Limit of six people per site?

JoeTampa wrote:
Trying to get some friends of ours and their kids to go with us on an upcoming trip over Spring Break. We total nine people - which isn't a problem as the right sleeps 10 easily.

However, all the campgrounds we are contacting (Fort Lauderdale area and Sarasota area) will only permit a maximum of six people per site. One campground said it had to do with fire codes - but I don't see why that would factor in.

Does anyone have any insight into this logic?

We often travel with eight and it comes up about half the time. I have found, in some cases, the rule is waived if the extra people are minor children, but rarely waived for adults.

The solution for those campgrounds is to book two spots side by side. Which is fine...after all, 8 people do use more resources than 2 or 3...