membership rv parks

bukhrn wrote:
8K, for access to 81 campgrounds, country wide, rather restrictive, No thanks, I'll stick with my Passport America for $44 a year with 2000 +/- campgrounds, I can find one pretty much anywhere.

You have to understand the system. You can get access to 81 CG's for far less than $8K. Buy on resale market.

bukhrn wrote:
8K, for access to 81 campgrounds, country wide, rather restrictive, No thanks, I'll stick with my Passport America for $44 a year with 2000 +/- campgrounds, I can find one pretty much anywhere.

I'm in agreement with you, although I rarely use Passport America. They are more for overnights then destination sites. Usually in less traveled areas as well. Then Passport America has restrictions that very from park to park.

membership CG network what is a CG ?

we needed something for up to six months (snowbirds.)
all this arose cos we looked at pismocreek RV park
thanks everyone

8K, for access to 81 campgrounds, country wide, rather restrictive, No thanks, I'll stick with my Passport America for $44 a year with 2000 +/- campgrounds, I can find one pretty much anywhere.

AS long as you use it. Memberships purchased on the resale market can be a bargain. Especially if you do your research and are a fulltimer.

Most membership parks have a 2-or 3 week in one week out rule.. And yes when you are not there others may be using the site.. HOWEVER some parks you own the site. On those parks.. I can not tell you much.

Also most Membership parks have a mutual agreement with others for a small nighlly fee (I will use fifteen dollars a night as an EXAMPLE only) you can use other membership parks for 1-2- or 3 weeks at a time.

Advantages.. Well once I paid off my memberships (I have two of them) my monthly dues less than 100/month. In fact right now you can get a Thousand Trails Zone pass (One year of 2 weeks in 1 week out at about 1/5 of the TT/Encore parks) for about what Id pay for a week at some KOA's. Summers I use both memberships and full time for LESS THAN 100/MONTH!!!!!

Winters add another hundred cause of the week out park

Some parks are bright and shiny.. One of the parks I belong to the main park (Where i spend about half my summer) is a show place. Though they have one building in need of repair. the contract is signed and the work is starting.

The other one.. (TT/Encore) many of the parks are in need of improvements. which are being done.... SLOWLY. but I have to say I really like the staffers at the TT parks I have visited.

But the key to membership is WILL YOU USE IT.. Check out where the parks are. How likely you are to stay in 'em.. If you use 'em like I do they are great. Even every weekend you at least break even. but if you only visit for say 2 weeks a year.. Perhaps not the thing to buy into.

anon125 wrote:
Called an rv park and they said I had to join first.
What should I know about such rv parks?

What you should know is RUN AWAY!

anon125 wrote:
I can buy a site for about 8k. But only allowed in part of the time. What do they do with the site when I am not there?

They allow many other fools that bought into the system to stay there.

anon125 wrote:
Are they timeshares?

YES! And you will be paying a membership fee for the rest of your life even when you are too old to use it anymore. Then it gets passed on to your kids when you die and they will be paying the fees until they die.

anon125 wrote:
Thanks all

Your Welcome.

Where is this? It sounds like one we used to belong to in WA but didn't pay anywhere near that. Many of their parks are rundown and/or overcrowded in the summer and you have to book way in advance to ensure you get a site. Not worth spending $8K on something like that. Some of the membership CG places are like dealing with a used car lot and will take advantage of you every way they can.

Look into buying a used membership in a CG network. We bought a top of the line Thousand Trails membership for $800 off CL and can use any of their CGs across the US for no extra charge per night. If you do some googling, there is a blog or website that explains all about buying a pre-owned membership. As far as Thousand Trails goes, if you talk to a seller, get their membership no. and phone head office to see exactly what the features and benefits of the particular contract are because they can vary quite a bit. Sometime you may find there's a lot of back-dues owing.

If it's a membership CG network, the sites are first come, first serve.

You are NOT buying a 'site'....you are buying a membership that allows you to USE a site based on the terms of your membership contract

What do they do with the site when you are not there......allow another 'member' to use it. Just like they did when you used it.

100's of sites and 1000's of members.


NEVER buy directly via RV Park if you are going to buy a membership
Buy the membership via RESALE.
Full membership/privileges etc at huge discounted prices

We bought one via RESALE ($950 TOTAL) and used it during our 7 yrs of FT travel
Stayed in numerous RV RESORTS for $10/15 night FHU site......just like the members that purchased directly from that resort

Thousand Trails. Google member ship campgrounds.

There is a lot of vids on YouTube.