321. The Hidden Fees of Campgrounds and RV Resorts

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The kid tax, the site-lock fee, lodging taxes, and more—we're running down all the different hidden fees we've seen at campgrounds and RV resorts. HOMECOMING tickets are now on sale! Save $25 a ticket by becoming a Mile Marker today! Tickets are available at https://rvmiles.com/homecoming/ IMPORTANT LINKS: For all the links to today's episode visit https://RVMiles.com/321Become an RV Miles Mile Marker member at https://rvmiles.com/milemarkersSign up for our weekly Road Signs newsletter: https://rvmiles.com/mailinglist Support our Sponsors:*Check out all Blue Ox has to offer at https://BlueOx.com*Get free shipping from eTrailer on orders of $99 or more at https://www.etrailer.com/?etam=p0001*RVPostings.com - Your go-to platform for buying and selling RVs.*Liquified RV Toilet Treatment: https://liquifiedrv.com* Harvest Hosts: Save 15% on a Harvest Hosts membership with MILES at https://harvesthosts.com

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0:00.0	As camping, as camping gets more and more
0:03.0	more money's been put into camping,
0:05.5	and more and more money's been taken out of campers.
0:08.5	We're going to talk about not really the rising cost of camping,
0:12.0	but the rising hidden cost of camping the
0:15.4	junk fees the hidden fees the fees that might be useful but are kind of
0:20.9	of annoying to pay additional fees at campgrounds.
0:24.0	This is RV miles. I'm Jason and I'm Abby and we are two RVers who along with
0:44.9	our three boys have been criss-crossing all over North America on one epic
0:48.1	road trip since 2016 here at RV miles we talk all things RV and outdoors from industry news to travel destinations, our national parks, and a whole lot more.
0:58.0	It's the summer camping season. It's underway. It begins unofficially over Memorial Day weekend and lots of folks are out on the
1:07.6	road lots of folks are heading to the campgrounds and we thought this would be a perfect
1:12.0	time to talk about some things that kind of annoy us and annoy some of you when it comes to booking campgrounds. Hidden fees.
1:20.0	Well, this was really born out of the fact that this is ramped up in some of the RV Facebook groups.
1:27.0	This comment specifically focused on site lock fees, which I think you're going to talk a little bit more on a video
1:34.1	that's going to be coming out soon on the RV Miles YouTube channel so if you are
1:38.0	curious as to what on earth is a site lock fee even for.
1:43.5	We'll dive into that a little bit more
1:45.4	over on the YouTube channel.
1:46.7	We'll touch on it here,
1:48.5	but there's a whole lot of other fees.
1:52.1	I don't want to call them hidden.
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