What do you want in a long term RV site?

mgirardo wrote:

4X4Dodger wrote:
A no pet policy would be a very poor business decision.

Our seasonal site does not allow pets or golf carts and they have no problem filling the campground. The sites are about 75% full seasonally and the other 25% usually fills up with weekend warriors. No pets and no golf carts was a primary reason for staying here.

As for the OPs question - I think the car port next to the camper would not work. Most people park in front of or behind their camper, next to the camper is usually living space. As a previous poster mentioned, damage to the car port is very probable.

We love our seasonal campground. We have full hookup with a pretty close to level site. We have grass and trees. Free WiFi is available and usually pretty good. Fire ring on site and a picnic table. They maintain the lawn. The campground has a lake with slides, diving boards and rope swing. There is also a large pool with kiddie pool and a play area for the real little ones.

They have tons of picnic tables between the lake and pool with lots of BBQ grills and two pavilions, 1 large and 1 small, that are free to use. There are about a half dozen public docks for fishing and boat launching.

The only thing that we could use would be a little bigger laundry with either a change machine or a card based system. They currently have 2 washers and dryers, 4 would be nice.

Cable TV is not available, but there are plenty of OTA channels (we don't have Cable or Dish at home and we only get 2 OTA channels, so anything is better than home).

The owners (3 - mom, dad & son) are great. They live on premises and work 7 days a week. They are always visible, approachable and helpful.

-Michael

I understand your thinking. And while catering to a Niche market is often very successful, and in this case a no-pet policy would classify as doing just that, the basic issue is creating and maintaining cash flow and that is best done by appealing to the broadest spectrum of potential customers.

The figures you cite while impressive to you actually look pretty bad. In high season a place should be running at more than 100% occupancy ie it should be full (actually overbooked) and turning people away.

And it is not the high season that defines how you are doing it is the LOW season. Turning away perfectly good customers (cash flow) for the reason of a pet policy is as I said before a poor business decision. It is however his business to fail or succeed either greatly or in some lesser way. But in my book it is not good business.