The campground we like in summer has a section for hook-ups in the usual side by side configuration plus it has an area you can just park with no electric hookup The difference in price is $10/day between the two places. (Allowed gen hours in the un-serviced area 10am-2pm so you can't make breakfast with the gen like a lot of people on here recommend. You need the inverter for supper too)
The difference in experience is that in the un-serviced area you are not packed in like sardines. Lots of people don't mind that and prefer having hook-ups. Others prefer being off by themselves more and they need to set-up their rigs for that. It's not about the money
Same in a provincial park, you get lots of space between rigs and the price (here anyway) is about $10/day less than at a campground with hook-ups. The provincial parks here are in the woods so you can't use solar, but then you don't stay that long at a time anyway so you can get by with gen /charging in their limited gen hours (9-11am and 6-8pm)
We don't have areas around here you can just go off by yourself in and RV like they do in the States. (Drat!)
