Looking for monthly RV park rates in the USA - RV-Dreams Community Forum

paulandsondra · RV-Dreams Community Member

Looking for monthly RV park rates in the USA

Jim01 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Don't know of any published list. My advice would be to call a few parks in the area that you're interested in and ask them about long term rates.

I have seen rates as low as $375 to as much as $600. Some of them include electric in the price and some do not. It is not uncommon to find a wide range of rates in the same area.

Jim

mylittledogs · RV-Dreams Family Member

We use www.ultimatecampgrounds.com it does not give prices, but gives a lot of info you might need to know.

Sushidog · RV-Dreams Family Member

I've seen prices from under $200 to almost $1,000, so do shop around as the prices vary widely, as do amenities. You will find that the Rio Grande Valley in TX, the south and southwest is generally cheaper than the rest of the country. There are also ample boondocking opportunities there too. Here's a link to some boondocking sites: www.thewanderinghobo.com/Travelling/Boondocking/index.html

Here's a brief list of a few of my favorite cheap monthly RV parks from an earlier post:
As far as cheap RV parks (that one would still want to live in) heres a few of my winter favorites (Though there are many more.)
1. Seaway RV Village, Arroyo City/Rio Hondo TX - $225/mo + electric ($1800/yr or only $150/mo yearly) Great for fishing as it's right on the water with your own fishing pier! campsouthtexas.com/seaway/index.html
2. Route 1069 RV Park, Rockport, TX. - $230/mo includes cable and wifi, plus they just put in a new pool. Big sites and nice trees.
3. Mobile Village RV Park, Aransas Pass, TX - $280/mo including 300KWH of electricity! Optional cable TV costs $1/day extra, cheaper than I pay at home. Fishing.
4. Rio Largo RV Park, Elephant Butte, NM - $145-$165/mo depending on site includes cable and WiFi.
5. Twin Buttes Ct. Douglas, AZ - $185/mo. + elec. beautiful mountain views, wide open spaces

This is not by any means exhaustive. There are many more like these, but most small parks with low rates do not advertise - they are word of mouth only. Once you get here and start RVing you will meet fellow campers who may share some of their favorite spots with you - if you're nice.

Chip

The Bear II · RV-Dreams Family Member

I use www.rvparkreviews.com to locate parks in an area I would like to travel to. Most of the listed parks have links to their websites. You'll be able to see the monthly rates on the park website.

Keep in mind a lot of parks adjust rates depending on holidays. Even monthly residents may get a bump up in rate when the month has a popular holiday like 4th of July or Memorial Day.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

I use ....

www.Allstays.com

www.RVreviews.com

Normally I will pull up the park websites I like and see if they publish there monthly rates....or find the ones I like in the area and call

Technomadia · RV-Dreams Family Member

I do not know of a singular source that lists them all - and would imagine such a list would be difficult to keep updated as parks adjust their rates all the time.

Rates vary widely depending on location, amenities included, type of park, costs of running the park, supply/demand, etc. Many parks lists their prices on their websites - so use the campground listings for the areas you're interested in, and look around. Find the parks that most appeal to you.

So far, the lowest we've paid is $300/month and the highest $875 for a monthly spot. But they can go much higher for resorts in popular destinations. For instance, parks in the Florida Keys can easily go upwards of $1500-2000/month.

- Cherie

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

One warning is in California the requirements and rules are different between short stays of up to 21 days and monthly. Monthly stays are taxed and regulated as rentals, so you have to be qualified like a rental and that requires paperwork, etc. It is hard to evict a rental in California, so the campground owners (landlords) need to make sure you are a good risk. There might be other states with similar laws. I know in Arizona you are taxed lower for a monthly site since daily and weekly pay tourist taxes, but there is no difference in requirements.

Where we are staying now in Mesa AZ, we pay separately for sewer, water and garbage in addition to the normal practice of paying separately for electricity for a monthly site.

