dieharder wrote:
It's not going to work for everyone, but, if you plan ahead, you can definitely have it pay for itself in relatively short time.
We're PA members and find the above to be about the case.
However, if you don't want to plan ahead and just want to wander in your RV without hard plans - like we do - PA can be a real hit or miss situation. What we find is the biggest negative with PA is the extra gas you sometimes have to burn just to find a PA campground that will honor the PA rate that night close to where you'd like to camp that night. Round trip to-and-from gas cost in a 9-10 MPG RV so as to reach a PA campground can negate PA savings real fast for quick one-two night stays.
On the other hand, we've noticed that many PA campgrounds are kindof in out-of-the-way and/or obscure places ... which is exactly the type campgrounds we like. One of our most enjoyable campground experiences we've had was at a full hookup hard-to-find PA campground on an Indian Reservation for only $10 per night. We could walk into the reservation wilderness right from the CG ... and only one othr RV was in the CG for only one of our nights there.