Campground pricing.
We just took a road trip. Just driving our truck, not with the TT. Got good MPG of about 18. Motels were expensive. Got a couple of good deals but some were outragous in price. Went this option becaus...
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travelnutz wrote:
Simply put, the average site in the private CG's have raised their daily fees about $5+ to make ends meet and make up the difference lost with the larger 50 amp sites and also why CG owners are dividing up their various sites into groups/areas and have been and will be more so pricing the sites according to their actual % of the CG monthly/yearly financials. It's long overdue. Pay equally for the costs you create!
How about this? A very cheap barely affordable used little 16' TT or a 12' Scamp or a popup trailer with a family on a small 30 amp site pays the same daily rate as a $100,000+ 36'+ RV with a family on a 30 amp larger site and uses so much more land space and electric etc. Who's really being ripped off? Some food for thought!
That is true, but what about the fact that the smaller the rig, the more likely the occupants are to use the campground restroom and shower facilities, driving up the expenses incurred for those amenities. I think if you could actually track the entirety of expenses for each type of camper, the costs would just about equalize across the spectrum. Yes, the big rigs use more electricity and take up more real estate, but they seldom use the campground facilities and generally stay in their RVs watching their widescreen TVs, lessening the wear and tear on the grass, picnic tables and other amenities of the park. They use their own toilets and showers, hence using their own toilet paper, their own hand towels and often heating their water with their propane and diesel fired water heaters. It is really a six to one, half a dozen to the other situation.
