almcc wrote:
joebedford wrote:
BarbaraOK wrote:
Most are 45 deep and 30-40 feet wide
That's one of my biggest complaints about all the parks I've seen in Mesa / Apache Junction - the sites are just too small.
We have a 42' 5er, 3500HD dually and two motorcycles. The sites are just too small. We make it work, but it's a pain.
Agree with Joe. The place in Yuma that we won't stay at again is exactly like that, the nose of the RV is at the curb and you look into your neighbour's back window. They have more than 100 sites like that, most of them are empty. They need to take alternate sites out and make it a 21st century park. The park amenities don't make it a great park for us.
That almost never works logistically. Unless the sites are exactly lined up and there is nothing between the sites you would need to rework the parking pads. Basically two rigs parked on one long site. That is very uncommon at best.
If those sites are also not wide enough, you would need to take out the adjoining site also. In that scenario, you have to take out three sites to make one good site. Now that park that had 100 sites only has 25. Otherwise, they would need to start from scratch and completely reconfigure each site. It would be safe to say that they would, at best, end up with two thirds of the original sites in a complete reconfiguration. Probably would cost a minimum of $4,000 to $5,000 per site to completely reconfigure with new pads, new utility connections, replacing the landscaping etc. Now the park has a $250,000 or more investment to recoup on 67 sites, and that just breaks them even. How many of those current guests would be fine with paying an extra $1000 a year? My guess is not very many since they have made the price to value decision to stay there based on the park as it was. So now you have to somehow market to new customers that a park that has had multiple reviews of how tight it is, and has old prices all over the internet in reviews etc. is now much better and much more expensive, but worth it. That takes advertising dollars, commitment and faith in their new plan, and patience, which are things most park operators have in short supply.
