thinking of a membership for disount camping

suse1023 wrote:
so the house is sold and we bought a new to us 2002 carriage cameo with which we are delighted. we are in a fabulous little campground near our former home and which we intend to be our summer base at least this summer.
i've heard of discount memberships so while we travel we can save some money.
would love to hear which ones are worth the investment and which are not.
dh is a vietnam vet and senior citizen if that helps.

we like quiet, pretty sites which allow pets, as we have a dog and the cats may come with us this year.

dh likes a pool,we have a washer/dryer in the rig. we need wifi and cable most places i guess too.


thanks so much and happy trails.

The truth of the matter is your going to have to some research on each of the memberships above and see which of them have campgrounds in area's you'll be in. Passport america for instance has many of my Ohio state parks I visit and only takes about 4-5 days camping in them to pay for itself. For others, the parks they offer are not in areas they travel or would use. Being it is a 50% discount, it doesntake many days a year to pay for itself and start saving you money.

Good Sam's 10% discount is more widely accepted in my experience and has less restriction on how many days it can be used and again, takes only a short time to pay for itself with its realitively low cost. Again IF you camp places it is accepted.

The more expensive memberships such as thousand oaks may be right up your alley as a full timer if your plans makes it easy to use their parks for weeks at a time at least 30 days a year.

So map out a general map of areas or at least states you will be camping and see what each has to offer.

As for internet and cable, I think its fool hearty to expect you will have either in the quaility you desire with relying on campgrounds to provide. More like a bonus if you have it and it works well than banking on good connections for either. By direct tV and a data plan and be sure if its important to you. Use campgrounds when it works well and yours when it doesn't.