Harvest Hosts

[deadticket8]

Any experience anyone wants to share? Pros, cons?

[Scottiemom]

The recommendation for purchasing is $20, not $30-$40. They do ask you to call ahead to make sure they can accommodate you as most places have limited availability. I don't drink a lot of wine, but many of the wineries offer other items for sale and some have cafes/restaurants. There are also significant churches on the list.

I will be taking delivery soon on my "new" to me coach and it is equipped with lithium batteries and some solar, so I thought boondocking would be a good option occasionally. I don't have a problem with RV parks, but they have gotten crazy expensive in the last year or two, with little difference in the way of amenities. But I will continue to use RV parks as well, and hope to include state parks more than I do now.

My dog doesn't like RV parks. He hates traffic noise and will spend all his time indoors rather than hear it. I finally bought a membership to see if staying at wineries or other low=key places would work better for him. I'm thinking he would like that a lot better. He likes other animals and dogs and cats.

Dale

[valhalla360]

ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:
🙂 Hi, I stayed at one Harvest Host, and it was for free. I am not a member. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Most stays are for one night only.

All, or most, are in a field / parking lot with no hook-ups.

Most seem to be at Wineries; We don't drink.

They want you to buy something at each place. I will if they have anything that I can use, or eat.

Some are located at museums. I like museums. Once again you will be camping in a parking lot.

You can't get a list of places unless you join. I would like to know what is available before I join.

Most of them want a reservation first, partially because some of them only have room for one RV.

Not sure if I can run my generator, which I might need since there are no hook-ups.

Once again, I am not a member. Correct me if I'm wrong.

That's pretty much my understanding.

If I'm expected to buy $30-40 worth of merchandise, I can just get a site with electric 9 out of 10 times.

I really don't get the refusal to share the sites. How do I know if there are any that will meet my needs?

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

🙂 Hi, I stayed at one Harvest Host, and it was for free. I am not a member. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Most stays are for one night only.

All, or most, are in a field / parking lot with no hook-ups.

Most seem to be at Wineries; We don't drink.

They want you to buy something at each place. I will if they have anything that I can use, or eat.

Some are located at museums. I like museums. Once again you will be camping in a parking lot.

You can't get a list of places unless you join. I would like to know what is available before I join.

Most of them want a reservation first, partially because some of them only have room for one RV.

Not sure if I can run my generator, which I might need since there are no hook-ups.

Once again, I am not a member. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[_1Flyboy]

I gave them my email address & don’t feel lonely anymore, they email me daily! Decided it wasn’t for me after reading some reviews, BUT, obviously some people can’t live without it…. YMMV….