Is this really camping?

Here's an interesting article about campgrounds adding services and amenities titled, "At Some Campgrounds, 'Roughing It' Means No Expresso." Some do food delivery - and yes- some do have expresso bars. At others you can have the use of a golf cart. Of course all of this comes with a price. For the campground owner, it can be an easy way to increase the bottom line. And, it does appeal to families, in particular.

“We’re campers in name only at this point,” says one guest at the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay KOA. And, staying at a campground like this is still cheaper than going to a hotel with similar amenities.

Campgrounds like these are not in our future but they do provide a nice contrast and do appeal to some. These campground owners have found a profitable niche and, I say, more power to them. Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Comments

[Ed Greenberg]

Lots of RVers don't consider themselves campers. I can go either way at different times. Isolation and boondocking or services and urban RV living.

One thing is for certain, we have much more flexibility as we set out on our homes-on-wheels, then do the hotel crowd.

[PokerDiva - Carolyn]

I've been "camping" since 1960 when it was a tent, next came a camper, followed by a 15ft. trailer, then the first motorhome. I still considered it camping, albeit with TV and microwave. Now I am a full time "camper" and I still love it after living completely in the motorhome for four years and having all the great amenities. We don't use the luxurious campgrounds and the ones we use are fairly standard, reasonable in price. We often do some boon docking but all of it is still "camping" to me.

[Jaimie Hall Bruzenak]

It really is a matter of semantics, isn't it?! I tend to have the same view as Ed, that sometimes I feel like I am camping in my RV and other times not at all.

Thanks for your comments!

Jaimie