westernrvparkowner
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Bounder Billy wrote:What was the name of the rv park, and what did the check-in or reservation form say? What does the website say? $31 seems a lot for one week of electricity. Our electricity bills for our parks run around $100.00 per site per month. $31.00 for a week works out to around $130.00 a month. Not unreasonable given the variances in rates and usage across the country.
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WyoTraveler
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Some of the parks I have stayed at they do charge longer term RVs an electric charge. They place them in a spot that has a meter. If you see the meter you know your are going to pay. They offer a much lower weekly and monthly rate for those RVers. Many of those parks charge at a rate that is somewhat higher than normal electric rates in the area and read their own meters on your site to know what you used. Usually the rate is fairly reasonable.
Long time RVers pull into parks and get a long time rate, then turn off their propane and use all electric for heating, cooling, water heater, and cooking. These parks can't afford to charge a couple of hundred a month then get hit with the RVers light bill, so they charge extra for electricity. When I see a meter I always ask up front. Why else would the meter be there?
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We have metered electric on a site we lease six months of the year. We only use 30amp service, and it was $44.99 this month including $3+ tax. That's about average, we seldom use A/C. When you dont use it driving or in the park, you get used to the temp changes, and we like to talk so hate the noise. 
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As long as I know up front (when I call for reservations or if I just pull in) then it's my decision to stay or not. If they charge me later then I dispute it with the credit Card commpany. I've NEVER lost a dispute when using my credit cards.
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westernrvparkowner wrote:Bounder Billy wrote:What was the name of the rv park, and what did the check-in or reservation form say? What does the website say? $31 seems a lot for one week of electricity. Our electricity bills for our parks run around $100.00 per site per month. $31.00 for a week works out to around $130.00 a month. Not unreasonable given the variances in rates and usage across the country.
Wow...I can run my stick house for that.
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With the charge for electricity considered, I wonder what the difference is bewteen the daily rate as compared with the weekly rate for a week long stay?
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When I had my 5Ver a few years ago and full timed I was paying $230 a month for rent. About $7.60 a day. Their pull in over night rate was about $20. If I stayed a month at their overnight rate it would have cost me $600 a month. My longer term stay was less then $300 a month when I paid my own electric. I was still getting about half price.
So what is the purpose of giving those cheap rates? It keeps the park full and helps pay their bills.
It is not like this service is something new to long time residents in the parks. You could always give back the long term discount you got and pay the nightly rate. They would probably not charge for the electricity. I think the overnight rate now is about $30 to $35 a night i.e. or about $1000 a month.
You never did mention what your weekly rate was. That would be interesting.
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Flyfisherman128
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Its pretty typical around here that the electric posts have meters. I asked about it and they all stated they were for the seasonals, non-seasonals have them build into the rates. So had I gone to a new campground and seen the meter, I probably would not have questioned whether they were for me or not. I definitely would not have stayed or paid the bill.
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Was the campground in the desert? We stayed somewhere that charged separately for electricity for our 9 night stay, but we were told that when we made the reservation. They also "adjusted" the charge when it exceeded what we were told to expect. And we did run the air conditioners quite a bit. No complaints on our part.
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Were we are at in New Mexico they have two weekly rates. One is electric included and one is metered. The rates and conditions were clearly posted on the wall when we entered the office.
I imagine that in places that get really hot A/C usage could become a real power issue.
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