Getting expensive
Do you think the overall price of camping is starting to get to high? The price of campgrounds, diesel to get it there, camper payment if you have one. Etc. Just wanted to get some thoughts and opin...
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We've been traveling fulltimers now in our 14th year. Was it cheaper 14 years ago? Yeah, but not by that much. And have the opportunities expanded? Yep.
I reached geezerhood in mid 2013. Since then COE parks have been our go-to. Some of the most gorgeous places in the country and for an average of between $10-12/night for a widely spaced site.
Pool? No. Hot tub? No. WiFi? No, but available down the road. Activities? Well, for us, a 5 mile hike/day is ample, but no on the silly (to us) orchestrated stuff. Bingo? Seriously?
And to add to that, we are currently in a 22 site park in the NC hills at 2,000 ft. with our nearest neighbor 500' away. The leaves are turning and falling, it is so quiet that you can hear that ubiquitous pin drop and because we like it so much we signed on for a month. Ready for it?
With NO discounts we are paying $265 + electric (for us about $25) for the month. That includes water, sewer, good cable TV with about 40 channels, very good WiFi, and some of the nicest owners we've encountered.
If my math is correct, that works out to less than $9.70/night.
Yes, a remote find, but there are a lot of these jewels out here if you spend the time looking for them. And no, ain't no way I'm telling you where we are!
We've been traveling fulltimers now in our 14th year. Was it cheaper 14 years ago? Yeah, but not by that much. And have the opportunities expanded? Yep.
I reached geezerhood in mid 2013. Since then COE parks have been our go-to. Some of the most gorgeous places in the country and for an average of between $10-12/night for a widely spaced site.
Pool? No. Hot tub? No. WiFi? No, but available down the road. Activities? Well, for us, a 5 mile hike/day is ample, but no on the silly (to us) orchestrated stuff. Bingo? Seriously?
And to add to that, we are currently in a 22 site park in the NC hills at 2,000 ft. with our nearest neighbor 500' away. The leaves are turning and falling, it is so quiet that you can hear that ubiquitous pin drop and because we like it so much we signed on for a month. Ready for it?
With NO discounts we are paying $265 + electric (for us about $25) for the month. That includes water, sewer, good cable TV with about 40 channels, very good WiFi, and some of the nicest owners we've encountered.
If my math is correct, that works out to less than $9.70/night.
Yes, a remote find, but there are a lot of these jewels out here if you spend the time looking for them. And no, ain't no way I'm telling you where we are!
