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RE: Is GS Club worth the money?
We took advantage of the Lifetime offer they did last year or so. A few monthly payments and then it was done. Forever a member of both GS and Camping World. Sometimes we stay at a CG that gives a discount and sometimes we dont. We do not have a CW store within 100 miles of us so we don't get there much, but the magazine and the advocacy they do for us RV'ers is worth the money to me. Oh wait, I don't have to pay dues no more because I did the lifetime option.....it is all gravy now.
Now if Marcus would just institute a dicount for the yearly renewals to the road service plan for us "lifers" that would help us and then probably sell more life time memberships as well.
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Godsey97
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03/23/12 01:26pm |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Why charge loyal customers more
We just switched from AAA to Good Sam this year. We found that with AAA, you had to have a "Plus/RV" membership that equaled the normal price (actually a couple of bucks more) of the Good Sam Road Service. BUT, the GS plan covers EVERYONE in the house and ALL the vehicle in the house, whereas AAA only covered one person for the same $$$. Granted, with the new membership discount, it was far cheaper, but still when the cost gets to be the same next year, the better benefits of the GS plan will still make it a better deal.
Now, if only they cut us Lifetime members a better rate on the GS plan every year, that would help them sell the lifetime memberships to the club.
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Godsey97
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03/23/12 01:14pm |
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
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RE: Ocean Lakes Family Campground
WE spent 8 days there this past summer. Everyone had a blast. We were 5 spots back from the "main drag" along the ocean. The golf carts would come out the closer you got to dusk and then the parade would start. We rented a golf cart for the week and got in the parade for a few laps every night. One of the highlights of the day for the kids. Take a bath and get their pajamas on and go ride the cart for a few minutes before bed. The carts are plentiful, but they do make them shut down at 10:00 p.m. The kids also set fireworks off on the beach, but it was nothing that was a big deal noise wise. If you are cantankerous and a prude, you won't be happy there, if you are there to have fun, and see others have a great time, it is the best. We are going to Disney this year, but I suspect 2 weeks in O.L. are on our very near future. We would get up in the morning, walk/run the perimeter roads (3 miles/lap if anyone is wondering how big the place is). Once back at the MH, we would take our stuff to the beach at about the same time the lifeguards were setting up. Get our E-Z-Up canopy out with our chairs, go back to the MH to take a quick shower, have breakfast and spend the day at the beach. Best vacation we had in years. Several things we learned, E-Z-Up canopy is a must to get out of the sun for a little bit every so often and get it set up as soon as the Lifeguards set up. That way you do not encroach on thier set up and have a space for yourself. If you wait until 9:30 or so, you are out of luck. The DW would run the beach and took side runs through the other CG's (Lakewood and PirateLand) and when she got back she said OL was better for US. US being the keyword, everyone has things that are higher or lower on their priority list.
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Godsey97
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03/06/12 10:14am |
Family Camping
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RE: East Coast Beaches in June
We stayed a week at Ocean Lakes CG last year. We did not find it that outlandish cost wise considering we were only 45 feet from the water's edge. They also have a ton of stuff going on in the CG (activity wise) every day. The golf carts are constantly on the move, but we did not find it to be a nuisance. While it can be noisy all day and into the evening, we did not notice the noise at all after 10PM. WE would be going back for two weeks this year, but we promised the kids we would go see the Rat in Florida this year. I can tell you that if you walk/run the perimeter of the CG, it is a 3 mile loop. We would get up, do our daily walk/run, go set up our E-Z-Up tent on the beach to mark our spot and then go get cleaned up and head to the beach for the day. My wife would run the beach every so often and ran through PirateLand one day and said it was nice, but if you want level concrete pad for your rig, Ocean Lakes had a lot more of them. We rented a Golf Cart for the week and had a blast. Can't speak for other areas along the cost as we are still a "slave to the man" and can't really spend lots of time travelling just yet.
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Godsey97
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02/12/12 07:48am |
Family Camping
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RE: Typical Class C Owner?
41 and 42 here.
2 kids 13/7
1 large dog who stays at home. She was a rescue dog and she likes "her" surroundings and when we take her in the Class C, she stays antsy and upset, never relaxing.
Both work full time.
We take several 2-3 short trips a year and one long 2 weeker. We also try to squeeze in a week long shot once a year.
Started with a hybrid, moved to a TT and then finally got our Class C. Now the vacation starts the minute we crank her up in the driveway.
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Godsey97
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01/17/12 03:24pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Ocean Lakes Myrtle Beach
Went last year. The best vacation we ever had, and we have been to Florida twice and gave that rat three time the money we spent in MB, and the MB vacation has provided many more memories. Looking forward to going back to Ocean Lakes.
