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Chapter 1 Camp Hosting

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Seeing America On The Cheap! Camp Hosting Has Opened New Doors For Us!

I was able to retire at an early age, after putting in over 32 years and never late or missed a day. We decided, since we loved camping, and have been camping for most of the 37 plus years of marriage, we would venture into this new world of "Camp Hosting".

Check Out Camp Hosting, even if you want to stay 1 to 3 months at a place or area. Well worth it in many ways! From the people you meet with stories to the animals, nature and scenery. To the savings of money!

If you have a RV or as I call it, my little apartment, this is heaven on earth vacation! From TV, DVR, VHS, Satellite systems, Air Conditioner, heater, washers and dryers, dishwashers, bath tubs, showers, microwave, refrigerator, computers, to your own bed. Some have so much more in them, better than many people's homes!

Yes, I know I have heard, "Why leave my big, paid off home, with a pool, spa, huge family room, fireplaces, shopping stores, restaurants and stuff, in Las Vegas to live like a homeless person!"

RVing is an up and coming "Vacation Home", that you can change locations, instead of staying in one place so long, that you end up naming the trees! You sleep in your own bed, and I know you heard the horror stories about motels and hotels. Yes, most of the time you have to clean and cook, but when you balance that, we will take Camp Hosting everytime!

Please think before you invest all your life's savings into a RV. Many people we have talked to, sold their homes then put the money into their RV. Problem is, the RV goes down, depreciates every year, a home does not. So if you decide you don't like Camping, or years pass and you want to go back into a home,or after a few years the RV start needing major work, when you sell your RV it is worth so much less than what you paid for it!

Being out on the road, you don't want payments either! Buy your RV for cash, make sure you have a mailing address for any bills. Sign up at your bank for on line banking and do eBills. Make sure your Medical Insurance will cover you, where ever you are! Might look into insurance and companies that will handle your medications and ship them to you, most places we have been at, we would have to drive over 100 miles to find major stores. Your car/RV insurance is going to need to know where you are, and what you are doing, so they will fully cover you also.

We have a satellite system, so we have internet, internet phone, and internet fax company. As long as we have a clear view of the southern sky, we are in touch with the world. Our cell phone rarely works where we are! We contacted our satellite TV and had them put us on a mobile set up, so we can get the major channels along with our regular channels!

After reading the bottom section, hit this link to go to Chapter 2 http://www.squidoo.com/HostCampgrounds/

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How To Start Camp Hosting 

Most places will give you your space, electric, water and sewer in exchange for 20 hours of "Hanging Out". Some places want a little more, such as check people in, collect the money and a few more things and pay minimum wage for that area. Other places that want us to "Work", we decline. If I wanted someone to whine and tell me what to do all the time, I would have stayed at the job I had, it paid better and had benifits!
Both the Campground and Us have to get something out of Camp Hosting, not just one way!
You are more or less on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week, or should be, for help.
Best place to start is one of the search engines. Put in Camp Host, there will be pages and pages that should come up.
Look for Campgrounds in the areas you want to visit.
Most State Parks, do not pay, but are really nice people and places to be at.
Conessions, such as RRM, American Land and Lesiure, California Land Management, KOA and Aud & Di Campground Services, want you to work! Clean bathrooms, to piles of paperwork, clean cabins, some also want you to sit and work in information buildings, visitor centers and gift shops!
Make a list of what you will and won't do and make sure it is clear BEFORE taking the job. Also make sure they have the electric, water, sewer (if you need them) at the camp host site you will be in, again, BEFORE making the long drive to take the job.
Make clear what you will do and what they want you to do, BEFORE taking the job!
There are many places that need Camp Hosts, that you would not think of. Campgrounds at Fairgrounds, Forest, BLM, National Parks and Monuments, Army Corp, County Campground Parks, to even private campgrounds. Some pay some do not. Again, pick the area then look up campgrounds.
We want to enjoy Camp Hosting, Not Work All Day! We don't mind going around the campgrounds most of the day and talking with the campers, but to spend 10 to 12 hours a day cleaning, working in buildings, maintance and such, is not what I am looking for! Are You?
Stay with me, I have more information and stories about Camp Hosting. Chapter 2 is at http://www.squidoo.com/HostCampgrounds/

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Before you continue to read about these Based On True Stories, I would like you to know a few things about us.


We are traveling across America, I as Camp Host. Or as I like to say it, "On The Cheap!" Seeing as many animals, places and people as possible.


This fits our lifestyle pretty well. I love to talk and walk about. I get to kow just about every camper that comes into the campgrounds.


As I write this my wife, which is my best friend, has been married 37 years. We have grown children and now it is "Our Time!"


I worked 32 years at one of the hotels in Las Vegas, and worked since I was 15 years old. Never missed a day or late! After finding out I could retire from work and make the same amount of money, we packed up and started on this "Road Trip."


But along the way, we discovered there were so many stories! Most so funny, they seemed to just fall in our laps.


I hope to share them with you, so you can also enjoy them also!

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