Campsite at popular county park hits $35
Remember the good ol’ days of camping at a county park for a few dollars a day? Say goodbye to those rates -- at least in the more popular parts of the country.
In Pinellas County, Florida, the overnight camping fee at Fort De Soto Park in Tierra Verde just increased from $25 to $30 for a tent or small RV to $35 for a site suitable for a big RV.
"The new rigs now come complete with satellites and computer hookups and all that, so the campground had to be updated," county park operations manager Leah Hoffman told the St. Petersburg Times.
The park recently spent $50,000 to upgrade electrical facilities and will spend another $95,000. The campground has more than 200 sites that generated about $1.6 million for the county last year. In February, when the snowbird crowd invades Florida in huge numbers, the campground will typically be booked solid.
In Pinellas County, Florida, the overnight camping fee at Fort De Soto Park in Tierra Verde just increased from $25 to $30 for a tent or small RV to $35 for a site suitable for a big RV.
"The new rigs now come complete with satellites and computer hookups and all that, so the campground had to be updated," county park operations manager Leah Hoffman told the St. Petersburg Times.
The park recently spent $50,000 to upgrade electrical facilities and will spend another $95,000. The campground has more than 200 sites that generated about $1.6 million for the county last year. In February, when the snowbird crowd invades Florida in huge numbers, the campground will typically be booked solid.
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posted by Chuck Woodbury at
10/09/2007 10:41:00 AM
3 Comments:
You don't have to go to Florida to pay big bucks for a campsite. Try Loveland Colorado. It's no wonder RV'rs prefer to overnight at Wal-Mart.
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virg, at 7:13 AM, October 18, 2007
I am in thecatskill's in New York and have been since May ,I am staying in a state park and Paying 20.oo dollars a nigh. I stayed 3Weeks in a KOA and spent 35.00 a night. On holladay's the going rate is 50.00 to 75.00. I think the campgrounds are out to self distruct
By
Anonymous, at 12:01 PM, October 22, 2007
The prices of parks will go up. People on ss. will have to complete against professional people. They have the big bucks.
By
Anonymous, at 6:14 PM, October 31, 2007
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