Cheap living in RV parks

[VanGirl]

What I'm finding is to ask other full-time older RV folks. Once you get into one of the lower price parks the retired full-timers can point you to other low price parks. Just ask them. (We have some residents that have been retired at our park&nbsp;since the 1980s. &nbsp;Tell them your looking for a nice, full hookup, year-round spot to live. Most do not offer the information you have to ask them. The place I'm staying right now leases by the year. They have an area&nbsp;for over nighters&nbsp;but it is 350 + per month&nbsp;for elect, water, ect. <br><br>The biggest problem where I live&nbsp;is the herd of deer laying in my yard and pine cones falling on my roof.<br>It is truley a little piece of heaven in the pines of southern New Mexico.<br><br>I expect to be moving over to the Tucson area in a few months and I have already located a lower price park there thanks to my current neighbors.

 

[owl]

&nbsp;&nbsp; VG, there you go, given all the secrets away. Older folks? What do they know!

 

[RV-Kitty]

Yes, weve done that and never turned up anything under around $500 a month unless the place was a mess.&nbsp; You can't always see that using Google Maps.&nbsp; Most of the cheaper places have few rules and people tend to "live" in those places - complete with their own mini-junkyards, a bunch of children and dogs running loose.&nbsp; I'm talking about east of the Mississipi now. I don't know how it is out west as we don't travel that far for wintering.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We did locate a place yesterday, in the Ocala National Forest that wasn't bad for $265 a month plus electricity.&nbsp; There are a few people living there but the place otherwise looked good. It was 6 miles from the town of Silver Springs.

 

[BamaDuke]

nteresting.&nbsp; Maybe it is just cheaper in the west.&nbsp; I wonder if insurance or sanitation requirements are different?&nbsp; There are&nbsp;20 or so RV parks within 20 miles of me, and only one is&nbsp;over $500 per month.&nbsp; It is a beautiful place, though.&nbsp; 3 pools.&nbsp; Golf.&nbsp;&nbsp; Google Lake Livingston and Lake Conroe one day, just for kicks. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bama

 

[owl]

&nbsp; RVK, what exactly is it you want from us?

 

[offroad]

this is all still great. getting good rules. dont bother with listings in google. instead network with good folks your own age. &nbsp;avoid getto campgrounds (they do exist).&nbsp;

 

[RV-Kitty]

s I remember from a cross-country trip back in 1977, it is cheaper in the west with plenty of places to camp overnight for free.&nbsp; That trip was taken in a van-conversion. The east is more crowded with cities and towns closer together.&nbsp; Anything on a lake or on the ocean is well over $500 a month. We spent a week in Sarasota FL 2 years ago and paid $500 for a week!&nbsp; Yes, for only a week!&nbsp; &lt;img src="/images/boards/smilies/frown.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"&gt;&nbsp; If you stayed a month it was something like $1,800.&nbsp; There was no free camping or cheap camping anywhere in the area. I wore out Google looking for one.&nbsp; The east and west can't be compared.

 

[RV-Kitty]

&nbsp; RVK, what exactly is it you want from us?

<br><br>Nothing actually. I just mentioned that there were cheap places for people with little income to live.&nbsp;

 

[vantexan]

VanTexan,&lt;br&gt;Where is that 120 + elec in Deming. I pay 125 per month on a mountain near Silver City, NM

Hi VanGirl, That price was at the Hitching Post RV Park in Deming back in 2000-2001. I imagine they're a bit more expensive now. Not much in the way of amenities other than hookups and a bathroom/laundry. They were however in a convenient area of town, although the I-10 and rail yard noise probably contributed to the lower cost. Not many towns Deming's size have as many RV parks, another major reason for reasonable prices. The park in Lubbock, was called, of course, The Lubbock RV Park. Swimming pool, reading room, nice clubhouse, excellent laundry and bath facilities. And some of the best shade trees in the Lubbock area, couldn't tell you were on the Plains while in the park. And a huge, open grassy field for my dogs to run around on behind park.

 

[vantexan]

&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know of the specific type of guide you mention but there are free camping guides. Some who are/were on this forum have a web site for it. &lt;a href="http://freecampsites.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://freecampsites.net/&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Those sites are not full-hookups and sometimes the roads in are so bad only a mule could get there. Most are on Gov (BLM) land.&nbsp; There aren't even out-houses no less potable water.

Google RV Park Reviews and pull up a website that does just that. Most RV Parks in a given town or city are rated by RVers who stayed there. You can get a pretty good sense of quality, price, and amenities from the reviews.

