Gated RV Club
The other day we visited some friends at a private gated RV club park, looked good for a home base in Washington State. It was kind of woodsey and my DW's allergies went nuts but we can adjust our tr...
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enblethen wrote:
Several of the "private clubs" in Wa went public. K&M which is on Wwest side of WA went public. We ended dumping the membership as they would let the public in at a higher price then letting members in for free.
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Way back when, TT and NACO came together under the TT umbrella. Later on TT bought Leisure Time Resorts. Fast forward to Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) scooping it all up and deciding to open parks to the public. R.O.D. responded by saying "We're an affiliation of private membership parks that don't accept campers off of the street". Then R.O.D. and TT parted ways.
Fast Forward to today. Some R.O.D. parks are having a tough time and are putting sandwich boards at the street entrance advertising a daily rate - and R.O.D. has turned a blind eye to it. Maybe R.O.D. now feels the sting from the loss of TT. Go figure!
It's not just KM. You'll come across many membership parks now selling to the public - well... because they have to.
