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| Posted: Thu Jul 1st, 2010 04:16 am |
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biggsbasement Administrator 
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Wondering if anyone has any campground memberships if so what kind and what do you like / dislike about them??
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| Posted: Mon Jul 5th, 2010 05:53 pm |
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dually Member 
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Vicki I don't have any campground memberships. To be honest I don't see the need. There are to many campgrounds out there to worry about spending time if just one.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 5th, 2010 06:45 pm |
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revdon64 Member 
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Years ago we belonged to Outdoor World (I think they've been swallowed up by Thousand Trails now). We liked the fact that they had a bunch of parks up and down the east coast, but the cost was prohibitive (membership and dues, not camping), and they charged you for renting their cabins/trailers over and above your membership fees. We also had a level of membership that couldn't be sold so when we fell on economic hard times we had to let it lapse. Currently we have Good Sam and Camp Club USA and I'll probably be letting those expire next year. We just don't use them enough to make the junk mail and the cost worthwhile. The only benefit that I've really liked with any of them was the magazine that comes with Good Sam membership.
____________________ The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. — Brennan Manning |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15th, 2010 07:18 pm |
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biggsbasement Administrator
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We had good sams ...and the road plan with them which is the best!! but other then that we did just purchase a ready camp go package ....(friends have the outdoor world / thousand trails and they pay 500 per year membership and they paid like 5000-6000 for the package) I don't get that at all but I guess if they use it enough it will pay for its self eventually I like being able to camp where I want but the ready set go package fit us good because we get a 10% discount on the cabins and when we camp it only costs 20 per night (up to 30 nights per year).....I figured it out that if we camp like 10 -12 nights per year it will easily pay for itself. (and we camp well over 10-12 nights in a year) we can renew or not renew and we can upgrade if we want to. We got it cause our friends that have the outdoor world camp alot but can only bring us as guests up to 5 times a year and even then it costs us 32.00 per night. We just camped and stayed in a cabin and we saved like 30.00 over the three nights. We are hoping to get a rv/tt or something soon then we can really save a bit money they have campgrounds all over the US when we get our new RV we will probably up grade to the next level if this works out good it was cheap too only cost 99.00 if we upgrade it will be another 100 still not bad then you get 60 nights camping and 20% on cabins etc...
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25th, 2010 11:37 pm |
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kirk37r Member
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We Joined Thousand Trails this year (Belonged to Outdoor world in 80s) Joined this year for only $450.00 no contract no big $$$s. with that we get about 30 CGs east of the Mississippi. It has definitely paid offfor us. We go to Lake and Shore Outdoor world A lot, Spring and Fall. Took A 2 week vacation in July went to Williams burg, Lancaster, and Hershey. 2 solid weeks and no charge for any campsites. We have another vac planned in OCT. we will go to Gettysburg then back up to Hershey, Also we can take guests with their own unit and they only pay $32.00 per day full hookup. IMHO cant beat it. No commitment and just redo each year, Happy Camping
____________________ 2008 Cedar Creek 36RLTS, 2003 GMC 3500 DRW 4X4 Crew Cab. 4 Grandkids Nicholas 2 (lives with us) Gregory 11, Adele 9, Eric 7 |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26th, 2010 12:52 am |
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dually Member
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kirk37r wrote: We Joined Thousand Trails this year (Belonged to Outdoor world in 80s) Joined this year for only $450.00 no contract no big $$$s. with that we get about 30 CGs east of the Mississippi. It has definitely paid offfor us. We go to Lake and Shore Outdoor world A lot, Spring and Fall. Took A 2 week vacation in July went to Williams burg, Lancaster, and Hershey. 2 solid weeks and no charge for any campsites. We have another vac planned in OCT. we will go to Gettysburg then back up to Hershey, Also we can take guests with their own unit and they only pay $32.00 per day full hookup. IMHO cant beat it. No commitment and just redo each year, Wow that is a pretty good deal. How did you join with out a contract?
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26th, 2010 01:45 am |
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kirk37r Member
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Just go to their website, They are now offering it at $499.00 per year with 3 zones. all the info is there. Our deal was with A eastern zone the whole east coast and A couple in Texas. We love it and we have saved the $450.00 A couple of times over this year already. Plus we still have till Feb to use it before renewing, Best $450.00 I have spent in A long while. Happy Camping
____________________ 2008 Cedar Creek 36RLTS, 2003 GMC 3500 DRW 4X4 Crew Cab. 4 Grandkids Nicholas 2 (lives with us) Gregory 11, Adele 9, Eric 7 |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31st, 2010 10:41 pm |
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revdon64 Member
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kirk37r wrote: We Joined Thousand Trails this year (Belonged to Outdoor world in 80s) Joined this year for only $450.00 no contract no big $$$s. with that we get about 30 CGs east of the Mississippi. It has definitely paid offfor us. We go to Lake and Shore Outdoor world A lot, Spring and Fall. Took A 2 week vacation in July went to Williams burg, Lancaster, and Hershey. 2 solid weeks and no charge for any campsites. We have another vac planned in OCT. we will go to Gettysburg then back up to Hershey, Also we can take guests with their own unit and they only pay $32.00 per day full hookup. IMHO cant beat it. No commitment and just redo each year, Just be aware, their Gettysburg campground (if it's still the one it was when they were Outdoor World) is closer to York than Gettysburg. It's a good 20-25 mile drive to Gettysburg from there. Otherwise sounds like a good deal. I'm finding that AAA is a better deal than most camping memberships. Gets you a discount at a lot of campgrounds, discounts at attractions, roadside assistance, etc. Just a thought.
____________________ The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. — Brennan Manning |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 1st, 2010 01:38 am |
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kirk37r Member
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We are aware of its location. It has us closer to Lancaster for the first few days, as the wife always want to hit the shops(even though she knows them by heart) then when we get up to Hershey we will have time to hit the Casino at penn national and we will be meeting up with some members of the Cedar Creek owners Club there. Happy Camping!!!!
____________________ 2008 Cedar Creek 36RLTS, 2003 GMC 3500 DRW 4X4 Crew Cab. 4 Grandkids Nicholas 2 (lives with us) Gregory 11, Adele 9, Eric 7 |
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