Florida Campground - Stay for 6, Pay for 12?

[DallasSteve]

Good Sam sent out an email newsletter today and one of the featured articles was about a new RV Park in Florida. I checked out the rates and to me the rates seem high (even for Florida) considering that they are inland, but maybe their rates are reasonable. What shocked me is they offer a 12-month price at a little more than twice the 6-month price, and it says "6 here 6 away". Does that mean you are paying a little more than the same rate for 6 months that you don't use the park? That makes no sense to me. They can charge whatever they want; I just don't understand why anyone would take that deal. Can someone here explain?

[DallasSteve]

JW of Opechee Shores wrote:
Where we are it is called a six by six because you can stay up to six months and leave your unit on the site all year. Some people who want to stay an extra month or two pay an additional minimum fee for staying longer. The town we are in does limit the number of people who van stay in the park for the entire year because of the way the park is taxed. We pull our fiver home but leave a car parked on our patio so that we don't have to drive the big truck everywhere. It is one rate and is actually less money than paying for five individual months at the regular rates.

Hmm? On the website for the new RV Park mentioned by Good Sam it is actually no discount to keep it there all year; they actually pay more than 12 X the summer rate, and the summer rate isn't much less than their winter rate. I guess the mods won't mind if I post the link here because this forum seems to be owned by or partnered with Good Sam. Here are the rates:

Oak Grove RV Resort Rates

[JW_of_Opechee_S]

Where we are it is called a six by six because you can stay up to six months and leave your unit on the site all year. Some people who want to stay an extra month or two pay an additional minimum fee for staying longer. The town we are in does limit the number of people who van stay in the park for the entire year because of the way the park is taxed. We pull our fiver home but leave a car parked on our patio so that we don't have to drive the big truck everywhere. It is one rate and is actually less money than paying for five individual months at the regular rates.

[bucky]

It may include leaving the camping unit on site. Inland GCs in FL aren't in much demand in the hot months.

[magnusfide]

I guess demand lets them charge rates that they want. Personally I wouldn't go for it but certainly someone does or the fees would lower.

[Dutch_12078]

That may include leaving the RV in storage at the park...

[LadyRVer]

In central FL, near Tampa, the rental park across the street does that. I think theirs is 7 MO on, 5 MO off. Holds the specific site for you.