Spyder-Camping

[PrairieSpyder]

I've decided to tent camp on part of my travels to/from the Twisted Sisters Ryde. I'll mostly use KOAs and know their rates from $21-$28/night for tents. Like I said in Tewks' thread about his new trailer, I wouldn't mind camping in a tent-trailer in the spring and fall when it wouldn't be so hot, and it would surely be more comfortable than a tent. But I'm wondering about how the campgrounds charge you for those types of rigs.

A couple years ago at the last Owners' Event at Maggie Valley, they made CyncySpyder rent a trailer space, though he said other campgrounds had always let him park near a friend's RV, similar to an RVer having a tent for the kids in their spot. (That may not be a good example, though. That RV park seemed to change their rules depending on who you talked to. I rented a cabin there and when I went to check in the price was higher than I'd been quoted over the phone.)

So those of you who have trailers like Tewks' or EasySupers or WasWinger's, how do the campgrounds charge? Do they consider you a tent, or an RV?

 

[Bfromla]

I dont get it

If u pitch a tent seems self-explanatory,pop up trailer like mini mate http://www.kompactkamptrailers.com
could be viewed different, is there a problem with the parking space im missing? Ive only stayed at state parks fyi not KOA,recently joined good sam in hopes of getting the minimate & tour some.

 

[Fatcycledaddy]

camping

I have been towing a Bunkhouse pop up camper all over for the past 5 years from east coast to out west in the Rockies, and stay mostly at KOA campgrounds. We have been from MI to Glacier National park, to Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Arches National Park, Estes Park, Savannah GA, Bar Harbor ME, parts of Canada, and Nova Scotia,and to many other places to mention. I always ask for a tent site and have only been refused one time out east. There I was told I had to go to a site with the motor homes and it was going to cost me $60.00 for the night. I refused and went to a hotel instead.
Most KOAs will give you the option of a tent site with power and water, or without, with runs about $10.00 more per night on average.
In the cool weather we get one with power and run a small ceramic disc heater to keep us warm.
Both of these are KOA sites.

 

[pegasus1300]

I pulled a pop up tent trailer for 20 years behind my motorcycle and never had a campground refuse me a tent space. Forest service BLM NP or private they all recognized it as a tent on wheels. Now it is true I have not pulled that trailer since 2011 so things may have changed:dontknow: but that is my experience.

BTW for those of you who camp or want to start motorcycle camping go on over to the International Brotherhood of Motorcycle Campers www.ibmc.org and check them out.Lots of good information their and some fun events.

 

[easysuper]

Camping

We have always asked for a tent site and have never been turned down. Sometimes you can get them with power and water at a higher rate. If you don't want to pull a tent trailer Patti, but don't like the idea of getting up and down off the ground, check out the Tent Cots that are out there, you could haul one of them on your cargo trailer. Cabela and Bass Pro Shops have them. I dont mind the extra work it takes to pack and haul our gear.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Most of the time I paid tent rates. I think the only times I paid more like an RV is if RV spaces were all they had in the campground and did not have a tent rate. One was Plymouth Corps of Engineer campground in Oregon, but there my Senior Pass for national parks got me in at half rate, $12! Several times I paid a tent rate and was given an RV spot. I don't think I ever paid more than abut $28/night, and mostly $10 to $15 per night.