Need opinions on campground pass....Escapes, Passport America, Good Sam etc.......or are they worth money....so far military exemption has worked.

Lifetime Member of Passport America...works great for me. Check out their website, check out campgrounds in area you are going, check out any restrictions and then check out rvparkreviews.Com on that particular campground.I only pulled out of one without staying. Some very nice ones, some OK for the night.GS, 10% off, that adds up during a trip. Escapees, I have, but not used yet. KOAI use once in awhile, just a member since 1992. Keep it renewed.I just did the a thousand Trails Zone Pass, so will see how that works out.

Escapees, Good Sam and FMCA are RVing organizations that offer more than discounts at RV parks. I am a member of some of them because they have good magazines and other benefits.You will only know if a club like KOA or Passport America will save you money if you do the math yourself based on where you stay. For example, we found that were staying in KOAs a lot one year because of the places we were going to and the KOA membership would more than pay for itself. Where do you travel and where do you like to stay? Then you can figure out if it is worth the cost.

Hi. We like to travel 350 to 400 miles on our cross country trips. So we use campgrounds that fit this... We have used good Sam and KoA which ever fits our milage. We have menbership, at both.. I have no experience with other clubs. The discounts on both Koa and Good sams, are small but do add up if you use them alot. Jim2007.

They are all worth it IF they fit where you travel, if you don't use them very much or not at all, then they are not worth it. We use Passport America, GS, and the America the Beautiful Senior Pass,and Military, as LadyRVer said, be sure to check out their web sites first to see if they fit how & where you travel.

I was Good Sam for a bit. yes got discounts which was nice but not used enough.Left it cause we only like state, federal parks now. We want outside the box and more COE or State or boondock type camping now.hate private CGs.So we don't opt for any membership things now.

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PawPaw_n_Gram
Explorer
Nov 23, 2017
So far in 2017 I have received the following discounts (from the actual rate the park is charging, not the rates listed on the discount group sites).

Good Sam Parks - 10 nights - $320.09 paid, $58.92 savings
Escapees Parks - 3 nights - $61.14 paid, $13.50 savings
Passport America - 10 nights - $220.00 paid, $126.00 savings
Federal Senior Pass - 90 nights - $1,209.44 paid, $1,137.06 savings
US Military Base Campgrounds - 14 nights - $312.00 paid (no 'savings' from the normal park rate, but all four visits were at places where the going rate for similar parks was $40-60 per night)

We are full-timers and have towed the trailer 11,018.1 miles so far this year, from California to Texas to California to Washington to Glacier to Yellowstone to Texas - 326 nights as of last night.

We stayed 174 nights in Thousand Trails campgrounds - for which we have a membership - at a total cost (including yearly membership dues, one 28 day stay, and 50 amp utility fees) of $997.43. "Free camping" isn't free - but it is very cheap is you use it - $5.73 per night avg.

Personally - we joined and are lifetime members of Good Sam because of the Good Sam groups we camp with, the state rally's we attend, the fellowship and other benefits. The savings on RV parks is a minimal benefit, but nice when stopping at a park while traveling.

We are members of Escapees for similar reasons, and our mail service and domicile/ legal residence is at the Escapees HQ in Livingston, TX.

Good Sam, Escapees, AAA, AARP, Passport America all are for discounts while traveling. Seldom do they work for a destination campground.

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