Where Are All The Canadians?

There is a park near here offering pay 2 months and get 4 free for new customers, if you stay 6 months your cost will be about $110 a month plus electric. The repeat customers are complaining but the park was only 1/2 full at best, will see if it fills up.

Don't y'all get your shirts in a knot. Fly on a plane or go to a resort destination or a holiday or cruise of any kind, ask around if you dare. probably no two people paid the same amount.
The window is only open for a short time in the scale of our life,.... just go and have fun with all the great people there is to meet in the RV parks. If your going to whine about it maybe staying home is a better option for you. US or Canadian eh.
Cheers,
Ray

No drop in Canadians here in Mexico that I can tell, I am in Tachos RV park in Puerto Vallarta and it is almost full, Mainly with Quebecers. Unlike some parks they are not gouging by pricing in US dollars like some others. They are still charging 350 pesos a night ($20 US) I am guessing the exchange rate is the cause of the drop in the US. The peso has not changed against the Canadian dollar in 3 years, as it also is an oil based economy. I suspect a lot of Canadians are skipping the Fall in the SW or SE and will just settle for 3 months after Christmas to help cut costs.

Its psychological, people can afford it, but that is powerful. IF I owned a SW RV Park, I would be offering something like an 85 - 90 cent exchange rate to overcome that. Better to take a little less and be full up.

A slight transgressions on the "Got it" Pawatt, but...

...In the past the local business's would offer and serve a "free" pancake breakfast to the incoming USA residents, at the border crossing on the opening weekend of fishing season.. :W

Nice eh?

Unless your a hungry Canadian. :S
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That's funny, I don't care where you're from. :)

John&Joey wrote:

v10superduty wrote:
...US side has had Canadian money at par nights. The movie theater does the same...

Thought about it a tad more, FOR THE RECORD, I as an US Citizen can also use Canadian money at that bar. They better honor it!!!!, or they will have an issue with our laws.

Now I may choose not to use Canadian money, but that is my choice. ;)

You got it figured out.. ;)

So now how to handle this one?

In the past the local business's would offer and serve a "free" pancake breakfast to the incoming USA residents, at the border crossing on the opening weekend of fishing season.. :W

Nice eh?

Unless your a hungry Canadian. :S

It bothered me for years but I'm over it now :B

Seriously, I applaud any business trying new ideas to bring extra customers to their place.
If that campgrounds plan brings even "one" extra Canadian couple to his resort, that whole area benefits...
Because once they cross the border heading south, its likely "10 grand" to spend in the USA if its a several month trip.

pawatt wrote:

John&Joey wrote:
Sorry Pawatt, but....

Both sides have really compelling arguments, I agreed totally with one, till I read the other, then I created a scenario where I would agree with the other.

Thinking if I was the park I would advertise "20% off first time residents," and skip the issue completely. The intent of the park is to get income, not to play favorites and generate hostility within the park.

Valid issue but this not the place to argue it,

Got it.

John&Joey wrote:
Sorry Pawatt, but....

Both sides have really compelling arguments, I agreed totally with one, till I read the other, then I created a scenario where I would agree with the other.

Thinking if I was the park I would advertise "20% off first time residents," and skip the issue completely. The intent of the park is to get income, not to play favorites and generate hostility within the park.

Valid issue but this not the place to argue it,

Where have the Canadians gone.

Gone to flowers every one.

Oh! when will they ever return.


navegator

Me Again wrote:
... On the US IRS forum that Canadian have to file does it have a field for such things as you mention? Chris

I got no idea. :) All I know is given one situation, and two very smart people, you can get two very different opinions.

John&Joey wrote:


Now it could really get ugly and say if 20% is being given to old park non US residents then that might even be considered "earned income" and should be reported to the IRS. :S So I would stick with the 20% off to all new residents motto.

Words can be tricky at times.

We just bought a new truck and had to pay state sales tax on the factory rebate but not the dealer discount. So we paid 252 dollars of tax on 3K that we never spent. Taxes on issues like this can be tricky. On the US IRS forum that Canadian have to file does it have a field for such things as you mention? Chris