Significant impact on RVing!!
Is this the beginning of a significant impact on our lifestyle?? Now there will be limited access to a growing list of National Parks. Watch this new video on the latest restrictions!!!! Yet anothe...
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Like I said, I wouldn't pass it up (no pun intended).
But it is a major discount and is not just providing a discount to seniors, but actually reducing the fees to below a break even cost for the campgrounds - so those young families every weekend are subsidizing your visits.
Look at the basics:
Entrance fee for 7 days = $30 average
Campsite for 7 nights = $182 (26/night) average.
The Annual Pass costs $80 per year and only offers free entrance. So a young family would need to stay at a park for 21 days to recoup the cost of the pass each and every year. Or visit three parks each year. That is not really a good deal unless you are doing a major trip to multiple parks. And not many younger families can afford such a major trip expense (remember, they still have to pay full camping rates for that trip).
The Senior Pass costs $80 one time and offers free entrance and half off camping. So one 7-day trip to one National Park saves them $121 - which has already more than paid for the pass. Even if you only go once a year, the pass is worth having.
Now if the Senior Pass offered the same "free entrance only" as the Annual Pass but for a one-time fee of $80, I would call it a "little special offer". But as it stands, it is a major special offer.
I hope it's available when I turn 62.
But it is a major discount and is not just providing a discount to seniors, but actually reducing the fees to below a break even cost for the campgrounds - so those young families every weekend are subsidizing your visits.
Look at the basics:
Entrance fee for 7 days = $30 average
Campsite for 7 nights = $182 (26/night) average.
The Annual Pass costs $80 per year and only offers free entrance. So a young family would need to stay at a park for 21 days to recoup the cost of the pass each and every year. Or visit three parks each year. That is not really a good deal unless you are doing a major trip to multiple parks. And not many younger families can afford such a major trip expense (remember, they still have to pay full camping rates for that trip).
The Senior Pass costs $80 one time and offers free entrance and half off camping. So one 7-day trip to one National Park saves them $121 - which has already more than paid for the pass. Even if you only go once a year, the pass is worth having.
Now if the Senior Pass offered the same "free entrance only" as the Annual Pass but for a one-time fee of $80, I would call it a "little special offer". But as it stands, it is a major special offer.
I hope it's available when I turn 62.
