Reviews on thousand trails camping pass?

[dcason]

Can anyone give me the inside scoop on this...good and bad. Have passport america and don't use it much at all...lifetime...lol

[TimT226]

Purchased the pass in 2022 thinking we would use it. In 2023 my wife became disabled and with my spine condition we are unable to use the camper and are in the process of selling it. I called Thousand Trails and they said I cannot opt out of the service. The woman on the phone was very condescending and told me to read my contract. She told me the only way to get out of the contract is if I pay the remainder of this year and next year. It is a time-share and the same issues of cancelling as all the rest. Look at the locations carefully!! The salesman told us we would be able to use it in several locations that when I called, Thousand Trails told me were not on my list and I would have to buy additional packages. 

[dcason]

Thank you...you all pretty much confirmed it is not for us. We boondock a LOT and I don't like out of system for 7 day thing.

[craig7h]

Thousand Trails like Coast to Coast and the others are only as good as you use them. I had Coast to Coast for 3 years and never used it. There were never any parks where we were traveling to. I have gotten more bang for my buck using the 10% off from Good Sam and the same for KOA.

Take a look at their offered RV parks and if they are in your traveling area maybe they would work.

Good Luck

[trailertraveler]

Like your Passport America Membership, it will only be worth it if you can use it enough. There are not parks in every state or every area you may want to stay. Some of the parks are not that great and others we find good to excellent. We travel about 5 months a year. We normally get the Southeast Zone. We normally spend 2 weeks in a park, so then must be out of the system for 7 days. That only leaves so many opportunities to use the membership during our time on the road. In order to move park to park you cannot stay more than 4 nights in one park. The Trails Collection add on is not worth it for us because if you stay one night you have to be out of the system for 7 days. So far we have not had any problems getting spots due to the 60 day reservation window, but do make reservations as soon as the window opens. We average about 50 nights a year in the Thousand Trails membership parks which makes our nightly cost about $12. We have used the discount at other Encore Resorts a couple of times, but they are still pretty expensive.

[kmac7800]

We only camp ~3 weeks/year. We were spending about $35/night (give/take). At the time we signed up last year, the membership fee was perhaps $2 or $3/night more than the $35 we were already paying so we decided to try it for a four year stint.

We have yet to use it, however we hope to do some "work-cations" where I can work (I work remotely) as well as our 3 weekly vacations and even reduce our $/night even more.

We only chose the PNW area as that is where we do most of our "camping".

Your mileage may vary. Good luck and have fun!

//KMac