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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Since a lot of these 'Government' sites are booked through ReserveAmerica, a 'for profit' corporation based in Dallas TX the 'lower rate' would be eaten up by the cut of the action the private company takes off the top for taking the reservation in the first place.
But over and above that, doing the math doesn't reveal much in the way of staggering amounts of money.
The State of Florida has about 2,800 camp sites in their network, including all the 'primitive' (read 'nearly free') sites. I doubt they'd average out to $20 / night.
2,800 x $20 = $56,000 / night for maybe 6 months of a year, if they had 100% occupancy.
$56k x 180 nights = $10,080,000 / year.
If they could net out at 1% interest on their money, they'd make $100,800 / year.
If they had 3 bean-counting employees administering it, they'd lose money. That sounds Government-like.........
But over and above that, doing the math doesn't reveal much in the way of staggering amounts of money.
The State of Florida has about 2,800 camp sites in their network, including all the 'primitive' (read 'nearly free') sites. I doubt they'd average out to $20 / night.
2,800 x $20 = $56,000 / night for maybe 6 months of a year, if they had 100% occupancy.
$56k x 180 nights = $10,080,000 / year.
If they could net out at 1% interest on their money, they'd make $100,800 / year.
If they had 3 bean-counting employees administering it, they'd lose money. That sounds Government-like.........
