Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
RV Trip Planning Discussions

Go Back   iRV2 Forums > CAMPING, TRAVEL and TRIP PLANNING > Camping Locations, Plans & Trip Reports
Click Here to Login
Join iRV2 Today

Mission Statement: Supporting thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experience among RV enthusiasts.
Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on iRV2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 02-16-2011, 08:05 PM   #1
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 13
Gettysburg trip for Presidents Day

Were heading to Gettysburg for the coming weekend and were curious about the Gettysburg Battlefield Resort, anyone ever been there? It's the come and please buy a membership to our campground free trip for three days. Wondering if anyone has any insight about this place and what's their pitch going to be about. Anyone have any info?
Rhodenhome is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 02-16-2011, 10:02 PM   #2
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 691
If it is like any other time share/membership sales pitch then you will be required to take a high pressure sales pitch for at least a half and hour. They will work husband and wife seperately to convince the other to buy. Remember reguardless how good they tell you everything is take it with a grain of salt and READ the fine print. They will probably tell you the offer is good only on that day. Buyer Beware. Buy only if it fits your needs/style and get Everything in writing. have attended several in the FL area. Same format. Think used car salesman. they normally get paid by commission
RVhauler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-17-2011, 04:47 AM   #3
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 455
Well the price is right. You can check what others who have stayed there have said at:

RV Park Reviews :: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ( PA ) - RV Parks and Campground Reviews

We stayed at Artillery Ridge CG using Passport America in the fall of '09, it is a must see area. Enjoy your stay.

Bob
__________________
2006 Fleetwood Bounder 35E
Bob and Inga is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2011, 02:20 PM   #4
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 8
We always stay at Gettysburg Campground Gettysburg Campground - Family Camping and RV Resort, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
They are super friendly and it is a nice campground. We go there at least
twice a year. This year we will be there for the 4th of July!
Gettysburg is a wonderful area...you really can't go wrong.
Good Luck
__________________
Dawn, Joseph, Aaron and Andrew
Vienne and Roux: The Camping Doodles
'15 Chevy Tahoe (The Iron Lady)
theroys88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2011, 01:38 PM   #5
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 9
Visited

We were visiters just this passed week. We got the sales pitch and didn't buy. It was NOT high pressure. The sales person was very nice. We thought the price of membership was too high. It started at 12,000. Then they threw in some discounts and it ended up being around 9,000. We're new to RVing and were using this as a learning, info gathering tool. The park looked nice, clean showers etc. The roads were bumpy and we wondered about the levelness of the sites. All in all we learned a lot and got 30 days semi-free camping there and in NC.
DaleMom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2011, 05:20 PM   #6
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 13
Thanks for the info everyone, we are here now and I suppose we have pixel reviews. The roads are quite rutty, winter may have something to do with this to be fair. We did get the sales pitch, not high pressure, and year the price was too high for what they were offering, around 6500 for the campgrounds and no cabin use. Then a 449 fee every year so no, not worth it for us. We are military and use the military sites where we can and have pretty good luck. About the high pressure thing they did offer a "special"price for your initial visit, you would only be offered this price for your initial visit then when you leave to think on it they Jack the price up on you. It's just not our thing we did enjoy the battlefield and a free 4 day camping trip can't be beat.
Rhodenhome is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2011, 05:25 PM   #7
a k
Registered User
 
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,142
Read the reviews. I didn't find them to good.
a k is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-20-2011, 06:06 PM   #8
Senior Member
 
Elkhartjim's Avatar
 
Newmar Owners Club
Texas Boomers Club
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Don't mess with Texas
Posts: 3,118
Wow. $6500 at $40/night would equal staying 162 the first year or if you amortize over ten years 16 nights/year plus the $499 per year add on. If you stay those 16 nights you add $31/night to the $40 its already cost. You would need to live there to make the numbers work in my opinion. I love Gettysburg but just how often can you go?
__________________
Jim with Judy
2017 Newmar Ventana 4369, 2005 Jeep Wrangler (Rock Crawler), 2016 Jeep Wrangler (Mall Crawler)
Elkhartjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-21-2011, 05:16 AM   #9
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 455
Jim,

I agree 100% (but a pol would say 110%). The only ones who can make the numbers work are Politicians. The owners of these things hoping we like most other taxpayers and just as clueless Spending my money now before uncle needs it all for interest payments.

Bob
__________________
2006 Fleetwood Bounder 35E
Bob and Inga is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-21-2011, 08:18 PM   #10
Senior Member
 
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Waynesboro,PA USA
Posts: 702
I hope you are home by now and not sitting in 8 inches of snow.
Beabop is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2011, 07:19 PM   #11
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 13
We are home, beat the snow by about 6 hours, like I planned it. Funny thing is the DW got a phone call last night offering her a membership, they didn't call me they called her cell and offered a membership that an older couple was "selling" due to older age for 1200. The second funny thing is that DW happened to say to the salesperson while he was giving his pitch at the campground that it was way to expensive. She said to the salesman that she thought that it should be about $1200. Funny my wife would get that call offering us a membership at the exact price she said she thought it was worth. Funny

Chuck
Rhodenhome is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2011, 07:24 PM   #12
Senior Member
 
Elkhartjim's Avatar
 
Newmar Owners Club
Texas Boomers Club
Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Don't mess with Texas
Posts: 3,118
Funny thing to me is its maybe worth the $499/year or $1200 and no yearly fees.
Glad you're out of the snow.
__________________
Jim with Judy
2017 Newmar Ventana 4369, 2005 Jeep Wrangler (Rock Crawler), 2016 Jeep Wrangler (Mall Crawler)
Elkhartjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-24-2011, 09:15 AM   #13
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 9
Oh that's interesting. We got the same call. Was your call from the North Carolina cg? We got pretty much the same story about the owner, same price too. We hadn't said anything about price to them though. Did the membership include the travel agent deals too?

Linda
DaleMom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-24-2011, 09:29 AM   #14
Senior Member
 
Newmar Owners Club
Mid Atlantic Campers
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 125
we did the free camping weekend/sales pitch there a few months ago.
roads were not much better then. not too many ruts but tight turns.
they gave us a 30 AMP site - said the 50 AMP sites were for members only.
we know someone that had already joined. he has trouble getting sites on weekends - and he's a member !!!
membership camping is not for us.
lots of other campgrounds in Gettysburg to try instead.
__________________
2008 KSDP 3910
Central PA part-timers 1 son and a Sheepdog
Buick Enclave/Blue Ox/SMI Air Force One
KSDP_PA is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
FCCC Honored with Earth Day Award from SCDHEC DriVer RV Industry Press 0 04-23-2010 11:03 AM
first trip in newly purchased camper skidshoejoe Camping Locations, Plans & Trip Reports 1 05-28-2009 06:04 AM
Thanks To Veterans On Veterans Day Wayne M Military / Veteran RVing 2 11-10-2008 04:43 PM
Great 10 day trip! smlranger Winnebago Industries Owner's Forum 8 04-22-2007 03:25 PM
Big Trip Report - 2005 Itasca Meridian 34H THutch Winnebago Industries Owner's Forum 13 10-26-2006 08:43 AM

» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:17 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.