Can any forum members provide information on the Coast to Coast membership program. Specifically hidden costs and the availability of campsite bookings. Any opinions will be welcome. Thanks

Here is a good Q&A for C2C info..........LINKC2C is an affiliate membership program. You can not just buy a C2C membershipFirst you have to buy into a 'home' park and depending on that 'home' parks affiliation determines which C2C program you can buy (Classic/Deluxe/Premier)You have the buy in cost for home park, the annual dues for home park and the annual dues for the level of C2C Then you can stay at the various affiliate CGs around the US & Canada based upon $10/nite standard hookup.The affiliate CGs can up-charge for 50A service, premium site, sometimes for sewer.We have used C2C for 7 yrs. of FT travelWe bought our 'home' park and Deluxe C2C (allows for stays up to 14 days-----Classic is 7 days) via RESALE (the ONLY way to buy a membership).Our home park annual dues are $59/yr (frozen) and the Deluxe C2C annual dues are $149/yrHidden fees...not by C2CSome CGs have up-charges but they are listed in directory so not really hiddenBUY RESALE.........cheapBUT only IF you are really going to use it. Otherwise..waste of monies

I looked at it a couple of times and it did not suit our travel plans or routes to where we were going, so decided it was not worth it.

C2C has a shrinking membership and a shrinking number of member parks… because of exactly what Old-Biscuit and so many others have done…So unless things have changed, It is supposed to be a reciprocal agreement between the member parks… but many of the home parks being sold on the used market, are selling memberships to people that never intend to use them as a home park, just a vehicle to get them into the use of the reciprocal system… all this does is load the system up making it much harder to get reservations, especially in the more popular areas…Most of these sleazy home parks sell so many of what are supposedly used memberships they could never accommodate their own members reasonably let alone the traveling public… they are gaming the system (and crushing the C2C system under its own weight)… So many of the good parks have dropped out of the system because of the gamers that now C2C has to rely more heavily on its good neighbor system than it does member parks to ensure space for its traveling C2C members… however these GN parks set their own restrictions, like blocking out entire seasons in the most popular places…I don’t know how many member parks there are left, but I would guess about 1/3 of what there once was (somewhere around 1400+ then)…I saved a lot of money using C2C when there were a lot of member parks and you could get into them…So used is the cheap way to buy, as long as you are aware that each one brings C2C closer to its end…

While there are parks selling memberships just as you described JJbirish that is not the majority of used memberships for sale out there. Many of the large systems used memberships are up for sale all the time, Western Horizons, TT, Sunrise, K/M etc. But his point of only buying if you will use it and then look for what you want on the used market is absolutely true. We have a western zone TT right now and looking at an upgrade through used market because it is 3K cheaper than buying upgrade direct from TT.The lack of parks has more to do with parks and park systems going under due to poor management and/or take the money and run management of sell and suck all the profit out of the system on the way out the door! Half a dozen parks within 100 miles of me are now regular public parks after the membership park folded and the individual park was bought out of BK.

Coast to Coast membership question | Good Sam Community

rooty
Explorer
Sep 30, 2014
how will you get rid of your existing TT membership to upgrade?
rooty
Explorer
Sep 30, 2014
tahiti16 wrote:
While there are parks selling memberships just as you described JJbirish that is not the majority of used memberships for sale out there. Many of the large systems used memberships are up for sale all the time, Western Horizons, TT, Sunrise, K/M etc. But his point of only buying if you will use it and then look for what you want on the used market is absolutely true. We have a western zone TT right now and looking at an upgrade through used market because it is 3K cheaper than buying upgrade direct from TT.

The lack of parks has more to do with parks and park systems going under due to poor management and/or take the money and run management of sell and suck all the profit out of the system on the way out the door! Half a dozen parks within 100 miles of me are now regular public parks after the membership park folded and the individual park was bought out of BK.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jan 18, 2014
A hitch and hop wrote:
One more note. Not all C2C RV parks are "Resorts" We have noted that some are just average (or below average) RV parks where you could use Passport America or other discount membership and stay for half price. Better than Good Sam discount.

True..not all parks are equal regardless of what they charge.
Good Sam...10% discount
PA.....50% discount
C2C..$10

Haven't seen a PA price at $10 or less.
So if I were to stay in one of these so-so parks I'd rather pay $10
A_hitch_and_hop
Explorer
Jan 18, 2014
One more note. Not all C2C RV parks are "Resorts" We have noted that some are just average (or below average) RV parks where you could use Passport America or other discount membership and stay for half price. Better than Good Sam discount.
rvten
Explorer
Jan 17, 2014
We used to have it. Most places were off our route.

We were paying a yearly Maint. fee and never using it.
Dropped it. After our home park was sold.
JJBIRISH
Explorer
Jan 17, 2014
membership parks began to fall apart when they abandon the meaning of reciprocal…
in the beginning they were reciprocal membership parks… each of the member parks agreed to offer services with a strict return in kind style operation… like kind quality environment and amenities…
they would assure a minimum number of sites and amenities to guest from other member parks… most were allowed to restrict holidays for their own home park members…
I would like to know is if a park in a winter destination area is allowed to block out every weekend or weeks at a time,
are their members told they can’t use their traveling privileges at other parks on weekends or for weeks at a time during their in season… where and what defines a reciprocal camping agreement today…
sarhvac1
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
we have just bought in (new membership) last June used it a few times so far mostly our home park and another in Va. the part that bothered me was the fact that a lot of CG due block, for instance almost every affiliate CG in PA has every weekend blocked only available Sunday thru Thursday me thinks that if your a C2C CG affiliate you should have opening all the time....
tahiti16
Explorer
Dec 28, 2013
RVcrazy wrote:
BK?

Bankruptcy.:(
rogerramjet442
Explorer
Dec 27, 2013
my wife and i have been in it since 1989 and have saved a lot over the years. since the computer has come along it is easy to find out availability and make res.WE are going to give ours campground membership and C 2 up due to health and we got a permenant lot.
rogerramjet442
Explorer
Dec 27, 2013
my wife and i have been in it since 1989 and have saved a lot over the years. since the computer has come along it is easy to find out availability and make res.WE are going to give ours campground membership and C 2 up due to health and we got a permenant lot.