โMar-09-2017 10:27 AM
โMar-10-2017 04:25 PM
CampbellDaycruiser wrote:
State and the federal government need to get out of the campground business and stop competing with private industry. It's not fair that my tax dollars go to subsidizing someone else's cheap vacation at a state campground. Lower our taxes and charge realistic user fees instead.
โMar-10-2017 12:49 PM
โMar-10-2017 12:00 PM
CampbellDaycruiser wrote:
State and the federal government need to get out of the campground business and stop competing with private industry. It's not fair that my tax dollars go to subsidizing someone else's cheap vacation at a state campground. Lower our taxes and charge realistic user fees instead.
โMar-10-2017 11:41 AM
โMar-10-2017 08:03 AM
โMar-10-2017 07:55 AM
FULLTIMEWANABE wrote:
Just reading more and more posts and hearing of substantial increase in CG/Resort Prices. Chula Vista San Diego, Gunnison KOA dropping monthly rates so more than doubled based on daily rates and several others gone up substantially. How is this affecting how you travel?
We appreciate, it's all to do with supply and demand, and for sure can appreciate that some of the costs may have gone up exponentially but just curious how end users/RVers have or are planning on changing how they travel, or where they stay. There is no way our incomes have increased the same percentage that the rates to stay have for sure. For example back in the 90's we loved staying at Provincial Parks and various State and Federal CG's, but with privatization and exorbitant increases to the daily rates for basically "somewhere" just to park overnight (we are totally self sufficient with solar etc, so don't need hookups, for the past several years we are avoiding paying these overnight rates for the most part and finding somewhere nearby to boondock/drycamp. Our local PP hubby fishes for walleye and pike at, we go down to the lake/dam at 7am in the morning, I kayak, prep foods in the car park in the RV, and we leave anywhere after dark and find somewhere within a couple of miles to dry camp overnight. Don't get me wrong if it were less than $12/night to stay then fair comment we'd gladly pay and stay, but $39 for too many restrictions and little other than the lake everyone has access to we can't justify $40/night personally. I recall when we paid an exhorbitant $75/night at Newport Dunes to explore LA area as a one off for the experience, but there is no way on earth I'd pay their current $300/night today.
Don't want this to get in to a "justification" thread as to "why" they charge what they do etc, but just curious who else has started to change the way they travel and stay due to the increased charges for a site etc. Like always, we have the choice to stay or not and vote with our dollars ๐
โMar-10-2017 06:50 AM
โMar-09-2017 07:25 PM
Lwiddis wrote:
Not affecting me. I prefer fed, state and county campgrounds.
โMar-09-2017 07:23 PM
IBcarguy wrote:
I'm not happy about the increases but won't let it stop me from going to the places we like. I bought this rig to use. I have too big of an investment in my truck, trailer, insurance, and storage to just let it sit there unused. We might have to BBQ hot dogs instead of steaks...but we're going!
โMar-09-2017 06:13 PM
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โMar-09-2017 05:16 PM
Chuck_thehammer wrote:
spring break.. funny.. that is what some of the Texas hill country CG's are saying. for a must have reservation.....
what collage age kid is going the Texas hill country in March???????
โMar-09-2017 05:05 PM
โMar-09-2017 03:20 PM