Florida State Park feeding frenzy
I am currently playing the game for spots next winter and doing pretty well at it but a question came to mind. How much money does FL make on the money our credit card payments that they get to hold ...
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I have read though this thread and while we rarely use crampgrounds, if you understand how businesses work, you will appreciate all the more what the "paid in advance" does for the typically cash strapped parks system in any state or any private crampground for that matter.
Things always need something. If you don't have it or can't grow it, you need to buy it.....
If you need to buy it, you need money. If you don't have money, you have to borrow money and that costs money.
So, when you pay a reservation fee, that money does not sit in a drawer waiting. It will be used to defray the costs of acquiring needed materials and services without incurring additional cost.
In short, paying a reservation in advance actually saves us all money on the site rental side. My only problem is that our travel these days is so irregular that predicting where we will be is just not possible.
Matt
Things always need something. If you don't have it or can't grow it, you need to buy it.....
If you need to buy it, you need money. If you don't have money, you have to borrow money and that costs money.
So, when you pay a reservation fee, that money does not sit in a drawer waiting. It will be used to defray the costs of acquiring needed materials and services without incurring additional cost.
In short, paying a reservation in advance actually saves us all money on the site rental side. My only problem is that our travel these days is so irregular that predicting where we will be is just not possible.
Matt
