Walmart Parking coming to an end??

toedtoes wrote:
Maybe someone should take up on a business idea here. Build a "one-night only - no utilities" campground. Make a paved parking lot with slots sized for the RVs and charge $10 per night. In no earlier than 9 p.m., out no later than 8 a.m. No amenities.

Wonder how many folks parking in a Walmart for free will change to a $10 parking lot set up specifically for a "quick overnight sleep"?

Once upon a time, highway rest stops were established for this exact purpose.

The $10 RV site has been hashed around repeatedly. NO business person thinks it would have a snowball's chance in Hades of working. First, why pay $10 when Walmart and many other assorted entities are free? Second, how many people really use Walmart on a day to day basis? My observation is usually two or three, and ten would be a big abnormality. So say optimistically you captured them all and got 5 per night, that's $50.00 a day and most places would only have traffic for half the year, so that's $9000 gross per year if you were wildly successful. You would have taxes, advertising, insurance, upkeep, trash service and the like to pay. Even if you did it on the honor system to avoid having employees you would have to realize you won't get the full $9000 because some people do not honor the honor system. And with no employees, who makes change for people who don't have $10 exact change, because I am assuming a cash only business because you don't want to pay between 7% to 10% of your gross revenues in credit card fees. (3% of the transaction amount plus anywhere from $.35 to $.60 fee per transaction.)