Threat to Caravan Parks

Lets hope not Im not a big fan of caravan parks, Dont get me wrong they have their place but they are the poorer cousin to free camping.

Cheers Wilko

You are absolutely right there John, we Cannot and Will not be forced into caravan parks, and as you say, if we are in an area that is not freecamp friendly then we move on to another area,and spend our money with the businesses in that area,
so the organised campain initated by the caravan park chains to stop the free camps, is doing a lot more damage to the other businesses,shops, supermarkets, service stations resturants, coffee shops, and the list goes on and on. maybe all the other traders should jack up to the council, and complain about thier loss of business, as we just move on, the caravan park does not get our business. But then the rest of the community also misses out on our $$$$$$$
This xmas we are away for 2 weeks, 3 vans, caravan parks the whole time, they get our money, and the town also greatly benefits from our spending
But the same three vans also freecamp on the Murray about 4 times a year up at Cobram, ok the cobram parks don't get our money, but if you add up the $$$$ the three vans spent in all the other shops, wineries, sevice stations etc,ets, than it is very beneficial the the township of Cobram, it is time all the councils put some thought into attracting passing business to ALL thier businesses, not just the noisy caravan parks, that will not get our business anyway, if they are not offering the type of service, and pricing, that is required by a large proportion of travelling vanners Regards Daryl

Caravan parks are businesses, just like businesses many members here run. If times are changing, they have to change to meet the market or go under. Many types of businesses have been lost due to changing technology - as an example how many drive in theatres now remain? I think good caravan parks in popular areas are doing very well. Loss of business has nothing to do with those of us who pay a high price for a rig we can take bush and remain independent. CPs cannot force customers to patronise them, any more than your local grocery store can force you to shop there rather than at Coles or Woolworths down the road.

Motherhen

If caravan parks made an effort to maintain the buildings and weren't so noisy maybe more people would go there. Everyone knows most caravan parks put their prices up for public hols. Why would I want to pay to camp next to strangers who don't care about what I want. That's why we go away isn't it, to get away from our neighbours lol.. The only time we have ever had anything stolen was in a caravan park. Spoke to the owners who said "never had that happen before". Funny cause the cops said it happens all the time and they knew who it was. Why would we go back there.
The other thing that puts us off caravan parks is the pricing... why is one park so much dearer than the next for the same basic set up.
The way I look at it is you can spend your money at a caravan park which is usually owned by a large company or spend it in the towns at the smaller family owned businesses were it stays in the town.
We avoid caravan parks like the plague.

Josh

John,

It's good to dinally see some figures. Looks like we are talking about spending about $30-35 per person per day (I assumed there is two of you).

The reality is that for some larger towns, that amount of money may not be worth bothering about.