Cuts to the Senior discount coming?
RV Travel Magazine Looks like they want to cut the discount on upcharges to the camping fee. But the big problem is cutting the discount all together during peak season. Pay full charges all summe...
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Um... I take a different view on this. The fact is, more and more RV's have been sold in the last few years than ever before. All time new highs in RV markets have reached an unbelievable peak. There are definitely more RVers than campsites available. For the National Parks and such, this is a money maker. But as the baby boomers are now "booming" into retirement, own more RV's than probably any other "group", perhaps this is 'their' way to keep the revenue coming in.
Say 100 sites go for $25 a night. That $2500 a night. Now, if 100 "seniors" use those same sites at the discount price, say... $15 a night, that's now only $1500 for the same space, the same time, the same number of sites.
When "seniors" were not the pre-dominate camping group age, it was an incentive to help keep the campgrounds full. Better to collect $15 a night than nothing. So, the discounts were offered. Now that the demand for those same campsites, that were once empty years ago are being fought over, why not make the price the same for everyone, and eliminate the discount program based on "age".
Once baby boomers reach the time they are beginning to loose ranks due to nursing homes and death, the numbers will decrease. Campsite may not be filled to capacity with Millenialists or whatever group follows the Boomers. Those discount programs may return again.
I don't think those "senior" discounts was ever about serving humanity, it's always about keeping occupancy at 100%.
Just my opinion ... which probably doesn't mean very much here.
Note: I am a morbid skeptic! I'm a conspiracist. I still think our own gov't was responsible for JFK's assassination and they are covering up alien and UFO technology. I have never believed our own government has been "for" the people. They have always been for themselves, using the people for their own benefits and advantages, power, control, whatnot. So, it only makes sense to keep those campsite occupied. It's never been about serving the citizen, it's about padding pockets. It's business for them. And we pay for it willingly. (no problem with that, but the "intent" for the discount program ... in my opinion ... has never been for the consumer, it's all about having "some" money coming in, opposed to nothing at all). My opinion, you have the freedom to carry your own.
Say 100 sites go for $25 a night. That $2500 a night. Now, if 100 "seniors" use those same sites at the discount price, say... $15 a night, that's now only $1500 for the same space, the same time, the same number of sites.
When "seniors" were not the pre-dominate camping group age, it was an incentive to help keep the campgrounds full. Better to collect $15 a night than nothing. So, the discounts were offered. Now that the demand for those same campsites, that were once empty years ago are being fought over, why not make the price the same for everyone, and eliminate the discount program based on "age".
Once baby boomers reach the time they are beginning to loose ranks due to nursing homes and death, the numbers will decrease. Campsite may not be filled to capacity with Millenialists or whatever group follows the Boomers. Those discount programs may return again.
I don't think those "senior" discounts was ever about serving humanity, it's always about keeping occupancy at 100%.
Just my opinion ... which probably doesn't mean very much here.
Note: I am a morbid skeptic! I'm a conspiracist. I still think our own gov't was responsible for JFK's assassination and they are covering up alien and UFO technology. I have never believed our own government has been "for" the people. They have always been for themselves, using the people for their own benefits and advantages, power, control, whatnot. So, it only makes sense to keep those campsite occupied. It's never been about serving the citizen, it's about padding pockets. It's business for them. And we pay for it willingly. (no problem with that, but the "intent" for the discount program ... in my opinion ... has never been for the consumer, it's all about having "some" money coming in, opposed to nothing at all). My opinion, you have the freedom to carry your own.
