Passport America Experience
We towed our travel trailer from Florida to Washington State this past summer logging 15,000 miles overall. We stayed in Passport America RV Parks a few times. Going into this trip we joined PA but ...
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lanerd wrote:Passport makes their money off your $40.00 a year membership. They don't pay any money to the parks. It is purely a marketing scheme.huntram wrote:
And depending on your future plans and your age (lol) it might be worth looking into a lifetime pass. For $400.00 you'll never have to pay PA again. We did that when we were in our late 40s. We went full time in our mid 50s about 3.5 year's ago and have MORE then paid for the lifetime pass! It's not a destination usually for us, but it does keep costs down when getting there!
I guess I'm confused as to where the lifetime pass will be beneficial. If three or four stays will pay for the "yearly" dues, why would you put out 400 bucks all at once for a lifetime pass?
Personally, I don't see where Passport America can make a profit. Do they charge the participating rv parks for being one of their parks? Seems to me for them to make a profit, many of the people who purchase the yearly dues don't utilize it enough to pay for the pass. Is Passport America part of the Good Sam Enterprises?
Ron
