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08-21-2016, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member
Forest River Owners Club RV Trip Wizard
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas
Posts: 832
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Campground groups to join
It seems there are a gazillion Camping groups, all say they offer discounts -- Sam's, KOA, 1000 Trails, etc. Is there a site that compares costs and benefits? Could go broke joining all of them. ;-)
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08-21-2016, 08:49 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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We are Passport America members - it's a no brainer for the most part. Used just a couple three nights a year and you are ahead.
Also Good Sam, if you use anything via Camping World and the occational campground discount.
Thousand Trails zone member as well, as it works for us. Here evaluate whether the sites are located where you will use them and if you will in fact use them.
America the Beautiful pass if you are of age and use the associated facilities.
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Vince and Susan
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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08-22-2016, 05:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 625
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vsheetz
We are Passport America members - it's a no brainer for the most part. Used just a couple three nights a year and you are ahead.
Also Good Sam, if you use anything via Camping World and the occational campground discount.
Thousand Trails zone member as well, as it works for us. Here evaluate whether the sites are located where you will use them and if you will in fact use them.
America the Beautiful pass if you are of age and use the associated facilities.
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X2 on most of the above. We haven't needed the America the Beautiful pass yet.
Roger
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08-22-2016, 05:54 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Seeing the USA
Posts: 2,646
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Good Sam- If you join when they have a gift card that is included in the membership it ends up being free to join. Watch their special offers.
Passport America- As mentioned above, it pays for itself after very few uses. So basically free.
America the Beautiful- For seniors it is $10. Again it is basically free after savings from it's first use.
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Neal and Deb + Mya and Gizmo, the pup's
2003 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
May the roads rise up to meet you, May the winds be always at your back...
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08-22-2016, 06:24 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South Padre Island
Posts: 442
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Passport America has saved us the most - Also use Good Sam for trip routing and camp grounds
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Dave and Suzy, Quincey and Chica
My two youngest in Coast Guard
2006 Monaco Knight 40ft
2012 Jeep Liberty
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08-22-2016, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,777
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I think the benefits depend on your travel and camping style. We had Passport America once, but it seemed that the participating campgrounds were almost always too far from our route. We tend to use KOA when traveling so, for us, there is a definite benefit. We are Good Sam members, so any campground with their discount is a plus but we don't make much effort between choosing a GS or non GS campground, and the same for our FMCA membership. We have also used the Harvest Host program where you can dry camp at a winery, brewery, etc. https://harvesthosts.com/
We keep yearly GS, FMCA and KOA memberships, and join the other groups we think we might use. Even so, we don't always camp where the benefits are available, so these are not always cost effective, but are nice to have. I don't think there is one correct answer; one person's luxury may be anothers necessity.
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Originally Posted by BuzzWolfAR
It seems there are a gazillion Camping groups, all say they offer discounts -- Sam's, KOA, 1000 Trails, etc. Is there a site that compares costs and benefits? Could go broke joining all of them. ;-)
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2005 Safari (Monaco)Trek 28RB2, Workhorse W20, 8.1, Allison 1000 5 spd, UltraPower engine & tranny, Track bars & sway bars, KONI FSD, FMCA 190830, Safari Int'l. chapter. 1999 Safari Trek 2830, 1995 Safari Trek 2430, 1983 Winnebago Chieftain, 1976 Midas Mini
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08-22-2016, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member
Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 226
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vsheetz
We are Passport America members - it's a no brainer for the most part. Used just a couple three nights a year and you are ahead.
Also Good Sam, if you use anything via Camping World and the occational campground discount.
Thousand Trails zone member as well, as it works for us. Here evaluate whether the sites are located where you will use them and if you will in fact use them.
America the Beautiful pass if you are of age and use the associated facilities.
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Perfectly said. Escapees is not a bad one either. Like Thousand Trails, make sure that they have discount campgrounds where YOU travel.
If you decide to go with Thousand Trail, HOLD OFF until they have a special. Usually 2 zones for 1 or $100 off.
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08-22-2016, 08:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 8,777
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BuzzWolfAR
It seems there are a gazillion Camping groups, all say they offer discounts -- Sam's, KOA, 1000 Trails, etc. Is there a site that compares costs and benefits? Could go broke joining all of them. ;-)
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BuzzWolfAR
You sure could.
When my coach was new to me I was nearly "clubbed to death" for the 1st 4-5 years.
(Now I only have only a Passport America membership and CoachNet ERS).
Mel
'96 Safari
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08-22-2016, 08:50 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,623
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Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!
We use Passport America, Escapees, and Good Sam, in that order. All pay off for us!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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08-22-2016, 09:45 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Kitchener, ON Canada
Posts: 50
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Try this for a review
Hi There,
Try this article to help make your decision.
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08-22-2016, 02:26 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,623
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rurocking
Hi There,
Try this article to help make your decision.
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Good info! Thanks for sharing!
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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08-22-2016, 02:31 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 500
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X 2 for Escapees. Happy campers over 20 yrs.
Bronk
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08-22-2016, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Nowhere, now here. Freedom!
Posts: 4,602
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I've saved hundreds of dollars with the Escapee's discount. I shop for the 50% off parks first, then the 15% discount parks if there aren't any 50% parks near where I'm going. The small amount of money I paid to join Escapee's was paid back at the first 50% off park I stayed at, and it's been nothing but savings since. I boondock whenever possible, but Escapee's has definitely saved me money.
The only way to get cheaper than some of the Escapee's discounts is to stay for or almost a month and pay a monthly rate. Compare all of the prices before you reserve, also thinking about how long you'll be staying.
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08-22-2016, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,759
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Can't go wrong with Passport and GS. We joined 1000 Trails but did not renew. Seems every time we went to one of their CGs all the good places were taken with empty RVs. Be sure to read all the documentation carefully.
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