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Godsey97
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12/29/11 06:31pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Infield camping at a Nascar Race
Have been to many racetracks.... Daytona(twice), Martinsville(5 times), Richmond(once)and Indy(3 times) in a MH(Class C). Always had a great time. On the bucket list is the Talladega Infield experience. We are planning on going this October. We are just going to cut loose and let-er-rip. Having been to many tracks, I can say I like the Restrictor Plate tracks....I like to watch them let them big dogs breathe............Always have grandstand tickets, always figure that it is party central, so we always come to these things, "cocked-locked-and ready to rock".
As to th difference between TT/MH, it should not matter. Whenever we camp, we are usually parked amongst TT's and big old DP's even sat next to two Prevost rigs owned by brothers at Martinsville one year. They stayed hemmed up in those rigs all weekend.....we on the other hand had one hell of a time. You should respect and take care of your rig regardless of what type it is.
Since this is in the "family camping" section, I would say as the father of two young children, Nascar racetrack camping is not really "rated g".
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Godsey97
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12/29/11 06:25pm |
Family Camping
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RE: V10 Miles Per Gallon...what's yours?
Another vote for 8 MPG here as well. 32' Coachmen Freelander. When we first got it and went through a few tanks, I kept track and we were running right around 8. Went to Texas and back this spring and then to Myrtle Beach and back this summer and never thought about it honestly. Just figured it is what it is, and when the needle gets to 1/4 gotta stop and add more. Learned in Texas that 1/4 is as low as I will ever go, can't count on a gas station in the near distance.
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Godsey97
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12/18/11 12:04pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Thinking about trading the Travel Trailer for a Class C
WE went from a Hybrid to a TT and then finally to a 32' C with two slides. Wished we would have done it sooner. Now the vacation starts when we leave the driveway. We pulled the Hybrid and the TT with a 2008 Tundra. It had a big gas tank, but we constantly had to stop at rest areas for the potty breaks and stop to eat at a fast food or break out the cooler at one of the rest areas. Now the only time the rig stops is when it is out of gas or when the driver has to go to the facilities.
In the old rig, going to Gatlinburg TN (6 hours) was an ordeal, this past spring, I took the two kids to go see the wife when she graduated from Fire School at Goodfellow AFB (TX). 20+ hour drive time. The kids did marvelous, had their TV's and the bathroom when needed, but the absolute best part was stopping to sleep. Pulled into a CG and got it reasonably level and rolled out the slideout, went to sleep. Got up rolled the slideouts in and left. The only time I got out of the rig was to give it a quick once over before we left to make sure it was all systems go. If we would have had the TT, it would have been a bigger ordeal to go to bed and get ready to leave.
The wife did not like the old TT set up and would not go without me. Now if she has days off, she takes off and goes and sets it up and I meet them when I get off work. And (don't tell her I told you) she drives it better than I do, even when we are towing. As a matter of fact, I tripped over said tow dolly in San Antonio, TX and broke my arm, she drove that sucker like a pro all the way home.
As for the Tundra, we sold it. We dolly tow either a Pontiac Grand Am or a Jeep Wrangler. This summer we towed the Jeep to Myrtle Beach and had a blast. Took the soft top off the jeep and rode around and had a great big time, never would have happened with the Tundra.
Never sorry for a second that we made the upgrade, only regret was it was not much sooner.
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Godsey97
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12/16/11 09:09pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Class C has differnet model year than advertised
I just made the 17th payment on our 2011 Coachmen in the 10th month of 2011. Go figure...
Our 2011 sits on a 2010 E450. At least ours looks like a 2011. Imagine if you had a 2010 built on a 2009 chassis, before the front end was redone. Or better yet, a 2011 on the last 2009 chassis that the manufacturer had. Not a big deal unless you are trying to resell it and the buyer looks at the previous grill on the chassis. THen in addition to trying to sell your unit you have to give them RVManufacturing 101 class.
A real treat is when you buy a "new" model year unit (can be a MH/TT) and what shows up does not really resemble the brochures at all. Bought a TT once that the counter top was changed in. The last year's model had an eat at counter top with two bar stools. This was a big 38' TT, more like a park model then a TT, but sold as a TT. The current year changed things around a little and did away with the "breakfast bar" deal. Surprisingly it showed up with two bar stools. Mind you no counter to sit at, but you had two bar stools. Dealer said it happens quite a bit, that the manufacturers "get rid" of last years inventory in some realy creative ways, and that they must have been tired of kicking those bar stools around so we were the "lucky" ones.
And then we could get into the chance that you can still order last years fabrics on this years chassis, but I don't want to hi-jack the thread if I haven't already.
Bottom line is that the unit is the exact same as it was the day before you noticed the date differences, enjoy it and move on.
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Godsey97
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09/30/11 05:11pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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