R V Parks, or Whatever...

[Dorn Hetzel]

The west must be pricier on average.  Our rates here are $22/night and $125/week

and I think we're not untypical for the area, though some places are certainly

higher.  Our monthly rates are $330 for 30 amp and $375 for 50 amp and I'm

pretty sure some places in the area are even a little bit lower than that.

 

Regards,

 

Dorn Hetzel

77FC35

Flat Creek Campground, Hogansville, GA

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Don Bradner <"bluethunder@arcatapet.com"> wrote:

 

A lot of fulltimers spend significant time in one place, and get monthly rates, and of course only a small percentage are doing that in California.

We've been traveling an average of 6 months per year for 7 years now. We have, on occasion, spent a week or two in one place because there was a lot to see or do, but except for Quartzsite we are most often only 2 or 3 days in a spot.


Back in '05-'06 our average cost per night for the two years was $18.28. I don't keep as close an eye on it anymore since fuel has so massively displaced it as the big expense, but I would estimate we are up around $25 now.


The average results from a mixture of high-priced resorts, mid-priced RV parks and State Parks, and free spots (driveways of friends and relatives, and the occasional Wal-Mart parking lot).

We spend a significant part of January and February around Quartzsite, where 2 weeks now costs $40 (used to be $30). On top of that you have to factor in generator fuel and propane, which adds a few dollars per day at least.


Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
My location: www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1
Home in Eureka, California, until the rally at Buellton next month. We will be there for a total of 2 weeks.

On 9/26/2009 at 2:42 AM jackcj7 wrote:

>We are wondering how one can travel a lot without the R V Park fees
>eating them alive. Several years ago, we traveled for 6 months and
>22,600 miles in our SOB. We stayed at all kinds of parks, but it seemed

>most were about $30 a night. Yes, we did a couple of weekly rates, and
>Wally Worlds, but on the whole it was around the $30 a night, which works
>out to some $900 for a month.
>Out here on the LeftCoast, the Governator has doubled the State Park fees,

>with the nearest Doheny Beach state Park, to $60 a nite, and that is for
>Dry Camping.. (Staying in a Super 8 Motel might be about the same, only
>there you get Breakfast).
>
>So how do you FullTimers and Semi-FullTimers handle it??

>Jack & Donna Smith
>1973FC31 (for Sale)
>Imperal Kingdom of Arnold..