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Amenities

Coast to Coast provides access to the world's finest outdoor camping facilities and travel and leisure-related products and services at a remarkable value.

Clubhouse, Two outdoor swimming pools, Jacuzzi, Sauna, Fitness room, Restaurant, Country store, Game room, Tennis, Nature trails, Snowmobile trails, Miniature golf, Horseback riding, Playground, Fishing, Volleyball, Horseshoes, Laundry, Archery, Splash play, Shuffleboard.

Coast to Coast ("C2C"), the oldest (25 years) and the membership campground with the most members (300,000) is owned by the Affinity Group. Since the Affinity Group owns "virtually every publication serving the (RV) industry" this association "can improve profitability and stability". So says the film shown to prospective new member campgrounds and resorts. The resort will make money in the following ways:

1. By selling memberships. These can range from a high of $5000 to far less. The average is $3,000. Also, the resorts sell on a ratio of 10 to 1, in other words, each site can be sold 10 times (possibly more). Often however, a membership is given away, for example, with the purchase of a new motorhome. And second hand ("used") memberships go for only a faction of the original cost.

2. There are annual maintenance dues at the campgrounds. The average is $300 per year. Again this number varies a great deal.

3. Campground stores, rentals, etc.

4. Of the $4.00 per night paid by C2C members, $3.00 will be returned to the home campground.

The Regional Directors of C2C are responsible for inspecting applicant resorts. They do this on a number system 1 to 5 ,with 5 being the highest rating. Any campgound or resort receiving a 2 rating longer than a year is dropped from the system.

How does this system work for the camper? He buys a membership at a "home" park. Then he may join C2C for $59.95 per year. He can re-sell his membership if he wishes, but each membership may only be sold three times before it reverts to the park.

The camper may stay for 2 weeks in his home park and then must leave the park for one week. Then, if there is room (remember the 10x site sales), he may return for another two weeks. His stay is limited to two stays per calendar year in each non home park, and he may not stay in any park located in a 125 mile radius of his home park. Not surprisingly, some places are more popular than others, especially seasonally. Phoenix parks are easy to ge into in August; not so in January. For these stays, he will pay only $4.00 per night. There are some "good neighbor parks" which can be used to supplement these stays.These charge more, however, $11 to the C2C camper.

The participating campgrounds are independently operated. C2C cannot force them to comply with any rules (except by the fear of being dropped from the system). A financial disclosure from the campground is not mandatory when it is applying for membership in the system. Therefore, Scott Ellison recommends that a prospective "home" park shopper check the business plans of the park for viability. When the park has unusually low dues, make sure it has enough money to maintain itself. If it should have financial troubles, you can lose your membership and must re-affiliate with another campground.