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Re: Florida Campground - Stay for 6, Pay for 12?
DallasSteve wrote: Stormy Eyes wrote: DallasSteve wrote: Stormy Eyes wrote: Well, I hoped you had quickly happened upon a good deal for covered storage in Florida, but alas you did not. Not that I expect you to try, understanding that it is not a priority in your life. Stormy Eyes My goal was not to find a good deal. My goal was to show VoodooMedicineMan that RV storage rates in Florida are comparable to those in Texas. Well, having stored both places, I'll tell you prices in Fl are not the same as in TX. In your example you are comparing covered storage in TX with uncovered in FL. Not sure why you care at all about Florida storage rates or 6/6 rates at some campground in Florida... Not sure why you care about what I care about. No worries, I read this thread simply because I am interested in campgrounds and good storage options (especially in Florida or near family or near various cruise ports).660Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida Campground - Stay for 6, Pay for 12?
DallasSteve wrote: Stormy Eyes wrote: Well, I hoped you had quickly happened upon a good deal for covered storage in Florida, but alas you did not. Not that I expect you to try, understanding that it is not a priority in your life. Stormy Eyes My goal was not to find a good deal. My goal was to show VoodooMedicineMan that RV storage rates in Florida are comparable to those in Texas. Well, having stored both places, I'll tell you prices in Fl are not the same as in TX. In your example you are comparing covered storage in TX with uncovered in FL. Not sure why you care at all about Florida storage rates or 6/6 rates at some campground in Florida...664Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida Campground - Stay for 6, Pay for 12?
DallasSteve wrote: Stormy Eyes wrote: DallasSteve wrote: VoodooMedicineMan wrote: Texas is not Florida When we were kids we would say "Tell me something I don't know." If you're saying that you can't find RV storage at a reasonable price in Florida, I just checked. You can. Selena Gomez: Tell Me Something I Don't Know Did your search lead you to covered storage for $100 (or so) in Florida? If so, what size space and where? I do have a reasonably priced (in my opinion) in Florida, but uncovered and no power. If I'd be thrilled if I could find a good rate on an appropriately sized covered storage slot in a good location. Just wonder how long is the wait list. Those taking the 6/6 option are storing for six months during a Florida summer, might want to run their ac's enough to cut humidity to help prevent mold and mildew. They also hold their favored space for the next winter. Understandably, the 6/6 option does not suit you or I or many others, but it might suit some people, so pricing is available for them. Stormy Eyes I did a very quick Google search and this was the first RV storage in Florida that I checked. West Tampa Storage I'd say $89 a month is equal to what I was seeing here in Dallas. The storage in Dallas did not include power, but it did have a roof. I can't say about this one because it's not that important to me to spend the time investigating it. What this tells me is if I found this near a major Florida city in a 5-minute search, I'm sure there are better deals out there if I was seriously looking. If I was storing an RV for 6 months it wouldn't need to be located close to a major city where prices are higher. Well, I hoped you had quickly happened upon a good deal for covered storage in Florida, but alas you did not. Not that I expect you to try, understanding that it is not a priority in your life.660Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida Campground - Stay for 6, Pay for 12?
DallasSteve wrote: VoodooMedicineMan wrote: Texas is not Florida When we were kids we would say "Tell me something I don't know." If you're saying that you can't find RV storage at a reasonable price in Florida, I just checked. You can. Selena Gomez: Tell Me Something I Don't Know Did your search lead you to covered storage for $100 (or so) in Florida? If so, what size space and where? I do have a reasonably priced (in my opinion) in Florida, but uncovered and no power. If I'd be thrilled if I could find a good rate on an appropriately sized covered storage slot in a good location. Just wonder how long is the wait list. Those taking the 6/6 option are storing for six months during a Florida summer, might want to run their ac's enough to cut humidity to help prevent mold and mildew. They also hold their favored space for the next winter. Understandably, the 6/6 option does not suit you or I or many others, but it might suit some people, so pricing is available for them.661Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida State Parks
Walaby wrote: agesilaus wrote: " NPS fixed that by requiring a photo ID to check into a site. That also fixes the problem with people selling reservations. The main problem with that would be coding the database to show how many days someone had camped there in the year. Given this, what would prevent me from making a reservation, and then my wife making a reservation right after me. Different person, different photo ID etc... For every solution, someone will find a way around it. I get the idea, but I suspect an airtight solution would be too administratively burdensome. Mike Sidestepping the reservation policies by changing the booking name is currently against the Florida rules, per their website. .As I recall, if such behavior is noted, the website says the party will lose nights to bring reservations into compliance, and cancellation fee will be charged. Of course, I do not know what percentage of the time people are caught, but they run the risk of losing the nights they cheated to get and abruptly finding themselves without a campsite.544Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida State Parks
