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westernrvparkow
Oct 27, 2017Explorer
2012Coleman wrote:You can also use the fact that such facilities do not exist in a free market as further proof that they would not work. But hey, free country, go out and build a chain of $5.00 parking lots up and down the interstate system. Maybe it would be a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.westernrvparkowner wrote:Wow - a survey on this site represents the entire RVing community in the US? Posted opinions on this site represent less than one percent of the total community. The dumb thing to do would be to base any kind of decision solely on the responses received here.
A few years back there was a survey on this forum that asked how much someone would pay for a secure parking area without hookups or amenities. The overwhelming answer was $0.00. About 90% of the respondents stated they wouldn't even pay $5.00. Walmart, Cracker Barrel, rest areas, truck stops and stealth camping have the cheap, no hookup market pretty much cornered. As I have often said, you cannot compete with free.
On a slightly different note, such a facility would not be permitted in Montana. Any commercial RV park must either have a restroom facility or have a sewage disposal system of some kind. If it has no restrooms, it must require all the RVs to be self contained ( no tenting or RVs without toilets) even with the sewage disposal system.
BTW, when do you ever see surveys that survey more than one percent of a population? To actually survey one percent of the RVing population, you would need to contact and get responses from approximately 89,000 RV owners. Not exactly likely to happen when considering building a $5.00 parking lot.
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