I have been told of monthly rates as low as $200 in parts of Florida, Texas and Arizona. But many of those rates require a 3 to 6 month stay, otherwise you pay more. There are places in high tourist areas that charge much more than $1000, some in the Florida Keys charge over $3000 a month.

igotjam · RV-Dreams Family Member

Another thing to watch out for is how the month is calculated. Most parks used to use "calendar month" but have been to a bunch lately that say a month is 30 days and a few that say 28days = a month. I just stayed at one where I assumed a month was calendar month (it was a 31 day month) and when I left they had me pay one day at the daily rate as I had stayed over their 30 day month.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Something else as a possibility is to look at mobile home parks in the areas of your interest. We have been living in a small mobile home park here in Oklahoma City for almost 3 years now. When we did our researching, the prices ranged from $200 up to $350 per month. When we were looking, most of those rates did not include electric, gas, or phone. However, at least one mobile home park would have let us stay in their "RV area" or if we were long term, we could have had a regular mobile home lot. One would need to check to see if one already had a 30 amp or 50 amp hookup, otherwise one might have to pay an electrician to install one.

Terry

Neil and Connie · RV-Dreams Family Member

0 to 2800 depending on where it is, time of year, and what amenities the park provides. The low end was at a place in Auburn AL and another place up in eastern Oregon…both in the fall although we didn't stay at either of them. The high end was at a park in the Florida Keys in Jan/Feb…and you didn't even get water view for that, if you wanted direct water view or access then it was 3400 a month or something like that. We didn't stay there either

The place we stay in North Fort Myers FL for the winter is 995 a month which is the only time we get a whole month rent. During our spring/summer/fall travels we get a lot of weekly rates in the 280-300 range which would be 1200 for a month and we're usually in those places in what they would call peak season. We don't stay at super fancy "resorts" though as we like family run private campgrounds better.

You can stay for free pretty much on any public land in the west that isn't specifically posted against camping (at least federally owned public land) for free if you're into boon docking. We know several folks that full time for 500 or 600 a month even in Florida in the winter; but then they're not staying at what we would consider nicer parks…but if that's all the budget you can afford then that's all you can afford.

-- Edited by Neil and Connie on Saturday 25th of January 2014 04:07:22 PM

Sushidog · RV-Dreams Family Member

People value quite different things, choosing to live entirely different lifestyles. Like snowflakes, everyone's budget is unique. For instance, I would rather live in a small TT deep in the woods, far away from neighbors with little to no amenities than in a campground where all the big RVs are lined up in a row on 50 amp FHU premium sites, with pristine concrete pads, a well manicured lawn, a swimming pool, exercise room, with a golf course and shopping nearby. The former is my idea of heaven while the latter, well, the other place. But if you have exactly opposite views, who am I to argue? Our main vice is sushi. We usually go out once a week and drop $100-150 for a meal of raw fish, rice wine. Other than that, we don't eat out much. Most times I'm happy eating simply, preferring red beans and rice, spaghetti and meatballs or a simple sandwich. For many, you would have to pay them $150 to eat a raw fish, stringy, smelly fermented soybeans (natto) or fermented squid liver (shiokara) - 2 of our favorite delicacies. If I paid $600 for a camp site, or $100+ for greens fees then I couldn't afford my favorite activity - dining at the sushi bar. Some folks don't really care much what they eat, but would rather spend a day on the links, and that's fine too. I'll conserve (to make room in my budget for sushi) by cutting my own hair or hanging clothes to dry rather than paying for drying, as I've done for years. To me, it's not a sacrifice. I work on my own vehicles when possible, saving high labor rates for simple maint. and repairs that I will gladly do myself (plus I know it's done right.) I'll drive a smaller rig, slower than most, avoiding stop and go and rapid acceleration to save on fuel costs. On the other hand, I like the luxury of a hot shower every day, consuming fuel and water, while others bathe less frequently, especially when boondocking. To each his own. My advise is to choose to spend your money on the things you value, as strange as they may seem to others, saving on the things that are less important to you so you can pursue your passions on your budget, whatever that might be.

Chip