Memberships" that let me to go most any of around 100 campgrounds scattered around the country.. 2 weeks from now I'll be in one, and six months (winter time) another (Gets too hot down there this time of year, too cold up here in six months). They stopped selling that class of membership and there are all sorts of nasty rumors about how long mine will be good.. This does not, however, concern you.
They now sell a "ZONE PASS" It is 500 or 600 bucks as I recall, gives access to roughly 1/4 of the TT/Encore parks (including some I can not use). sometimes they have a 2 for one sale (two zones one price) or you can get a 2nd zone at a discounted rate (not sure what that is) .
Like my membership it's 2 weeks in system, one out, I think you get 30 nights free and some small charge (3-5 bucks) a night after that 600/30=20/ight which is not a bad rate for campgrounds. and the low price after that is gravy.
You can choose to renew... If you wish.
IF YOU THINK this might be of interest,, First, most TT parks are like 35/night for non-members so you can "Try before you buy" and please PM me for a number to give to the manager when you buy. (my Member ID, yes I get credit).
NOTE: The downside (there is always a downside) Most of the parks are older, Most have fairly poor 30 amp service on most of the sites and the 50 amp sites cost more even if you only use 30 amps. And they have been operating "Short on funds" for a while so sites may not be as clean and level as some newer parks.
Still.. If I had to give up one of my memberships (I have 2 in different systems) I'd keep the TT,, Why.. Well.. The staff at the TT parks is the best of any of the parks I have visited.... And as I'm a "Regular" I have lots of friends in those parks as well. Heck, the manager in Wilmington, OH, is named AMY,,,,, So is my daughter (Though she lives a "Few" miles south of Wilmington,,, Like southern Georgia).
Meals: You can cook in your RV preparing a meal for a family of 4 for lelss than what just one person would eat at a restaurant, and if you are a decent cook the food is better, and healthier as well. Most people overlook this when calculating the cost of a hotel.
CampFires: you build a campfire outside your hotel room door.. Management is going to request you leave.. NOW, and they won't be at all nice about it.
What's under the bed: Hotel: you don't want to know: RV: you know, you put it there.
How to save a bit of cash doing the california coast bit....
Thousand Trails is a membership camping firm... They used to sell (And I have) "National Memberships" that let me to go most any of around 100 campgrounds scattered around the country.. 2 weeks from now I'll be in one, and six months (winter time) another (Gets too hot down there this time of year, too cold up here in six months). They stopped selling that class of membership and there are all sorts of nasty rumors about how long mine will be good.. This does not, however, concern you.
They now sell a "ZONE PASS" It is 500 or 600 bucks as I recall, gives access to roughly 1/4 of the TT/Encore parks (including some I can not use). sometimes they have a 2 for one sale (two zones one price) or you can get a 2nd zone at a discounted rate (not sure what that is) .
Like my membership it's 2 weeks in system, one out, I think you get 30 nights free and some small charge (3-5 bucks) a night after that 600/30=20/ight which is not a bad rate for campgrounds. and the low price after that is gravy.
You can choose to renew... If you wish.
IF YOU THINK this might be of interest,, First, most TT parks are like 35/night for non-members so you can "Try before you buy" and please PM me for a number to give to the manager when you buy. (my Member ID, yes I get credit).
NOTE: The downside (there is always a downside) Most of the parks are older, Most have fairly poor 30 amp service on most of the sites and the 50 amp sites cost more even if you only use 30 amps. And they have been operating "Short on funds" for a while so sites may not be as clean and level as some newer parks.
Still.. If I had to give up one of my memberships (I have 2 in different systems) I'd keep the TT,, Why.. Well.. The staff at the TT parks is the best of any of the parks I have visited.... And as I'm a "Regular" I have lots of friends in those parks as well. Heck, the manager in Wilmington, OH, is named AMY,,,,, So is my daughter (Though she lives a "Few" miles south of Wilmington,,, Like southern Georgia).
