Discount Camping Memberships
Been with Passport America one year... now, renewal notice comes in offering additional 6 months free, as long as I now pay a $5 handling charge - which didn't exist when I signed up, of course... ...
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We've been PPA members for more than 20 years now (renew for 3 years each time and it's very cheap that way) and have used it 10 to 18+ times each and every year in the eastern half of the USA. Used it out west in the past also but we don't care to go there anymore. Paid for itself over and over many times each year. Heck, there's around 2,000 participating CG's in PPA. We do not find PPA CG's to have many restriction at all and most have been very decent CG's for a night or two when traveling.
That is all we need as we are not buying the CG or staying in one particular CG for a 3 days or more when traveling to our destination or returning home. Can't remember any PPA CG that didn't have 20 or 30 amp electric and water too included at the site with the 50% discount. However, probably not much over 50% also had sewer hookups too but had dump stations. We don't need 50 amp which is usually and extra couple bucks.
We travel with our Carriage 5th wheel or our Lance truck camper now but used to have a Class A and a TT also until 2005. True that west of the Rockies, everything is a lot more expensive and many additional restrictions are tacked on too whether using PPA or not.
To us there's a huge tangible difference between the 10% discount Good Sam, KOA, and others give and the 50% PPA gives!!! We average 100+ nights a year in our RV's. BTW, we are also Life Good Sam Members and had 2 Coast to Coast memberships home parks and also were RPI International which we have since dropped both. They have real restrictions and high yearly dues and are so far from cheap yearly whether you used it or not. We bought our first C to C membership in 1987 in Clewiston, Florida (Okeechobee Landings) when the cost to members using a CG site was $1 per night and our second home park in NW Michigan in 1988.
NO discount membership is going to be worth the cost at all if you DON'T use it!!!
That is all we need as we are not buying the CG or staying in one particular CG for a 3 days or more when traveling to our destination or returning home. Can't remember any PPA CG that didn't have 20 or 30 amp electric and water too included at the site with the 50% discount. However, probably not much over 50% also had sewer hookups too but had dump stations. We don't need 50 amp which is usually and extra couple bucks.
We travel with our Carriage 5th wheel or our Lance truck camper now but used to have a Class A and a TT also until 2005. True that west of the Rockies, everything is a lot more expensive and many additional restrictions are tacked on too whether using PPA or not.
To us there's a huge tangible difference between the 10% discount Good Sam, KOA, and others give and the 50% PPA gives!!! We average 100+ nights a year in our RV's. BTW, we are also Life Good Sam Members and had 2 Coast to Coast memberships home parks and also were RPI International which we have since dropped both. They have real restrictions and high yearly dues and are so far from cheap yearly whether you used it or not. We bought our first C to C membership in 1987 in Clewiston, Florida (Okeechobee Landings) when the cost to members using a CG site was $1 per night and our second home park in NW Michigan in 1988.
NO discount membership is going to be worth the cost at all if you DON'T use it!!!
