Question - newbie to RVs, Travel Trailers, Camping - cost to rent space in parks?

Hi - We are new to this whole RV thing - my wife and I are planning to buy a travel trailer and wanted to spend 2-3 months down south this winter (from about Dec until March) - Florida would be our first choice, especially on/near water. Please have some patience as we're new to all this %26amp; know nothing about costs, best way to do it, etc. So far, in browsing various RV parks or state parks in Florida that rent out lot spaces overnight for travel trailers, we have found that the rent per day is Surprisingly expensive !! Wow. I was thinking that rental rates would be reasonable, like 150 or 200 a month to park your trailer. But I am finding prices routinely of 25-30 dollars a night ($900 a month !!) I had No idea rv parks charged that much. That really shocked us. Is there some other way or something we don't know about in renting spaces in RV parks such that we could find something much more reasonable ?? Now we are second guessing our entire plan and thinking heck it would be about the same price or possibly even cheaper to just rent a small place in Florida for a couple of months over the winter (especially considering all the empty %26amp; vacant real estate in Florida right now, Landlords are desperate for renters down there). Well, any ideas, experiences, suggestions from seasoned RV and travel-trailer veterans on this high lot rental cost issue would be greatly appreciated !!!!|||Yahoo has a forum for RVers, people are very helpful on there..check it out.


But in general if you specify you want a seasonal site at a campground the cost is usually cheaper.


Another way to go are to use state parks, they don't always have cable or WIFI but will have electric and sewer on some sites.


Don't give up!


Camping is a great thing to do, and a travel trailer is the best way to do it (in my opinion anyway) we have a 32' travel trailer and absolutely love it and camping.





Good luck





EDIT: Go to yahoo groups..then travel then navagate from there, depending on what part of the country you are interested in. I use East Coast RVing. Check out NEW SMYRNA BEACH campground and RV park, Jan, Ferb and March rates are as of now $520.00 + 12% tax a month.


It includes electric AC and I forget what else!|||Also another resource is mobile home parks if your rig is of a certain size there are literally hundreds of "snow bird" mobile home parks that have low monthly rates. I recommend to you to look into the Yahoo Groups section and look up groups that live in rvs full time and check out the resources there. One that will help you save a few bucks is "Boondocking" as this is for info sharing free camping locations across the whole USA.





http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondockin鈥?/a>|||When inquiring about rental rates did you specify monthly rates? They will almost always be quite a bit less than the daily rate for a month. And winter rates are somewhat higher than the other seasons. Closer to good water will also cost more. Ever hear of a "snowbird"? That's what you will be by spending the winter in Florida. I know several retired couples and one single man who do this every winter. They make reservations ahead of time. I don't know what they pay but they couldn't afford it at the daily rates. I have been around the Orlando and Tampa areas 5 or 6 times during the summer taking grandkids to Disney and visiting relatives, took the trailer to save on motel costs. The places I stayed at that had rates posted showed a considerable difference in the monthly rate over the same number of days at the daily rate.