I was wondering if anyone can give me some info about how seasonal camp sites work. We like the idea of taking our TT somewhere close to home and leaving it for the summer. Do most CG offer this? Does anyone know of a CG that offers this in TN or AL?
I was at Hornsby Hollow CG, Ten Mile, Tn. and the site next to mine was a seasonal site. I talked to them and they had paid for the season. As I understood it, the CG had a limited number of sites they leased for the season.
Seasonal sites work different at different CGs. Some you pay a seasonall rate for 6 mo or so, and it includes everything. Some you pay a lower seasonal rate, But they have a electric meter, and you have to pay the electric bill on top of the site rate.
Some you can do pretty much anything you want to the site. Build a deck, put up a cover, do land scapeing, and even get perminate gas tanks installed.
With others. You have to keep it as it was when you rented it.
It is not a bad deal. If you like going to the same CG all the time, and you can setup every thing so that if yopu want to go somewhee else on a longer vacation. You can just pull out. It will be waiting when you get back.
It does seem. That once a family finds a CG they really like. They go back almost every trip. Why not leave the camper there.
Another option is to store your camper on the CG property. It is much less than keeping it on a site, and all you have to do is either drive up, and put it on a site. Or with many CGs. You just call, and they will put in on a site fro you> All you have to do is finish the setup when you get there.
either way saves you fuel cost.
I have a seasonal site in a campground that is 99% seasonal. We know our neighbors and the kids have grown up together. We leave our camper on-site for the winter, check on it a few times but know that the cg management checks on it weekly. Friday after work I drive my 30 mpg Toyota Solara for 90 minutes, stop at my site, turn on the water, unlock the door, unload the groceries, and have a 40 hour vacation. Life is good.
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I have been seasonal camping for several years in Ct. I have a 44ft 3 slide park model, which has water front site, and a 36ft deck. I pay the yearly price of $2500. Campground is open from mid April to end of Oct. I leave my unit on the site all year. I pay my own elect but water and sewer is included. I cut my own grass, and plant flowers as I wish.
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2008 Pontiac Solistice GXP "Brazen Orange"
2008 26ft Car Mate-Car "We Traveled To Alot Of Different Places While On Vacation, Until The wife Asked Directions"
We have our Jayco 29fbs at a seasonal site as well. We take 1.5 to drive there, turn on its water, turn on its 110/120 power, turn on the LP gas, turn on the 12V via batter switch, load up its fridge and enjoy until Sunday night. Then we unload, unhook its service lines and drive back home. For us, we plan to keep our TT at this seasonal site for 5 years. Maybe 7 years. Once we get board of this place, we'll hire a pickup or tow truck to pull our TT to a different seasonal site. Thus, we save dollars on a Tow Vehicle, we save on day CG passes and we get to keep our many toys at the same CG site. For example, our canoe, our kayak and soon, our sale boat. For us, being at a seasonal camp site is great. No more towing and we can have more toys (like water craft, peddle bikes, BBQs, lawn chairs, etc. etc) - compared to towing. And, we are no longer "stressed out" from towing a trailer around. All we bring now is food, clean cloths and our trailer key.
Works for us...
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We have a seasonal site and love it.. Kids have fun, we have made several new friends in our 2nd neighborhood. Best of all, it's about 25 miles from home and we can still work our regular hours and/or run the kids back for the extra ciricular activities when needed. I work a 24-hour shift so DW can go with the kids without me and I go the next day or DW close up on Sunday by herself. Most times we go Friday afternoon and come home late Sunday afternoon, no worries about setting up and breaking down camp, it's alway ready for the most part. We can still pull off site for vacation and the site remains ours, nobody else uses it.
We just signed up for seasonal site about 20 miles from home. With our work schedule (I work 2nd Bob works 3rd) it was a pain last hooking up driving to the state park unhooking then hooking up driving it back home the next day we did this almost every weekend. We are still pulling off for rallies and vacations.
Ya Terryallan. We buy all our tools, autos, trailers and water craft "on sale". Thus, why we sometimes call them "sale boats". Seriously... Should have called it a "Sail Boat". Must be that grammer thing that some folks spot 500 yeards away. LOL!!!!
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