One of the biggest problems with RV Parks lately is they are filled with oil workers in areas(even from some distance) where alot of fracking work is going on. Great for park owners, but a totally different crowd than fulltimers or traveling families. And it keeps prices high.

 

[RV-Kitty]

Google RV Park Reviews and pull up a website that does just that. Most RV Parks in a given town or city are rated by RVers who stayed there.

<br><br>I'm familiar with the site.&nbsp; <br><br>

You can get a pretty good sense of quality, price, and amenities from the reviews. One of the biggest problems with RV Parks lately is they are filled with oil workers in areas(even from some distance) where alot of fracking work is going on. Great for park owners, but a totally different crowd than fulltimers or traveling families. And it keeps prices high.

<br><br>You must be in the west. We don't camp or travel or snow-bird west of middle TN.&nbsp; We found a place for $265 a month here in FL called Ben's Hitching Post. It's in the Ocala National Forest. We'll most likely spend next winter there.&nbsp; <img rel="lightbox" src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" class="bbc_img">&nbsp; We don't see oil workers in the CGs and Resorts.

 

[vantexan]

I grew up in Leesburg, love the Forest! One thing about it though, last time I was there around 2000, is the mosquitoes. If I named one thing I don't miss about Florida it's the bugs.

 

[RV-Kitty]

Sarasota 2 yrs ago those nasty biting blood sucking no-seeums were a pain

 

[VanGirl]

If you are looking for a great place to live near middle Tennessee there is a nice little park off exit 163, The Tan Bark Campground, on the south side of I-40 near Dickson, TN. It was very reasonable at around 230 a month about 4 years ago. I stayed there a year. The guy that managed it was a distant cousin of mine. His name is Sam. I would live there again if I had to stay in that area. It is only about a 40 min. drive into Nashville.

 

[VanGirl]

EAST COAST CHEAP LIVING<br><br>I have a nice little RV lot for sale 30 miles East of Raleigh, NC. It is in the Lake Royale development. Dues are around 600 a year. That is cheap living. The lot has water, septic, phone, electric and a paved drive also an older 20' Travel Trailer on it. Trailer could be lived in but it needs some work.&nbsp; I always hoped I would go there to live but life is just not going that direction and I need to get rid of it. There is good fishing in the lake. Send me a PM if interested.<br><br>Please delete the post if it violates the site policy.<br><br>VanGirl

 

[woody82270]

How about a cheap park in san diego? Cheapest we've found is around 375, but we settled for 595 for a few more comforts. Any ideas?

 

[Bodhi]

<p>We love "Thousand Trails Campgrounds" where you can buy a ZONE PASS for $299/yr... stay free 30 nights and $3 for every night after that (I think that comes to about $1300/yr)&nbsp; The catch is that you have to move every 7 days (? I forget the specifics right now... so that may be off a bit) but if there are two of you and you buy two ZONE PASSES ( $1500/ yr)&nbsp; you can "juggle"&nbsp; your stays and not really have to ever leave.&nbsp; Oh, this is for tent stays... and RVs may be a bit more... but not much!&nbsp; <br><br>I just really enjoy this forum... find new info every time I visit!&nbsp; Thanks y'all...<br><br>Peace, Love and Happy Ever Afters.... Bodhi</p>

 

[offroad]

okay. after driving around to campgrounds in the area<br><br>1). high price was $675 per month. and a very nice campground. has sewer drain hookups. &nbsp; all clean. no ghetto areas. &nbsp;has dog run, and playground. just overall nice, but not terrific. could live there and invite guests.&nbsp;<br><br>2). found a nearby camp that was less than $500 a month. has a ghetto look to the long term area. would feel less safe as might be some drug activity. &nbsp; went to a third place near a major freeway. OMG a real dump that looks like drug user central. &nbsp;

 

[joey]

Pull up google maps and type in "campgrounds". It shows a lot of campgrounds. I found one in Gulf Shores,Al. for $260 a month,if you stay for at least 3 months. It's only 5 miles from the beach.

 

[RV-Kitty]

hat area is too cold in the winter for snow-birds, but for a cheap place to live, it sounds good to me.&nbsp; Next week we're going camping for 6 days at the lake not too far from where we live.&nbsp; I sure wish it would warm up here in TN.&nbsp; It feels more like November than late April.&nbsp; &lt;img rel="lightbox" src="/images/boards/smilies/frown.gif" class="bbc_img"&gt;&nbsp; It's a COE CG and with our senior pass, we pay half.&nbsp; There are people living cheap in these places but must move every 14 days.