rockhillmanor wrote: Again, who cares how long a person stays at the Park? If they want to come and then leave and come back again so be it. They are abiding by the rules and paying for the site. I care. I'd much rather see 20 different families each spend a week in the parks in the Keys rather than one snowbird couple spending 20 weeks.252Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida State Parks
I plan ahead. I am waiting at the computer to hit the button when reservations open. But I do not have a bot network. I do not have any special computer program. I do not even have an extended family all hitting buttons for me. As a full timer, I do not even have a great, high speed connection; just cell service or campground wifi. I'm not saying that people who have some of those things are acting badly or gaming the system; just not easily within my grasp. So even if rules are altered somewhat, I might not get a spot at Bahia Honda or another state park in the keys in the winter. I understand that and I can live with that (plenty of other pretty spots in other parks). Still, even if I am not among them, I would rather many people get to enjoy our state's wonderful campgrounds in the Keys for short periods each, rather than fewer people getting those slots for many nights. And if somebody does spend many nights at those exceptionally high demand parks, I would not mind seeing that person pay prices for some of those nights ( as they would at private parks).252Views0likes0CommentsRe: Florida State Parks
FloridaReLoaded wrote: Well let me throw more fuel into the fire, I'm ranting about the ones that take over the Florida Keys state campgrounds in the winter. They have a monopoly on them and I've about had it! We also own a Condo in Florida and Florida is my permanent residence. I'm trying to set something up where I can go speak in Tallahassee explaining to them what's going on. I'm going to suggest that they use Ft Desoto in Pinellas County as a model. Where county residents can reserve sites up to 6 months in advance but in this case Florida residents would be able to reserve early. I don't think they are aware that campers are staying two weeks then move for a night then stay another two weeks so on and so on. The Florida Keys is the only campgrounds that needs this sort of thing implemented. So now your saying you would boycott, I don't think it would work. If you want to spend the winter in the Florida Keys do so in a private campground, state parks are not made for long term stays!!! As a Floridian, I would, of course, like an advantage in booking our parks in the Keys. For sake of accuracy, after one reaches the 14 night max stay, one must leave that specific park for three nights, then they can return for another 14 night max. So, if somebody has a strong ability to book, they can stay2 weeks in a park on the Keys, then move to another park (still in the Keys) for up to two weeks, then either back to that first park (or onto the third park in the Keys). They can stay a max of 56 nights in each park in a defined six month period, so if they are able to successfully book on line, they theoretically can be in the state parks in the Keys for 24 of 26 weeks (or 48 weeks a year). With such high demand, I like you point about a regional designation for parks in the Keys...if treated those three parks as one unit for camping reservations (14 nights stay any/all state parks in Keys, then lock out of all three for at least three nights; no more than 56 total nights (or maybe less) in any/all parks in the Keys in the defined six month period. I think it would be nice that the parks are available to many different people at reasonable rates for short periods (rather cheap rates for fewer people for many nights), so I would not mind seeing nightly rates climb for those staying more nights ( so for example, if nights 1-14 are $40/ night, nights 15-28 are $80/night and night 28-42 are $120/night and nights 43-56 are $160/night; though perhaps not for locals).75Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rant about fulltimers
FloridaReLoaded wrote: Well let me throw more fuel into the fire, I'm ranting about the ones that take over the Florida Keys state campgrounds in the winter. They have a monopoly on them and I've about had it! We also own a Condo in Florida and Florida is my permanent residence. I'm trying to set something up where I can go speak in Tallahassee explaining to them what's going on. I'm going to suggest that they use Ft Desoto in Pinellas County as a model. Where county residents can reserve sites up to 6 months in advance but in this case Florida residents would be able to reserve early. I don't think they are aware that campers are staying two weeks then move for a night then stay another two weeks so on and so on. The Florida Keys is the only campgrounds that needs this sort of thing implemented. So now your saying you would boycott, I don't think it would work. If you want to spend the winter in the Florida Keys do so in a private campground, state parks are not made for long term stays!!! As a Floridian who loves our parks, I have some strong feelings on that topic, too...probably too many to share here without hijacking the thread. So, if you want opinions on this, perhaps start another thread. Edit: I see somebody else already has started such a thread.263Views0likes0Comments
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